Happy #NationalPharmacistDay! In hospice care, pharmacists are essential in managing medications that ensure patients' comfort and dignity. Their expertise improves quality of life at every stage. Thank you for all you do!
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Successful long-term care pharmacies often provide specialized services like medication synchronization and medication therapy management for residents in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other extended care settings. Multi-dose packaging and automated verification systems work together with these high-demand pharmacies to ensure patients receive the correct medication, on time, reducing hospital readmissions and improving overall health outcomes. #LongTermCare #PharmacyCare #Healthcare
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Preventing Readmissions From Home! At GrabMD, we believe the best care doesn’t end when a patient leaves the hospital or skilled nursing facility. Our dedicated team goes the extra mile—literally—by visiting patients in their homes to ensure they are set up for success. 💊 Medication Management We make sure patients understand how to refill and take their medications independently, so they can stay on top of their health. 🛠 DME Assistance From oxygen tanks to walkers, we ensure patients have received their Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and know exactly how to use it. 🤝 Home Support We assess the home environment and ensure each patient has the support they need to thrive, helping avoid unnecessary readmissions. 🚗 No Need to Travel By coming directly to the patient's home, we remove the burden of transportation. No more missed appointments or delays in care. 👩⚕️ Frequent In-Home Visits GrabMD sees patients as frequently as medically necessary to ensure they stay safe, healthy, and comfortable right at home. 📈 Our Goal: Fewer Readmissions, Better Outcomes We work hard to keep patients where they belong—safe and well at home. Let’s prevent readmissions and improve outcomes together! #GrabMD #PatientCare #HomeHealth #PreventReadmissions #HealthcareInnovation #SafeAtHome #MedManagement #DME #HealthSupport #UtahHealthcare
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So many causes of readmissions have simple solutions.
Preventing Readmissions From Home! At GrabMD, we believe the best care doesn’t end when a patient leaves the hospital or skilled nursing facility. Our dedicated team goes the extra mile—literally—by visiting patients in their homes to ensure they are set up for success. 💊 Medication Management We make sure patients understand how to refill and take their medications independently, so they can stay on top of their health. 🛠 DME Assistance From oxygen tanks to walkers, we ensure patients have received their Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and know exactly how to use it. 🤝 Home Support We assess the home environment and ensure each patient has the support they need to thrive, helping avoid unnecessary readmissions. 🚗 No Need to Travel By coming directly to the patient's home, we remove the burden of transportation. No more missed appointments or delays in care. 👩⚕️ Frequent In-Home Visits GrabMD sees patients as frequently as medically necessary to ensure they stay safe, healthy, and comfortable right at home. 📈 Our Goal: Fewer Readmissions, Better Outcomes We work hard to keep patients where they belong—safe and well at home. Let’s prevent readmissions and improve outcomes together! #GrabMD #PatientCare #HomeHealth #PreventReadmissions #HealthcareInnovation #SafeAtHome #MedManagement #DME #HealthSupport #UtahHealthcare
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The current reimbursement models for EMS agencies are outdated and inadequate. These agencies are often only compensated when transporting patients to hospitals, a model that no longer fits the evolving landscape of healthcare. With the rise of in-home care services, we must advocate for a payment structure that reflects the true value of paramedics’ work—whether they’re saving lives on the scene or providing hospital-level care in a patient’s living room. Additionally, robust data collection and analysis within EMS are critical for driving continuous improvement in patient care. By collecting comprehensive data on patient outcomes, response times, and the effectiveness of in-home care, EMS agencies can better demonstrate their value, optimize their services, and advocate for the necessary funding and resources. Policymakers and healthcare leaders need to recognize the importance of this data in shaping the future of EMS and ensuring that these innovative models are both safe and effective. As we continue to explore and expand these home-based healthcare models, it’s vital that we ensure they are safe, effective, and fairly compensated. Let’s push for policies that not only enhance patient care but also recognize and reward the essential role of paramedics and EMS agencies in our healthcare system. Together, we can drive the future of EMS forward. #EMS #HealthcareInnovation #Paramedics #HealthCareReform #HomeHealthcare #DataDrivenHealthcare
Around the country, more than 300 hospitals are deploying or preparing to dispatch paramedics, nurse practitioners and other medical staff to treat patients at home instead of in hospital settings. The efforts are part of a nationwide experiment that began with the pandemic, when hospitals were overcrowded and under financial strain. Federal regulators proposed a fix: Hospitals could temporarily take care of Medicare patients at home, but still get paid the same hospital-stay rate. The pandemic-era program was open to patients in fee-for-service Medicare. Not everyone is eligible for these programs. Hospitals limit their selection to patients who are stable enough to be at home, but sick enough to need hospital-level care. Hospitals also evaluate patients’ ability to move independently, whether they live alone and how much support they have from family and friends. The idea outlasted the public health crisis and hospital finances rebounded, attracting investment from medical centers and technology companies eager to capture a piece of the emerging market. But policymakers say they fear hospitals are overpaid and will overuse the home-based services, raising spending unnecessarily. As more health systems adopt these models, clinicians and regulators have also grown concerned about the quality and safety of these programs. Patients, too, question the risks they face. 🔗 Read more from Melanie Evans: https://lnkd.in/eiTZRV-e
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Hospital leadership, Currently, about 2/3rds of insured patients in your hospital are producing revenue. Daily hospital operational costs continue at $2,883 (national average) per patient. Why is your ER holding admissions? Why are readmissions a constant issue? Why so many frequent flyers/high utilizers? Why are your hospital’s Google reviews mediocre? All questions are tips of the iceberg related to fixable issues. 1. Half of the readmitted patients never saw a primary care provider following discharge. 2. Half of patients needing home health never start care. 3. Delays in discharges to qualified skilled nursing facilities Over the next few days, I'll unpack these questions and causes of “lost bed days.” GuidingPatients, Inc.
