There are many home health resources available at the Medicare Quality Improvement Community Web site to support reducing avoidable acute care hospitalizations. Also provided are links to Web sites that offer additional resources.
New Health Partnerships American Physical Therapy Association American Telemedicine Association Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association National Association for Home Care & Hospice Oasis Competency and Certification Board
The New Health Partnerships community is a project built and supported by individuals and organizations that believe that patients and families, in partnership with health care providers, can transform care for long-term conditions. New Health Partnerships has been a contributed many resources that have been beneficial in the HHQI campaign to reduce avoidable hospitalizations.
www.newhealth
partnerships.org
ACH Clinical Resource Kit
The Acute Care Hospitalization Clinical Resource Kit was created to organize select tools and resources used by home health agencies to reduce avoidable acute care hospitalizations.
Heart Failure Toolkit
Provided by Georgia Medical Care Foundation, this toolkit is a comprehensive resource that includes information on patient education, high risk identification and follow-up, initial face-to-face visit, monitoring, protocols for CHF symptoms, physician communication, and teaching guidelines.
American Association for Homecare
www.aahomecare.org
American Occupational Therapy Assocation
www.aota.org
www.apta.org
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
www.asha.org
www.atmeda.org
Care Transitions Program
www.caretransitions.org
www.hpna.org
www.nahc.org
www.oasiscertificate.org
The Remington Report
www.remingtonreport.com
Visiting Nurse Association of America
www.vnaa.org
Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Center for Home Care Policy and Research
www.vnsny.org/research
