Home Care: A Case Study
Week Four Discussion Response Kramer
Home care services clearly assists in assuring decreased hospital readmissions for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients (Maliakkal & Sun, 2014). Technology is becoming an important device to assist in the management of patients with chronic CHF in the form of telehealth, which significantly enhances the ability to manage chronic CHF patients and assist in the avoidance post-hospital readmissions (Giordano, Zanelli, & Simonetta, 2011). Telehealth may be utilized to evaluate medication compliance, daily weights, diet adherence, mental status, and the presence of absence of edema, in addition to social issues of concern. Moreover, telehealth may be used as an opportunity to provide essential patient and
Home care services clearly assists in assuring decreased hospital readmissions for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients (Maliakkal & Sun, 2014). Technology is becoming an important device to assist in the management of patients with chronic CHF in the form of telehealth, which significantly enhances the ability to manage chronic CHF patients and assist in the avoidance post-hospital readmissions (Giordano, Zanelli, & Simonetta, 2011). Telehealth may be utilized to evaluate medication compliance, daily weights, diet adherence, mental status, and the presence of absence of edema, in addition to social issues of concern. Moreover, telehealth may be used as an opportunity to provide essential patient and