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Around the country, more than 300 hospitals are deploying or preparing to dispatch paramedics, nurse practitioners and other medical staff to treat patients at home instead of in hospital settings. The efforts are part of a nationwide experiment that began with the pandemic, when hospitals were overcrowded and under financial strain. Federal regulators proposed a fix: Hospitals could temporarily take care of Medicare patients at home, but still get paid the same hospital-stay rate. The pandemic-era program was open to patients in fee-for-service Medicare. Not everyone is eligible for these programs. Hospitals limit their selection to patients who are stable enough to be at home, but sick enough to need hospital-level care. Hospitals also evaluate patients’ ability to move independently, whether they live alone and how much support they have from family and friends. The idea outlasted the public health crisis and hospital finances rebounded, attracting investment from medical centers and technology companies eager to capture a piece of the emerging market. But policymakers say they fear hospitals are overpaid and will overuse the home-based services, raising spending unnecessarily. As more health systems adopt these models, clinicians and regulators have also grown concerned about the quality and safety of these programs. Patients, too, question the risks they face. 🔗 Read more from Melanie Evans: https://lnkd.in/eiTZRV-e
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"Hospices should create a "discharge checklist" to help safely discharge a patient from hospice. One critical need that patients and families may have is continuing to be sure that their durable medical equipment and medical supplies needs are met, as well as accessibility to medication." - Liza Johnson, RN, MBA, BSN, CHPN HFA's "Live Discharge: Repercussions and Mitigation Strategies" program. Listen to the full conversation: https://bit.ly/40uKWzP
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So important for the system to support, educate and reassure patients that many more minor illnesses can be dealt with safely and conveniently by pharmacists. Crucial in freeing up capacity for GP practices to manage more complex longer term conditions well
Our Chief Pharmacist, Neil Hardy, has an important message to share ahead of the long weekend: “Our community pharmacists are here to help you – you can find some open even on a bank holiday and you might be surprised by the range of support they can offer. As well as dispensing prescriptions, local community pharmacy teams can provide expert advice on how to treat common health conditions like colds, rashes and stomach aches. “Most pharmacies in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are also now able to treat certain common conditions, including shingles, sore throats, infected insect bites, earaches, sinusitis, impetigo and uncomplicated urinary tract infections. They are trained to advise you when it may be more serious and you need to see a GP, nurse or other healthcare professional."
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Principal and Founder at Providence Healthcare Services | Medicare/Medicaid Certified Home Health Agency
The future of healthcare is in the home! But it’s important to work with providers who are committed to achieving quality outcomes and avoiding rehospitalizations while reducing costs and unnecessary services. #homehealthcare #agingathome
Around the country, more than 300 hospitals are deploying or preparing to dispatch paramedics, nurse practitioners and other medical staff to treat patients at home instead of in hospital settings. The efforts are part of a nationwide experiment that began with the pandemic, when hospitals were overcrowded and under financial strain. Federal regulators proposed a fix: Hospitals could temporarily take care of Medicare patients at home, but still get paid the same hospital-stay rate. The pandemic-era program was open to patients in fee-for-service Medicare. Not everyone is eligible for these programs. Hospitals limit their selection to patients who are stable enough to be at home, but sick enough to need hospital-level care. Hospitals also evaluate patients’ ability to move independently, whether they live alone and how much support they have from family and friends. The idea outlasted the public health crisis and hospital finances rebounded, attracting investment from medical centers and technology companies eager to capture a piece of the emerging market. But policymakers say they fear hospitals are overpaid and will overuse the home-based services, raising spending unnecessarily. As more health systems adopt these models, clinicians and regulators have also grown concerned about the quality and safety of these programs. Patients, too, question the risks they face. 🔗 Read more from Melanie Evans: https://lnkd.in/eiTZRV-e
