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Dennee Frey, CHAMP Pharmacy Expert: Let’s Talk About Fall Prevention

July 28, 2010

New_Video_IconDennee discusses several resources that are helpful in preventing falls. Click on the play arrow to watch her video. Here are a few links to helpful tools. For more fall prevention tools, visit the tools page and select ‘physical function’ in the drop down menu. Timed Up and Go Test Home Care Fall Reduction Initiative Risk Assessment Screening Tool HHQI Best Practice Intervention Package (BPIP) – Falls Prevention Abstract: Tinetti, ME; Kumar, C. The patient who falls: It's always a tradeoff. JAMA. 2010; ...

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Paula Wilson, RN, Visiting Nurse Service of New York: Assessing Pain in our Patients

July 22, 2010

pwilsonI was speaking to a friend recently, discussing her dad’s recent orthopedic surgery. Her father had long-standing pain in his hips due to osteoarthritis and he decided to get both replaced simultaneously. I was surprised when I ...

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Val J. Halamandaris, President, NAHC: Using CHAMP as a Resource for Best Practices in Home Care

July 15, 2010

New_Video_IconClick on the arrow to hear a special message for CHAMP from NAHC's President, Val J. Halamandaris, on the occasion of our one year anniversary....

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Leigh A Irby, Wound Program Director, Visiting Nurse l Hospice Atlanta: Pressure Ulcer Prevention with the Help of OASIS-C

June 23, 2010

leighAs pressure ulcer development in the hospital is now considered a “never event” by Medicare and pressure ulcer prevention and development is a focus on home health compare,  it is increasingly clear that pressure ulcer prevention and ...

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Dennee Frey, CHAMP Pharmacy Expert: Pharmacist and Informal Caregiver Facilitate Medication Reconciliation

June 15, 2010

dennee-frey-champ-expertRecently, I've been thinking about dizziness, medication reconciliation and medication therapy management. Dizziness is a frequent, non-specific complaint often experienced as a transient side effect of drugs acting on the central-nervous system. When dizziness becomes persistent, it ...

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Paula Suter, Director Center of Excellence for Chronic Care Management – Baptist Health Home Health Network: Creating a Culture of Advocacy

June 10, 2010

As I sit in on our weekly multidisciplinary patient care conferences I am reminded of the crucial role that clinician-physician communication plays to ensure our patients remain safe and healthy in their environment of care choice – their home. I can hear in the voice of a new nurse – ...

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Patricia Kelleher, Executive Director, Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts: Home Health Needs to Step Up to the Care Transitions Challenge

June 03, 2010

pkelleher_resizedWe all know that moving from one health care setting to another can often be a very stressful experience for patients and their family members.  Changes in health status, treatment plans, medications and working with multiple, unfamiliar ...

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