The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. September 7, 2023
Key Performance Indicators for Home Care – Clinical and Quality of Care
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) can provide insight into operations and setting appropriate business goals for home healthcare agencies. Selecting the correct set of KPIs for Clinical and Quality of Care will help home care agencies measure the current performance, set goals going forward, and measure the progress toward meeting those goals.
Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies should leverage technology and intelligent automation to improve scheduling efficiency. Improving scheduling efficiency will have a positive impact on many aspects of operations. A Home Care Agency Management software platform with efficient scheduling tools will improve the operational efficiency of Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies.
Private Duty Nursing is different from your traditional home health as it requires skilled care for medically fragile patients. The care is typically provided in longer shifts from 8 to 12 hours and for a limited number of patients over a longer period of time. In the Private Duty Nursing field, the nurse or LPN gets to know the patient as a person and can really become quite attached to their patient. The care provided can be in multiple settings such as the patient's home, school, or even a group home setting.
The unique nature of private duty nursing necessitates specific software features.
Home Healthcare Industry News
What to Do If the MBI Changes
CMS recently sent letters to people with Medicare who may have been affected by a recent data breach. They’re mailing approximately 47,000 new Medicare cards with a new MBI to those affected.
Home health clinician bias negatively affects quality of care
A clinician's bias toward their patients can negatively affect the quality of care home health clinicians provide, says a recent study from the Columbia University School of Nursing.
Home health adds 100,000 jobs in past 12 months
Home health care services have added roughly 100,000 jobs in the past year, according to the latest estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Upcoming Events
Final Preview of the 18th Annual User Conference
Rolling Meadows, IL, September 6
Minnesota Home Care Association 51st Annual Meeting & Expo
Breezy Point Resort, Breezy Point, MN, October 4 - 6
NAHC Annual Conference
Gaylord National Harbor, Washington, DC, October 15 - 17
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CareVoyant is a leading provider of cloud-based integrated enterprise-scale home health care software that can support all home-based services under ONE Software, ONE Patient, and ONE Employee, making it a Single System of Record. We support all home based services, including Home Care, Private Duty Nursing, Private Duty Non-Medical, Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), Home Health, Pediatric Home Care, and Outpatient Therapy at Home.
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