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PREVENTING, MANAGING AND TREATING DISEASE
Home health care clinical teams, under directives from physicians, are able to help patients manage chronic disease effectively at home, resulting in significant reductions in unnecessary hospitalizations. Read more.
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EFFICIENT CARE
The clinically appropriate use of home health care in the Medicare program can result in improved quality of care, reduced health care spending and greater efficiency. Research demonstrates that home health care is a key solution that our health care delivery system can use to cut costs and improve patient care. Read more.
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CARE TRANSITIONS
Home health care providers are driving solutions to ensure better care transitions and care coordination across care settings. Transitioning patients effectively from one clinical setting to another is essential to improving America's health care delivery system. Read more.
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Health Technology
The home health care community continues to embrace new technologies and solutions that allow providers to communicate more efficiently across care settings, share clinical information and monitor patients in the home. In addition to pursuing interoperability for home health Electronic Health Records (EHRs), the Alliance is also examining how telehealth technology can be optimally used as a tool to improve patient care. Read more.
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IMPROVING HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
The Alliance is advancing research that can serve as a valuable resource to improve the quality and efficiency of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries, as well as help to identify potential opportunities for Medicare savings through the clinically appropriate use of home health. The Alliance seeks to support the development of evidence on home health care's value and to share this evidence with others interested in improving the delivery of health care in the United States. Read more.
Latest Research
From our blog
Connecting Home Health Care to the Care Continuum: Thoughts from Pamela Duncan, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center >>
May 23, 2013
Celebrating Older Americans Month: Utilizing Home Health Care to “Unleash the Power of Age” >>
May 14, 2013
When Being Disruptive at Home is a Good Thing >>
April 23, 2013
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