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Cardiac specialty program for home health care: A model for implementation

Cardiac Program Coordinator TGC Home Health Care Tampa, Florida

Sally Ax, RNC, BSN

Medical Supervisor Cardiac Program TGC Home Health Care Lakeland, Florida

A new trend is emerging in home health care—specialty programs. With the emphasis on dis ease management, home health agencies must develop programs that focus on specific patient groups with similar diagnoses or problems. Health care providers, such as managed care compa nies, demand better patient outcomes. Specialty programs target specific populations by using advance practice personnel as primary caregivers to achieve better outcomes. This article in cludes a blueprint for a cardiac specialty program developed by a home health agency in central Florida that can be adapted for any specialty program. Key words: home health care, specialty program, specialty staff

Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1-8 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/108482239500800104


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