Home Health Care News March 4, 2021
Competency training for home health staff matters — but with in-home care professionals addressing so many urgent challenges in 2021, that training might not always be at the top of a home health organization’s priority list. Even when it is, executing it during the pandemic presents additional barriers.
It’s no wonder then that so many home health agencies are turning to virtual means to meet home health competency requirements for their direct care staff.
“Direct care staff competency in home health regularly becomes more of an administrative and burdensome task that lacks the focus and attention that it requires,” says Irina Gorovaya, home health consultant with Amity Healthcare Group, LLC. “This can frequently result in poor patient care outcomes and...