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From the Editor

From the Editor

Welcome to Home Healthcare Nurse and our new website! We are integrating Journal content, such as articles, columns, Clipboard, etc. to help you quickly and (more!) easily find the information you seek. As you know, HHN is the peer-reviewed interdisciplinary and international Journal that addresses all aspects of home health and hospice care in the home. Now in our 28th year, content is directed toward providing information about evidence-based research, clinical practice, and management. The articles and departments in HHN seek to stimulate creative, cost-effective, safe and high quality best practice approaches to support effective clinical and operations management for home care and hospice.

Features of the enhanced web site include customization for your use -- saved searches, personal article collections, easy-to-find supplemental materials and media, and the capability to export references into citation managers and figures from full-text articles into Power Point! Another new feature we will be adding is the “Published Ahead-of-Print” papers. In addition, I will highlight "Free–this-Month" articles that are available for a defined period of time for your reading pleasure and use!   

Other features here to note include: "Editor’s Picks" "Hot Topics", and Future Table of Contents (TOCs) - which is pretty exciting so you see what is up next and coming in Home Healthcare Nurse! (I can give you a heads up – the January issue features articles about "The PHQ-2 on OASIS-C" and "Causes of Unplanned Hospital Admissions" - both important topics with Medicare certified HHAs.)

“Editor’s Picks” - This month features topics with immediate relevance and use – such as Margaret McDonald’s review of the article “Pandemic Influenza Planning in the Home Environment” and the issue of self-care (and germane during the holidays) entitled “Fired Up or Burned Out? Understanding the Importance of Professional Boundaries in Home Healthcare and Hospice” by Patti Anewalt.  Others include “Point of Care” use in home health, “Health Coaching” and a discussion about “Why Home Health Professionals Should Get the Influenza Vaccine” by Heather McKenzie of the Visiting Nurse Associations of America.

“Hot Topics” is comprised of timely articles and includes “Depression and Suicide Risks in Older Adults: A Case Study” always a concern at the holidays as this case study shows and an editorial entitled “OASIS-C:  Hope for Assessments that are Clinically Accurate and Useful” by Nary Narayan. Another article addresses the “Benefits of Hospice and Palliative Care Certification” while Anne Lefferts and team educate us with an update about that old scourge – bedbugs and one HHA’s story in “Community Health Nurses Battle an Ancient Nuisance” (also a CE).

In the "Collections" area there are 10 groupings of articles defined by the chosen topic. These are (in alpha order) Cardiac Care, Evidence-Based Practice, Global Perspectives, Infection Control and Prevention, Infusion Care, Hospice and Palliative Care, Interdisciplinary Team Perspective, Medicare, OASIS and Outcomes, Older Adult/Geriatric Care, and Wound Care.  At the beginning of each Collection I explain what is contained and briefly, why that topic, content or article was chosen.

I thank you for all the feedback and notes and e-mails I receive about how much you enjoy Home Healthcare Nurse. Like the Journal, your comments are welcomed and can be sent to me at news@marrelli.com. I look forward to hearing from you and your ideas on ways to improve HHN, whether paper or the online version!

Sincerely,

Tina M. Marrelli, MSN, MA, RN, FAAN
Editor, Home Healthcare Nurse

 

Topics HHN seeks.

Editorial Calendar
2010 2011
Issue Topic Issue Topic
January Pediatrics January Regulatory
February Geriatrics/Older Adult Home Care February Pediatrics
March Management/Clinical Operations March Hospice, Palliative, and End of Life Care 
April Infection Control April Wound Care
May Policy Advocacy & Environment May Aide Focus
June Rehabilitation and Safety
July/August Cardiac Care
September Infusion/Technology
October Quality and Outcomes
November/December Education and Practice
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The Home HealthCare News offers up-to-date information that we want you, the subscribers of Home Healthcare Nurse to know about and soon! These may be government initiatives, web sites with important information, new publications, and more! If you know of an item that might fit this section e-mail the Editor, Tina Marrelli at news@marrelli.com.

Calendar Year (CY) 2010 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Personal Computer (PC) Pricer Release - The CY 2010 Home Health PPS (HH PPS) PC Pricer has been added to the CMS website as of January 22, 2010 and is available here, under the Downloads section.

New Tools Available on CHAMP's Web Site! - The CHAMP team has new downloadable tools to help you improve your home care results! Visit their tools page, evidence base page and presentations page to see how these resources can help you and your agency.

OASIS-C - Be Prepared to Screen for Depression - OASIS-C's question M1730 Depression Screening asks “Has the patient been screened for depression, using a standardized depression screening tool?" CHAMP's library of resources now includes the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) (General Assessment Try This Series, Issue 4) or the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD).

"Legal Guide for the Seriously Ill" written by the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging

New Report Highlights Latest Data on Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service Programs 

New publication offers relief to those suffering from pain and other distressing symptoms of illness

The New Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign

Expert Panel Issues Final Consensus Statement on Skin Changes At Life’s End (SCALE)