The Proper Care and Feeding of Your Hospice Houses: How to Maximize Performance

Friday, March 30, 2012: 3:15 PM-4:45 PM
National Harbor 12 (Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center)
Primary Presenter:
Stephen Leedy, MD, FAAHPM
Co-presenters:
Donna Jolly, PharmD , Mary Heath, RN, BS, CPHQ and Amie Miller, RN, BSN
Area of Emphasis: Advanced Operational Innovations
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the challenges in utilizing opioid multi-dose bottles in hospice houses
2. Identify strategies for maximizing bed usage in hospice houses
3. Identify strategies for maintaining standardization of care among multiple hospice houses
Hospice houses are unique entities in health care. Part inpatient hospital, part nursing home, part spiritual retreat and palliative oasis, there are idiosyncratic challenges faced in providing care in one. Faculty will describe medication variances, particularly in multi-dose liquid opioids, that pose ongoing challenges for hospices. In addition, participants will learn about occupancy issues involving care transitions, bed availability and regulatory requirements to meet Conditions of Participation standards.
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