Transforming Home Care: Quality, Cost, and Data Management / Edition 1

by Donna Peters

Overview

Donna Peters, a noted expert in outcomes and data management in home h ealth care, and Tad McKeon, author of Home Health Financial Management, team up to assess the current home health care environment in light of quality, cost, and data collection issues. The most prevalent sourc es of data including outcomes measurement, professional standards, reg ulatory requirements, consumer expectations, care guidelines, and acti vity-based costing are examined. The book addresses how one uses data to derive information that can be used to improve performance and exam ines how to use data to achieve excellence, not just to satisfy regula tors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780834210721
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Publication date:	06/08/1998
Edition description:	1E
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Peters, Donna Ambler, RN, PhD, FAAN; McKeon, Tad, MBA, CPA, CQM

Table of Contents

Contents: The Concepts of Quality, Cost, and Data Management * The Eternal Question of Quality * How Much Does It Cost? * Managing Thy Data * The Necessary Components for Survival * A Perspective on Environment: The Beginning * How Firm a Foundation? * The Art and Science of Outcomes * How High Are Your Standards? * Guidelines for Practice * Activity-Based Cost Management * Integrating the Components and Succeeding * Making Data Meaningful * Steps to Managing A Process * Making Care Meaningful * Aligning Stakeholders and Agency Outcomes * Controlling Your Destiny * The Capstone: What Is It All About?

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Joan C. Murphy, EdD, MS, NP (Utica College of Syracuse University)
Description: This is a textbook for home care specialists about managing the quality of home care, the costs of that care, and the appropriate data.
Purpose: The purpose is to assist those in home care in the transition into a new world view. These times require a rethinking of key business practices traditionally performed under Medicare. The mission of the authors is to offer different perspectives on quality, cost, and the management of data. These objectives, met by the authors, are necessary if any agency is to be successful in this competitive era.
Audience: This book is written primarily for home care specialists, secondarily for home care administrators. Within that description, nurse managers, nurse clinicians, and business managers especially would benefit.
Features: The authors are both credible, well known contributors in their respective areas of expertise. The content is presented in a direct format and contains numerous figures and tables to amplify the text. There are current reference notes at the end of each chapter, a nine page glossary, a thorough table of contents, and listing of figures, tables, and exhibits. The size, hard cover, and overall meaty format entice the reader to indulge on the abundance of information.
Assessment: While this book may help anyone in home care, it would be especially helpful to board members, administrators (both nursing and business), graduate students in the field, and libraries and bookstores. At this time of enhanced pressure to reassess the manner in which we provide and manage home care, this text provides significant direction in the spheres of quality, cost, and data management.

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5 Stars! from Doody

This is a textbook for home care specialists about managing the quality of home care, the costs of that care, and the appropriate data. The purpose is to assist those in home care in the transition into a new world view. These times require a rethinking of key business practices traditionally performed under Medicare. The mission of the authors is to offer different perspectives on quality, cost, and the management of data. These objectives, met by the authors, are necessary if any agency is to be successful in this competitive era. This book is written primarily for home care specialists, secondarily for home care administrators. Within that description, nurse managers, nurse clinicians, and business managers especially would benefit. The authors are both credible, well known contributors in their respective areas of expertise. The content is presented in a direct format and contains numerous figures and tables to amplify the text. There are current reference notes at the end of each chapter, a nine page glossary, a thorough table of contents, and listing of figures, tables, and exhibits. The size, hard cover, and overall meaty format entice the reader to indulge on the abundance of information. While this book may help anyone in home care, it would be especially helpful to board members, administrators (both nursing and business), graduate students in the field, and libraries and bookstores. At this time of enhanced pressure to reassess the manner in which we provide and manage home care, this text provides significant direction in the spheres of quality, cost, and data management.

Joan C. Murphy

Two consultants prepare agency readers for the challenges of the booming home care industry, as an alternative to hospitalization and increasing share of the health care dollar (estimated as 40%-plus in 20 years). After defining key principles within the shifting paradigm of health care delivery, the authors cover: quality, cost, and "managing thy data"; the necessary components for survival; integrating the components for success; and controlling your destiny. Includes flow charts, clinical pathways, and a glossary translating the field's alphabet soup. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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