Home Health Care News November 18, 2024
The challenges created by industry-wide staffing shortages are widespread, creating stress and frustration for patients and caregivers alike. Searching for solutions can feel overwhelming, and there is no one single solution to fix it all.
But not all changes have to be massive and complicated. Providers can also make small, simple changes that build positive momentum.
Wound dressing changes, for instance, are time-intensive, technical and have a significant impact on a home-based care provider’s ability to keep patients in their homes and out of the costly skilled nursing setting. By simply changing the go-to dressing alone, a large regional home health agency saw improvements that positively changed their business both in observed clinical outcomes and economic impact. This change required...