Home Healthcare Services’ Clinical Pharmacists′ patient-centered interventions during the COVID-19 outbreak

Multiple chronic conditions (MCC) are one of today’s most pressing healthcare concerns, affecting 25% of all Americans and 75% of older Americans. Clinical care for individuals with MCC is often complex, condition-centric, and poorly coordinated across multiple specialties and healthcare services. There is an urgent need for innovative patient-centered research and intervention development to address the unique needs of the growing population of individuals with MCC. In this commentary, we describe innovative methods and strategies to conduct patient-centered MCC research guided by the goals and objectives in the Department of Health and Human Services MCC Strategic Framework. We describe methods to (1) increase the external validity of trials for individuals with MCC; (2) study MCC epidemiology; (3) engage clinicians, communities, and patients into MCC research; and (4) address health equity to eliminate disparities.

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Effect of an Electronic Face-to-Face Certification Form on Home Healthcare Services Start Date and 30-Day Rehospitalizations and Emergency Room Visits

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association ◽

10.1016/j.jamda.2020.01.056 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. B19

Author(s):

Ana Montoya ◽

Karen A. Neeb ◽

Ana Montoya ◽

Li Zhu ◽

Navasuka Kumar ◽

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Keyword(s):

Emergency Room ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Home Healthcare ◽

Emergency Room Visits ◽

Face To Face ◽

Start Date

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Home Healthcare Services as an Extension of Intensive Care Unit

The Modern Hospital ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-01394-3_34 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 367-371

Author(s):

Priya Goyal ◽

Rifat Latifi

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Home Healthcare

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Remote Home Healthcare Services and Tools for Supporting Aging in Place

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing - Advances in Usability, User Experience, Wearable and Assistive Technology ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-51828-8_117 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 882-891

Author(s):

Helene Fournier ◽

Heather Molyneaux ◽

Irina Kondratova

Keyword(s):

Aging In Place ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Home Healthcare

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Financial sustainability of home care in the health system of the Republic of Serbia

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo ◽

10.2298/sarh1304214k ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 141 (3-4) ◽

pp. 214-218 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dejan Konstantinovic ◽

Vesna Lazarevic ◽

Valentina Milovanovic ◽

Mirjana Lapcevic ◽

Vladan Konstantinovic ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Insurance ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Home Healthcare ◽

Fixed Costs ◽

Home Therapy ◽

Healthcare Centre ◽

Therapy Services ◽

The Republic ◽

The Cost ◽

Therapy Team

Introduction. Over the last several years, during the economic crisis, the Ministry of Health and the Republican Health Insurance Fund (RHIF) have been faced with new challenges in the sphere of healthcare services financing both in the primary as well as other types of health insurance in the Republic of Serbia (RS). Objective. Analysis of cost?effectiveness of two models of organization of home treatment and healthcare in the primary insurance, with evaluation of the cost sustainability of a single visit by the in?home therapy team. Methods. Economic evaluation of the cost of home treatment and healthcare provision in 2011 was performed. In statistical analysis, the methods of descriptive statistics were employed. The structure of fixed costs of home healthcare was developed according to the RS official norms, as well as fixed costs of providing services of home therapy by the Healthcare Centre "New Belgrade". The statement of account for provided home therapy services was made utilizing the RHIF price list. Results. The results showed that the cost of home healthcare and therapy of the heterogeneous population of patients in the Healthcare Centre "New Belgrade" was more cost?effective in relation to the cost of providing home therapy services according to the RS official norms. Conclusion. Approved costs utilized when making a contract for services of home therapy and healthcare with the RHIF are not financially sustainable. It was shown that the price of 10 EUR for each home visit by the in?home therapy team enables sustainability of this form of providing healthcare services in RS.

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Application of the Omaha System in the Determination of Healthcare Needs of Individuals Receiving Home Healthcare Services

SM Journal of Nursing ◽

10.36876/smjn.1008 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Betül Aktaş ◽

Medine Yilmaz ◽

Nazife Kaplan ◽

Banu Çankiri

Keyword(s):

Healthcare Services ◽

Home Healthcare ◽

Healthcare Needs ◽

Omaha System

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Providing Patient Centered Care for Adolescents with Chronic Conditions

The International Journal of Person Centered Medicine ◽

10.5750/ijpcm.v6i1.560 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 22-29

Author(s):

Nabeel Al-Yateem

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Transition Process ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Adolescents And Young Adults ◽

Study Phase ◽

Patient Centered ◽

Centered Care ◽

Group Interviews ◽

Depth Interviews

Background: It is well acknowledged that clear, structured healthcare services that are mutually developed between the patient and the healthcare professionals are likely to be of high quality, desirable, and effective. Such service should address the complexity of the illness-health experience in terms of the factors that influence it as well as the physical and psychosocial consequences on the patient. The required focus should be on treating the patient rather than just treating the disease.Objectives: To develop relevant and feasible care guidelines that may inform more competent and patient centered services for adolescents and young adults with chronic conditions.Methodology: A sequential exploratory mixed method design guided this study. The first qualitative phase employed in-depth interviews to explore the experiences of adolescents and young adults about the health services they were receiving. This was followed by focus group interviews with healthcare professionals to discuss the patients’ reported needs and to suggest interventions that would address them. Finally, a second quantitative phase was carried out through a survey to explore the views of a larger sample of service stakeholders about the relevance and feasibility of the suggested guidelines for clinical practice.Results: The in-depth interviews revealed four main themes, as follows: a current amorphous service, sharing knowledge, the need to be at the center of service, and easing the transition process to adulthood. The second study phase yielded 32 proposed guidelines that may contribute to more competent and patient centered health care.

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The mHealth Stack

Emerging Communication Technologies for E-Health and Medicine ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0909-9.ch001 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Benjamin Falchuk ◽

David Famolari ◽

Russell Fischer ◽

Shoshana Loeb ◽

Euthimios Panagos

Keyword(s):

Mobile Devices ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Cloud Services ◽

Healthcare Applications ◽

Patient Centered ◽

Mobile Healthcare ◽

Care Givers ◽

Current Usage

Applications accessible through mobile devices, such as mobile phones, are playing an increasingly important part in the delivery of high quality and personalized healthcare services. In this paper, we examine current usage of mobile devices and networks by mobile healthcare applications, and present our views on how mobile devices and networks could be used for creating patient-centered healthcare applications. The patient-centered healthcare paradigm allows for increased quality of care and quality of life for patients while increasing personal freedom to move about and be always connected to care-givers and healthcare services. The structure of our discussion is analogous to layered protocol stack in communications, progressing from the network and radio technologies, servicing middleware, cloud services, health sensors, mobile smartphones, and applications. All these layers come into play to support future mobile healthcare services.

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