Overview
Discharge Planning for Home Health Care is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to assessing the needs of patients and establishing a coordinated hospital-to-home discharge plan. The referral format and assessment tools provide the user with an organized and systematic approach for the transition of the patient through the continuum of care. This comprehensive resource is based on current reimbursement and regulatory issues and contains over 150 tools for easy application to a broad spectrum of health care settings.
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Contents: Introduction * Overview * The Hospital Discharge Plan * The Patient's Perspective * The Home Care Coordination Perspective * The Social Work Perspective * The Nursing Perspective * Professional Collaboration * External Linkages * The Effects of Reimbursement: Today and Tomorrow * Integration with Alternative Health Care Settings * Conclusion
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Barbara Stover Gingerich, MS, RN, CHE
Additional Titles by this Author
ISBN-13: 9780763755669
ISBN-13: 9780834207813
Deborah Anne Ondeck, RN, MS, CHCE
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