Ensure safe care for patients at home—keep better track of patients' care from hospital to home
The patient's home is becoming the principal venue for delivering an array of health care services, ranging from long-term care to acute hospital-level care and everything in between. Learn to identify and oversee the wide range of medical and social services available to assist patients at home.Created in collaboration by the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Academy of Home Care Physicians, this resource helps you traverse the changing home care landscape from long term care supportive services through skilled nursing and therapy services to acute hospital in the home programs.
Key topics include:
How careful utilization of appropriate services can prevent unnecessary rehospitalizations, emergency department visits and poorer than expected health outcomes Medical management of the home care patient Key features include:
Newly added chapters on care transitions and their importance in reducing hospital readmissions Legal, ethical and compliance issues fully discussed Information on the Veterans Administration's Home Based Primary Care Program Special home care populations from neonatal through hospice and end of life care A continuing medical education component for physicians interested in obtaining AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ A caregiver self-assessment tool A comprehensive glossary Listing of national, state and local resources Case studies, tables, figures and easy-to-read text