Resources

There are many home health resources available at the Medicare Quality Improvement Community Web site to support reducing avoidable acute care hospitalizations. Also provided are links to Web sites that offer additional resources.

	New Health Partnerships The New Health Partnerships community is a project built and supported by individuals and organizations that believe that patients and families, in partnership with health care providers, can transform care for long-term conditions. New Health Partnerships has been a contributed many resources that have been beneficial in the HHQI campaign to reduce avoidable hospitalizations. www.newhealth partnerships.org
	ReACH Collaborative ReACH was a two-year initiative to implement and disseminate evidence-based improvement strategies to reduce avoidable home health hospitalizations. www.paqh.org/ reach
	ACH Clinical Resource Kit The Acute Care Hospitalization Clinical Resource Kit was created to organize select tools and resources used by home health agencies to reduce avoidable acute care hospitalizations.
	Home Telehealth Reference 2005 The Home Telehealth Reference 2005 offers educational resources to home health agencies on home telehealth planning, implementation, and utilization.
	Home Telehealth Reference 2006/2007 The Home Telehealth Reference 2006/2007 was developed as a reference for home health agencies (HHAs) to support utilizing home telehealth to reduce avoidable hospitalizations.
	SBAR: A Home Health Package SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) is a device that can be used to improve communication between home health staff and physicians.
	Heart Failure Toolkit Provided by Georgia Medical Care Foundation, this toolkit is a comprehensive resource that includes information on patient education, high risk identification and follow-up, initial face-to-face visit, monitoring, protocols for CHF symptoms, physician communication, and teaching guidelines.
	American Association for Homecare www.aahomecare.org
	American Occupational Therapy Assocation www.aota.org
	American Physical Therapy Association www.apta.org
	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association www.asha.org
	American Telemedicine Association www.atmeda.org
	Care Transitions Program www.caretransitions.org
	Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association www.hpna.org
	National Association for Home Care & Hospice www.nahc.org
	Oasis Competency and Certification Board www.oasiscertificate.org
	The Remington Report www.remingtonreport.com
	Visiting Nurse Association of America www.vnaa.org
	Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Center for Home Care Policy and Research www.vnsny.org/research