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Emerging Services Help Hospice Patients Reduce Anxiety About Pets’ Future

Hospice News

Worries about their pets can contribute to great stress and anxiety for dying patients, impacting quality of life, according to Tania Crawford, volunteer coordinator at Hospice of Redmond. The organization also deploys volunteers to help families care for animals in the home. “In

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4 steps to prep home care agencies for digital transformation [Free Checklist]

AlayaCare

To ensure that your agency succeeds in this endeavor and avoids these common challenges there are four essential steps you must take… Here are 4 easy steps to help you get started and to help you know what to look for in technology tools to help your home care business, we have created a detailed checklist you can download.

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CSI Academy Teams to Focus on Implementing HWE Standards

Daily Nurse

The HWE standards are the cornerstone of AACN’s comprehensive HWE initiative, a long-term commitment to creating environments where nurses can provide the highest standards of safe, compassionate patient care while being fulfilled at work. We aim to change that.”

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Staffing Summit Panel: A Discussion with Element5

Hospice News

Our automations can be used to really help operations with the administrative checks and balances that they’re required in order to stay compliant, which helps to push the needle towards allowing the staff to be focused on better patient care. That allows the staff to be more highly satisfied and to improve those retention rates.

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6 Proven Ways to Maximize Profitability by Putting Your Data to Work

AlayaCare

As the demand for this service continues to grow across North America, home infusion providers face the challenge of maximizing profitability while maintaining the highest level of patient care. When it comes to patient care, some require more resources than others, which can significantly impact the cost of care.

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A Tip Sheet for Care of Textured Hair in Hospitalized Patients

AJN Off the Charts

In response, they developed a Tip Sheet for Care of Textured Hair as an initiative in line with the goals of their hospital’s nursing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) Magnet core council. They have generously made this downloadable pdf available to AJN to share with readers who would like to make use of it in their own hospitals.

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5 more ways of reducing repetitive tasks through home care software solutions 

AlayaCare

Here are some examples of how software enhanced communication provides several advantages over manual calling or emailing: Messages are quicker to send and require less effort, allowing staff to spend more time providing patient care.

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