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Orthopaedic/Rehabilitation Specialty Team: A Model for Improved Care

June C. Sheppard

Recent and proposed changes in home care reimbursement have had a profound effect on the delivery of nursing care. Fewer nursing visits are performed due to these cost-reduction strategies. Consequently, each visit that is made must be efficient and high quality. Traditional medical-surgical home care nurses may not have the experience or training to provide the diagnosis-related specialty care for home care patients. A specialty orthopaedic/rehabilitation program can improve the patient care for this population and provide long-term savings to the agency. The development of this program is a model for the development of other specialty programs in home care.

Key Words: home care • nursing • restorative, specialty

Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 12, No. 4, 15-26 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/108482230001200408


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