No Elective Surgeries and Skilled Nursing Facility population displacement has major implications for Home health agencies as these agencies will be...
Immune Senescence – Decline in Immune Function in Older Adults
Persons of middle-older age are more likely to acquire severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, and older adults are...
Pneumonia Management: Field Decision Tree – Home Health
In the past few blogs, I have talked about clinical management of vulnerable high-risk population in home care. I want...
MD Verification at Time of Referral to Home Health
MD verification at the time of referral is a very important step for home care agencies. If not done in...
National Data – Pain Interfering with Activity
Pain is one of the most common reasons that patients seek medical attention. Chronic pain most often requires a multifactorial...
M1242 Pain Interfering with Activity
M1242 Pain Interfering with activity is a very important Oasis Assessment Item as it impacts home care agencies Outcomes, Risk (profiling,)...
Hospital at Home & Covid-19
As the Nation seeks ways to provide safer care to a vulnerable population, post acute care services will undoubtedly play an...
Impact of Reduced Hospitalizations During COVID – 19
Multiple studies conducted (referenced below) have found a substantial decrease in the number of non–COVID-19 hospitalizations across a range of diagnoses...
Home-Based Palliative Care Program
Across the United States, the homebound population is expected to increase by more than 50 percent over the next 20...