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Technology: The Right Partner Makes All The Difference

Ed. Note: This is the fifth in a series of posts that will deal directly with establishing a transitions of care program. Please check back weekly for updates, or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/careteamconnect to view earlier entries and to be notified when new entries are published. Author: Carrie Kozlowski, OT, MBA Consistently, one [...]

Outsourcing: Selecting a Vendor

Ed. Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts that will deal directly with establishing a transitions of care program. Please check back weekly for updates, or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/careteamconnect to view earlier entries and to be notified when new entries are published. Author: Dr. John Loughnane, MD One of [...]

Developing an Internal Program – Job Descriptions and Hiring

Ed. Note: This is the third in a series of posts that will deal directly with establishing a transitions of care program. Please check back weekly for updates, or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/careteamconnect to view earlier entries and to be notified when new entries are published. Author: Carrie Kozlowski, OT, MBA Most organizations [...]

Risk Driven Resource Allocation: Clinical and Telephonic Resources

Ed. Note: This is the second in a series of posts that will deal directly with establishing a transitions of care program. Please check back weekly for updates, or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/careteamconnect to view earlier entries and to be notified when new entries are published. Author: Carrie Kozlowski, OT, MBA Hopefully, you’re [...]

Keys to Developing a Transitions of Care Program to Prevent Readmissions

Ed. Note: This is the first in a series of posts that will deal directly with establishing a transitions of care program. Please check back weekly for updates, or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/careteamconnect to be notified when new items are published. Author: Carrie Kozlowski, OT, MBA Perhaps the greatest obstacle facing most organizations [...]

An Advanced Screening! RemCare’s Article Submission to the NPDA Benchmarking Study – Home Care and Hospital Partnerships to Reduce Re-admissions

Home Care Pulse (HCP), one of RemCare’s home care industry partners, is putting the finishing touches on its first annual home care benchmarking survey, which it conducted in tandem with the National Private Duty Association (NPDA).   Aaron Marcum, Home Care Pulse CEO, presented preliminary findings at the NPDA national conference in Philadelphia this past March.  [...]

Health Care Reform Continues to Build on Efforts to Improve Quality through Enhanced Care Team Collaboration

Health care reform passed this week.  And then passed again.  The legislative game of ping-pong between the House, Senate and Executive Office has formally ended.  Is there irony in the fact that after more than a century of talking about sweeping health care reform (beginning with Teddy Roosevelt himself), two health bills passed in one [...]

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