Home Health Program Becoming a National Model
The Baptist Health Home Health Network, a program in Arkansas, received national attention for using technology and teamwork to help patients who have trouble understanding and following doctors' orders because of illness, disability or illiteracy. The National Association for Home Care and Hospice is now trying to use the network as a model for a national pilot program. The network is made up of nurses who often call patients at home to check in on them, and use
technology such as a “Telehealth” computer to monitor patients in their homes.
Read the full Story from:
Carolyne Park, Baptist's Home-Health Program Is Seen as a National Model, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, February 2, 2009, available at:
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/251269/
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