Home Health & Hospice Week

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New OASIS Items That Patients Self-Report Irk HHAs

Recording patients’ answers when they appear to lack accuracy is confusing. As home health agencies and their staff gear up to implement OASIS-E, some are questioning the value of a certain type of new item. “Most people I have taught … do not like the [new items] that are self-reported” by patients, relates J’non Griffin with SimiTree Healthcare Consulting. Reminder: [...]
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