TELEHEALTH MONITORING

• Enables physicians, case managers and discharge planners to safely discharge clients who need close clinical monitoring at home.
• Facilitates early intervention through daily monitoring of vital signs and collects data on client specific questions.
• Provides physicians with "up to the minute" clinical reports which include the following vital signs: weight, blood pressure, pulse and oxygen saturation.
• Allows the client to maintain a stable health status, thereby improving quality of life.

COMPREHENSIVE WOUND/OSTOMY MANAGEMENT

 

• Provides a Certified Wound/Ostomy Care Nurse to make home visits for assessment and teach clients/caregivers.

• Provides the referring physician with a complete interdisciplinary approach for their clients with wound and ostomy needs.
• Enables the client and their family/caregiver to learn about their specific wound or ostomy care at home, thereby maintaining quality of care and promoting independence in managing their health care needs.
• Enables case managers and discharge planners to efficiently plan home discharges for clients with wounds/ostomies.

• Provides physicians with the security that the client's with wounds/ostomies will receive appropriate care at home.
• Allows the client with a wound to safely live at home rather than remain in the hospital or sub-acute facility, thereby improving the quality of life for the client and their family.

FALLS PREVENTION: FALLS MANAGEMENT

• Enables case managers and discharge planners to safely plan home discharges.

• Provides physicians with the security that the VNA of LI’s professional team will assess all clients at risk for falls.
• All members of the home health care team have been specially trained in home safety and fall management.

 MATERNAL/CHILD HEALTH SERVICES:

MOTHER/BABY HOME VISITS

• Provides physicians with the security that the mother can recognize signs and symptoms of pre-term labor, the major factor in infant morbidity and mortality.
• Enables case managers and discharge planners to safely plan home discharges for new mothers and their babies.
• Supplements the education provided by the hospital nursing staff.
• Ensures that the new mother can safely care for herself and her new baby at home, thereby improving quality of life.

CARDIAC DISEASE MANAGEMENT SERVICE

 

• Provides an advanced level of quality, skilled care and cardiovascular disease management services within a client’s home as an adjunct to ongoing physician care.

• Multidisciplinary efforts focus on improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of care for select clients with chronic illness.

• Utilizes an individualized, step-by-step approach; clients with cardiac disease learn how to proactively self-manage their illness with confidence while remaining in the comfort of their own homes.

• Provides physicians with the security that the client's requiring cardiac disease management services will receive appropriate care at home.

• