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Book Home Health Competency Management System  Home Health Aide

Download or read book Home Health Competency Management System Home Health Aide written by Beacon Health and published by Beacon Health, a Division of Blr. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home Health Competency Management System: Home Health Aides Measure and document the skills of your home health aides with Home Health Competency Management System: Home Health Aides. This section is one of four in the comprehensive Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment, and provides detailed skill and performance assessments to help evaluate competency for home health aides in areas such as feeding, transferring, bathing, and more. Follow this blueprint of what competencies you need to assess and how best to assess them and you will ensure regulatory compliance and employ staff who demonstrate their professional aptitude and embody your high standards for patients and family members. The Home Health Competency Management System and its' individual components will help you: Standardize the performance of clinicians throughout your agency by training and evaluating them on the same set of core competencies Measure clinician proficiency both at orientation and throughout the year to validate each individual's competency or address skills that need improvement Train staff on peripheral procedures that are not related to their expertise but are just as important, such as infection control, HIPAA requirements, regulatory compliance, and OASIS assessments Acknowledge the value of your clinicians' work by setting expectations that validate their contributions to the success of your agency Incorporate the competencies included in this manual into the initial training/ orientation of your RNs, LPNs, therapists, therapist assistants, and aides Avoid citations and comply with federal and state regulations by maintaining accurate documentation of clinician competencies Save time tracking each individual's competencies using the downloadable templates that come with the purchase of the complete system How it works When you order the Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment, for $349, you'll receive a binder of the complete product, which consists of competencies in four areas: nursing, therapy, home health aide, and general. You will also have the option to download any or all of the sections electronically for immediate use. You have the option to order each individual chapter separately for $99. Each will be available electronically, for immediate download. If you are interested in ordering the separate chapters individually click on the title you wish to purchase: - Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment (complete set) - Home Health Competency Management System: Therapy - Home Health Competency Management System: Nursing - Home Health Competency Management System: General

Book Home Health Competency Management System  Nursing

Download or read book Home Health Competency Management System Nursing written by Lynn Riddle Brown and published by Beacon Health, a Division of Blr. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home Health Competency Management System: Nursing Measure and document the skills of your nurses with Home Health Competency Management System: Nursing. This section is one of four in the comprehensive Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment, and provides detailed skill and performance assessments to help you evaluate nurse competencies in such areas as feeding tubes, diabetes management, catheters, and dozens more. Follow this blueprint of what competencies you need to assess and how best to assess them and you will ensure regulatory compliance and employ staff who demonstrate their professional aptitude and embody your high standards for patients and family members. The Home Health Competency Management System and its' individual components will help you: Standardize the performance of clinicians throughout your agency by training and evaluating them on the same set of core competencies Measure clinician proficiency both at orientation and throughout the year to validate each individual's competency or address skills that need improvement Train staff on peripheral procedures that are not related to their expertise but are just as important, such as infection control, HIPAA requirements, regulatory compliance, and OASIS assessments Acknowledge the value of your clinicians' work by setting expectations that validate their contributions to the success of your agency Incorporate the competencies included in this manual into the initial training/ orientation of your RNs, LPNs, therapists, therapist assistants, and aides Avoid citations and comply with federal and state regulations by maintaining accurate documentation of clinician competencies Save time tracking each individual's competencies using the downloadable templates that come with the purchase of the complete system How it works When you order the Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment, for $349, you'll receive a binder of the complete product, which consists of competencies in four areas: nursing, therapy, home health aide, and general. You will also have the option to download any or all of the sections electronically for immediate use. You have the option to order each individual chapter separately for $99. Each will be available electronically, for immediate download. If you are interested in ordering the separate chapters individually click on the title you wish to purchase: - Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment (complete set) - Home Health Competency Management System: Therapy - Home Health Competency Management System: Home Health Aide - Home Health Competency Management System: General

Book Home Health Competency Management System  Home Health Aide

Download or read book Home Health Competency Management System Home Health Aide written by Beacon Health and published by Healthleaders Media. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Home Health Competency Management System  General

Download or read book Home Health Competency Management System General written by Beacon Health and published by Beacon Health, a Division of Blr. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home Health Competency Management System: General Measure and document the skills of your clinicians and aides with Home Health Competency Management System: General. This section is one of four in the comprehensive Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment, and provides detailed skill and performance assessments of general skills that all clinicians should be aware of, such as infection control, OASIS competency, handling of sharps, and more. Follow this blueprint of what competencies you need to assess and how best to assess them and you will ensure regulatory compliance and employ staff who demonstrate their professional aptitude and embody your high standards for patients and family members. The Home Health Competency Management System and its' individual components will help you: Standardize the performance of clinicians throughout your agency by training and evaluating them on the same set of core competencies Measure clinician proficiency both at orientation and throughout the year to validate each individual's competency or address skills that need improvement Train staff on peripheral procedures that are not related to their expertise but are just as important, such as infection control, HIPAA requirements, regulatory compliance, and OASIS assessments Acknowledge the value of your clinicians' work by setting expectations that validate their contributions to the success of your agency Incorporate the competencies included in this manual into the initial training/ orientation of your RNs, LPNs, therapists, therapist assistants, and aides Avoid citations and comply with federal and state regulations by maintaining accurate documentation of clinician competencies Save time tracking each individual's competencies using the downloadable templates that come with the purchase of the complete system How it works When you order the Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment, for $349, you'll receive a binder of the complete product, which consists of competencies in four areas: nursing, therapy, home health aide, and general. You will also have the option to download any or all of the sections electronically for immediate use. You have the option to order each individual chapter separately for $99. Each will be available electronically, for immediate download. If you are interested in ordering the separate chapters individually click on the title you wish to purchase: - Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment (complete set) - Home Health Competency Management System: Home Health Aides - Home Health Competency Management System: Nursing - Home Health Competency Management System: Therapy

Book Home Health Competency Management System  Nursing

Download or read book Home Health Competency Management System Nursing written by Beacon Health and published by Healthleaders Media. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Home Health Competency Management System

Download or read book Home Health Competency Management System written by Lynn Riddle Brown and published by Beacon Health, a Division of Blr. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment Since staff education is only part of your role, Beacon Health has created theHome Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment to save you the time and hassle of measuring and documenting the skills of your clinicians and aides. The system provides competency management program tips and detailed skill and performance assessments for nursing, therapy, and home health aides, as well as general skills that all clinicians should practice. Follow this blueprint of what competencies you need to assess and how best to assess them and you will ensure regulatory compliance and employ staff who demonstrate their professional aptitude and embody your high standards for patients and family members. Assess competencies throughout the year and use the contents to design an orientation program for your new hires. Purchase the entire system for $349 or any of the four individual sections for $99 apiece. As an added bonus, when you purchase the complete system, you will receive a free update with new competencies in fall 2012 to keep your program fresh! The Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment will help you: Standardize the performance of clinicians throughout your agency by training and evaluating them on the same set of core competencies Measure clinician proficiency both at orientation and throughout the year to validate each individual's competency or address skills that need improvement Train staff on peripheral procedures that are not related to their expertise but are just as important, such as infection control, HIPAA requirements, regulatory compliance, and OASIS assessments Acknowledge the value of your clinicians' work by setting expectations that validate their contributions to the success of your agency Incorporate the competencies included in this manual into the initial training/ orientation of your RNs, LPNs, therapists, therapist assistants, and aides Avoid citations and comply with federal and state regulations by maintaining accurate documentation of clinician competencies Save time tracking each individual's competencies using the downloadable templates that come with the purchase of the complete system How it works When you order the Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment, for $349, you'll receive a binder of the complete product, which consists of competencies in four areas: nursing, therapy, home health aide, and general. You will also have the option to download any or all of the sections electronically. You have the option to order each individual chapter separately for $99. If you are interested in ordering the separate chapters individually click on the title you wish to purchase: - Home Health Competency Management System: Nursing - Home Health Competency Management System: Therapy - Home Health Competency Management System: Home Health Aide - Home Health Competency Management System: General

Book Home Health Competency Management Systems  Therapy

Download or read book Home Health Competency Management Systems Therapy written by Beacon Health and published by Beacon Health, a Division of Blr. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home Health Competency Management System: Therapy Measure and document the skills of your therapists with Home Health Competency Management System: Therapy. This section is one of four in the comprehensive Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment, and provides detailed skill and performance assessments to help you evaluate therapist competencies in such areas as assessments, assistive device use, modalities, and more. Follow this blueprint of what competencies you need to assess and how best to assess them and you will ensure regulatory compliance and employ staff who demonstrate their professional aptitude and embody your high standards for patients and family members. The Home Health Competency Management System and its' individual components will help you: Standardize the performance of clinicians throughout your agency by training and evaluating them on the same set of core competencies Measure clinician proficiency both at orientation and throughout the year to validate each individual's competency or address skills that need improvement Train staff on peripheral procedures that are not related to their expertise but are just as important, such as infection control, HIPAA requirements, regulatory compliance, and OASIS assessments Acknowledge the value of your clinicians' work by setting expectations that validate their contributions to the success of your agency Incorporate the competencies included in this manual into the initial training/ orientation of your RNs, LPNs, therapists, therapist assistants, and aides Avoid citations and comply with federal and state regulations by maintaining accurate documentation of clinician competencies Save time tracking each individual's competencies using the downloadable templates that come with the purchase of the complete system How it works When you order the Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment, for $349, you'll receive a binder of the complete product, which consists of competencies in four areas: nursing, therapy, home health aide, and general. You will also have the option to download any or all of the sections electronically for immediate use. You have the option to order each individual chapter separately for $99. Each will be available electronically, for immediate download. If you are interested in ordering the separate chapters individually click on the title you wish to purchase: - Home Health Competency Management System: A Toolkit for Validation and Assessment (complete set) - Home Health Competency Management System: Home Health Aides - Home Health Competency Management System: Nursing - Home Health Competency Management System: General

Book Competency in Home Care

Download or read book Competency in Home Care written by Terasa Astarita and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1998 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Competency in Home Care doesn't just describe the standards of practice... it gives you the resources to meet them. it provides practical, authoritative guidance for: creating effective staff development plans, designing orientation programs that get caregivers up to speed immediately, establishing performance criteria for every position in the home care continuum, and ensuring ongoing competency. Plus you get powerful insights into the growth of modern home care, The role of competency programs in staff recruitment and retention, and how to get it done in any organization, regardless of background, makeup, or affiliation.

Book Handbook of Home Health Care Administration

Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Care Administration written by Marilyn D. Harris and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Ch. 1 Home health administration : an overview 3 Ch. 2 The home health agency 16 Ch. 3 Medicare conditions of participation 27 Ch. 4 The joint commission's home care accreditation program 63 Ch. 5 CHAP accreditation : standards of excellence for home care and community health organizations 71 Ch. 6 Accreditation for home care aide and private duty services 81 Ch. 7 ACHC : accreditation for home care and alternate site health care services 86 Ch. 8 Certificate of need and licensure 92 Ch. 9 Credentialing : organizational and personnel options for home care 101 Ch. 10 The relationship of the home health agency to the state trade association 111 Ch. 11 The national association for home care and hospice 115 Ch. 12 The visiting nurse association of America 124 Ch. 13 Self-care systems in home health care nursing 131 Ch. 14 Home health care documentation and record keeping 135 App. 14-A COP standards pertaining to HHA clinical record policy 147 App. 14-B Abington Memorial Hospital home care clinical records 150 Ch. 15 Computerized clinical documentation 161 Ch. 16 Home telehealth : improving care and decreasing costs 176 Ch. 17 Implementing a competency system in home care 185 Ch. 18 Meeting the need for culturally and linguistically appropriate services 211 Ch. 19 Classification : an underutilized tool for prospective payment 224 Ch. 20 Analysis and management of home health nursing caseloads and workloads 236 Ch. 21 Home health care classification (HHCC) system : an overview 247 Ch. 22 Nursing diagnoses in home health nursing 261 Ch. 23 Perinatal high-risk home care 274 Ch. 24 High technology home care services 279 Ch. 25 Discharge of a ventilator-assisted child from the hospital to home 291 Ch. 26 Performance improvement 301 Ch. 27 Evidence-based practice : basic strategies for success 310 Ch. 28 Quality planning for quality patient care 315 Ch. 29 Program Evaluation 320 App. 29-A Formats for presenting program evaluation tools Ch. 30 Effectiveness of a clinical feedback approach to improving patient outcomes 341 Ch. 31 Implementing outcome-based quality improvement into the home health agency 352 Ch. 32 Benchmarking and home health care 383 Ch. 33 Administrative policy and procedure manual 395 Ch. 34 Discharge planning 399 Ch. 35 Strategies to retain and attract quality staff 421 Ch. 36 Evaluating productivity 436 Ch. 37 Labor-management relations 448 Ch. 38 Human resource management 459 Ch. 39 Staff development in a home health agency 474 Ch. 40 Transitioning nurses to home care 484 Ch. 41 Case management 495 Ch. 42 Managed care 499 Ch. 43 Community-based long-term care : preparing for a new role 507 Ch. 44 Understanding the exposures of home health care : an insurance primer 519 Ch. 45 Budgeting for home health agencies 527 Ch. 46 Reimbursement 535 Ch. 47 How to read, interpret, and understand financial statements 549 Ch. 48 Management information systems 558 Ch. 49 Legal issues of concern to home care providers 571 Ch. 50 Understanding the basics of home health compliance 590 Ch. 51 The HIPAA standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information 616 Ch. 52 Ethical practice in the daily service to home care client, their families, and the community 666 Ch. 53 Participating in the political process 675 Ch. 54 Strategic planning 693 Ch. 55 Marketing : an overview 708 Ch. 56 The internet in home health and hospice care 723 Ch. 57 Disease management programs 736 Ch. 58 The process of visiting nurse association affiliation with a major teaching hospital 756 Ch. 59 Grantsmanship in home health care : seeking foundation support 771 Ch. 60 Home care volunteer program 778 Ch. 61 The manager as published author : tips on writing for publication 796 Ch. 62 Student placements in home health care agencies : boost or barrier to quality patient care? 810 Ch. 63 A student program in one home health agency 818 Ch. 64 The role of the physician in home care 834 Ch. 65 Research in home health agencies 840 Ch. 66 Hospice care : pioneering the ultimate love connection about living not dying 850 App. 66-A State of Connecticut physician assisted living (PAL) directive 863 App. 66-B Summary guidelines for initiation of advanced care 864 Ch. 67 Safe harbor : a bereavement program for children, teens, and families 866 Ch. 68 Planning, implementing, and managing a community-based nursing center : current challenges and future opportunities 872 Ch. 69 Adult day services - the next frontier 883 Ch. 70 Partners in healing : home care, hospice, and parish nurses 891 Ch. 71 Meeting the present challenges and continuing to thrive in the future : tips on how to be successful as an administrator in home health and hospice care 899.

Book Health Professions Education

    Book Details:
  • Author : Institute of Medicine
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 2003-07-01
  • ISBN : 030913319X
  • Pages : 191 pages

Download or read book Health Professions Education written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Institute of Medicine study Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) recommended that an interdisciplinary summit be held to further reform of health professions education in order to enhance quality and patient safety. Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality is the follow up to that summit, held in June 2002, where 150 participants across disciplines and occupations developed ideas about how to integrate a core set of competencies into health professions education. These core competencies include patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. This book recommends a mix of approaches to health education improvement, including those related to oversight processes, the training environment, research, public reporting, and leadership. Educators, administrators, and health professionals can use this book to help achieve an approach to education that better prepares clinicians to meet both the needs of patients and the requirements of a changing health care system.

Book Handbook of Home Health Care Administration

Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Care Administration written by Marilyn D. Harris and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 919 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, Sixth Edition is a comprehensive text that reflects the current state of home health care administration. With contributions from leading experts in the field, it addresses key aspects of home health care, including finance, human resource development, legal and ethical issues, management information systems, marketing, quality management, research, and current technology for patient care.

Book Evidence Based Competency Management System

Download or read book Evidence Based Competency Management System written by Barbara A. Brunt and published by HC Pro, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-03-28 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation End your struggle to assess, validate, and document the competency of your nurses. Assess nurses in five key specialties Now you don t have to spend time researching evidence-based competencies to assess your nurses skill sets! Author Barbara A. Brunt, MA, MN, RN-BC, has taken her best-selling toolkit and cited each competency with solid, reputable evidence, so you can benchmark your staff against industry standards. "Evidence-Based Competency Management System: ""Toolkit for Validation and Assessment, "Second Edition, ensures you have everything you need to meet and exceed evidence-based competency requirements. This binder and CD-ROM pair is a complete evidence-based competency program created specifically for assessing, validating, and documenting the skills of your nurses. You ll find proven tips and strategies for effectively evaluating the training needs of your staff. This toolkit will bring you the evidence-based solutions you need to ensure safe patient care in the: Medical-surgical unit Operating room Emergency department Obstetrics unit Intensive care unit What s included? This proven and easy-to-use resource provides: 206 evidence-based competency skill sheets, plus 29 role-related checklists we ve done the work for you by putting together ready-to-use assessment skill sheets 150 pages of invaluable information to help you develop or revamp your competency assessment program Best practices for selecting annual competencies for validation The Competencies Analyzer spreadsheet to help you document and track staff skills A CD-ROM containing each skill sheet ready for you to implement or customize for use in your facility today "Evidence-Based Competency Management System: ""Toolkit for Validation""and Assessment, "Second Edition, is jam-packed with expert advice to help you: Schedule and organize competency assessments Develop an evidence-based competency assessment program Recognize the differences between mandatory annual training and competency validation Maintain a consistent validation system Keep up with new competencies Table of Contents at a glance: Chapter 1: Why is competency validation required? Chapter 2: What is competency validation? Chapter 3: Include competency validation in job descriptions and the performance-evaluation process Chapter 4: Train staff to perform competency validation Chapter 5: Keep up with new competencies Chapter 6: Using your skills checklistsLearning objectives: Design a competency plan to effectively assess employee competence Identify advantages of competency-based education Describe methods of validating competencies Recognize the benefits of incorporating competency assessment into job descriptions and performance evaluation tools Discuss the key elements required of performance-based job descriptions Develop a training program to train staff to perform competency assessment Maintain consistency in a competency validation system Identify steps for effective program documentation Recognize the essential qualities needed by competency assessors List potential categories for new competencies Identify best practices for implementing new competencies Discuss dimensions of competencies Differentiate between orientation checklists and skill checklists "

Book Core Skills for Hospital Case Managers

Download or read book Core Skills for Hospital Case Managers written by Tony Cesta and published by HC Pro, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Core Skills for Hospital Case Managers: A Training Toolkit for Effective Outcomes Toni Cesta, PhD, RN, FAAN; Beverly Cunningham, MS, RN As of June 20, 2014, contact hours for nurses are no longer available with this product. Finally--an affordable, effective, and consistent training program for your hospital case managers. This one-of-a-kind guide to fundamental case management responsibilities is a necessary reference tool for every hospital case management department. This resource is designed to give case management directors and hospital leaders the tools they need to build and strengthen the basic and advanced skills their case management staff needs to succeed. Core Skills for Hospital Case Managers is an orientation and training manual for nurses transitioning into case management, an easy-to-read reference guide for new case managers, and a source of inspiration, tools, and resources for seasoned professionals. With a flexible format, this book and CD-ROM offer practical information and customizable tools to develop and maintain a wide variety of care management skills. Table of contents Chapter 1: Hospital Case Management 101 Chapter 2: Case Manager Role Chapter 3: Roles, Functions, and Caseloads Chapter 4: The Case Management Process Chapter 5: The Case Manager's Role in Transitional and Discharge Planning Chapter 6: Utilization Management Chapter 7: Managing Long Length of Stay Patients Chapter 8: Denials: Prevention and Appeals Strategies Chapter 9: Reimbursement Chapter 10: The Role of the Case Manager in Patient Flow Chapter 11: Measuring Success: Strategic Outcome Measures Chapter 12: Dealing with the Uninsured and Underinsured Chapter 13: Working with Multidisciplinary Teams Chapter 14: Crucial Communication and Conflict Resolution Learning objectives: Discuss the evolution of hospital case management Explain the different models of hospital case management Determine the various goals of hospital case management Examine the various roles of case management Discuss the variety of functions performed by case managers Discuss the scope of the case manager position Examine staffing ratios in various models List the steps in the case management process Determine the role of case managers in documentation Examine case managers' role in discharge planning List the factors that influence the discharge planning process Determine strategies for improving discharge planning Discuss how hospital reimbursement affects utilization management (UM) List the stages of UM coordination Determine the affect of outside influences on UM Evaluate different payers' regulations regarding UM Examine case management's role in length of stay (LOS) Evaluate strategies for managing patients with long LOS Identify data used to track and trend LOS Evaluate the reasons behind denials Discuss case management's role in preventing denials Examine case management's roles in reversing denials Examine case management's role in reimbursement Determine strategies for effective case management related to reimbursement Evaluate case management's role in patient flow Discuss demand and capacity management Identify strategies for managing patient flow Identify measurable case management outcomes Explain how case managers can track quality outcome metrics Discuss other metrics case management departments can track and trend Examine ways to create a case management report card Discuss the unfunded or underfunded patient populations Describe the role of the ED case manager with unfunded or underfunded patient populations Evaluate strategies for dealing with unfunded or underfunded patient populations Examine strategies for successfully working with multidisciplinary teams Describe sources of conflict with which case managers frequently come in contact Discuss strategies for reducing conflict Intended audience Staff nurses, charge nurses, staff educators, staff development specialists, directors of education, nurse managers, and nurse leaders

Book Patient Safety and Quality

Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

Book Crossing the Quality Chasm

    Book Details:
  • Author : Institute of Medicine
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 2001-07-19
  • ISBN : 0309132967
  • Pages : 359 pages

Download or read book Crossing the Quality Chasm written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-07-19 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second in a series of publications from the Institute of Medicine's Quality of Health Care in America project Today's health care providers have more research findings and more technology available to them than ever before. Yet recent reports have raised serious doubts about the quality of health care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality gap. This book recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system and provides overarching principles for specific direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians, regulators, purchasers, and others. In this comprehensive volume the committee offers: A set of performance expectations for the 21st century health care system. A set of 10 new rules to guide patient-clinician relationships. A suggested organizing framework to better align the incentives inherent in payment and accountability with improvements in quality. Key steps to promote evidence-based practice and strengthen clinical information systems. Analyzing health care organizations as complex systems, Crossing the Quality Chasm also documents the causes of the quality gap, identifies current practices that impede quality care, and explores how systems approaches can be used to implement change.

Book Handbook of Home Health Standards E Book

Download or read book Handbook of Home Health Standards E Book written by Tina M. Marrelli and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2008-09-03 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Home Health Standards: Quality, Documentation, and Reimbursement includes everything the home care nurse needs to provide quality care and effectively document care based on accepted professional standards. This handbook offers detailed standards and documentation guidelines including ICD-9-CM (diagnostic) codes, OASIS considerations, service skills (including the skills of the multidisciplinary health care team), factors justifying homebound status, interdisciplinary goals and outcomes, reimbursement, and resources for practice and education. The fifth edition of this "little red book has been updated to include new information from the most recently revised Federal Register Final Rule and up-to-date coding. All information in this handbook has been thoroughly reviewed, revised, and updated. - Offers easy-to-access and easy-to-read format that guides users step by step through important home care standards and documentation guidelines - Provides practical tips for effective documentation of diagnoses/clinical conditions commonly treated in the home, designed to positively influence reimbursement from third party payors. - Lists ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes, needed for completing CMS billing forms, in each body system section, along with a complete alphabetical list of all codes included in the book in an appendix. - Incorporates hospice care and documentation standards so providers can create effective hospice documentation. - Emphasizes the provision of quality care by providing guidelines based on the most current approved standards of care. - Includes the most current NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses so that providers have the most accurate and up-to-date information at their fingertips. - Identifies skilled services, including services appropriate for the multidisciplinary team to perform. - Offers discharge planning solutions to address specific concerns so providers can easily identify the plan of discharge that most effectively meets the patient's needs. - Lists the crucial parts of all standards that specific members of the multidisciplinary team (e.g., the nurse, social worker) must uphold to work effectively together to achieve optimum patient outcomes. - Resources for care and practice direct providers to useful sources to improve patient care and/or enhance their professional practice. - Each set of guidelines includes patient, family, and caregiver education so that health care providers can supply clients with necessary information for specific problems or concerns. - Communication tips identify quantifiable data that assists in providing insurance case managers with information on which to make effective patient care decisions. - Several useful sections make the handbook thorough and complete: medicare guidelines; home care definitions, roles, and abbreviations; NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses; guidelines for home medial equipment and supplies. - Small size for convenient carrying in bag or pocket! - Provides the most up-to-date information about the newest and predominant reimbursement mechanisms in home care: the Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Pay For Performance (P4P). - Updated terminology, definitions, and language to reflect the federal agency change from Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other industry changes. - Includes the most recent NANDA diagnoses and OASIS form and documentation explanations. - New interdisciplinary roles have been added, such as respiratory therapist and nutritionist.,/LI>

Book Home Health Aide Critical Questions Skills Assessment

Download or read book Home Health Aide Critical Questions Skills Assessment written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You want to know how to transform services offered to a patient centered medical home. In order to do that, you need the answer to what types of language assistance services does your organization provide? The problem is what sort of services does your organization deliver, which makes you feel asking what services does a system enable? We believe there is an answer to problems like how will cloud services change your business model. We understand you need to integrate behavioral health services remotely which is why an answer to 'how will the payment for health home services work?' is important. Here's how you do it with this book: 1. Sign up for the new services offered by the FTTH network 2. Need to think differently about your work to work effectively from home 3. Provide the security and protection for PCs at home that are equal to that in the office So, what services does the nursing home provide? This Home Health Aide Critical Questions Skills Assessment book puts you in control by letting you ask what's important, and in the meantime, ask yourself; does your providers provide telehealth services from home? So you can stop wondering 'does the program provide services dedicated to homeless people?' and instead integrate behavioral health into medical management programs. This Home Health Aide Guide is unlike books you're used to. If you're looking for a textbook, this might not be for you. This book and its included digital components is for you who understands the importance of asking great questions. This gives you the questions to uncover the Home Health Aide challenges you're facing and generate better solutions to solve those problems. INCLUDES all the tools you need to an in-depth Home Health Aide Skills Assessment. Featuring new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core levels of Home Health Aide maturity, this Skills Assessment will help you identify areas in which Home Health Aide improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: Diagnose Home Health Aide projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices. Implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals. Integrate recent advances in Home Health Aide and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines. Using the Skills Assessment tool gives you the Home Health Aide Scorecard, enabling you to develop a clear picture of which Home Health Aide areas need attention. Your purchase includes access to the Home Health Aide skills assessment digital components which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool that enables you to define, show and lead your organization exactly with what's important.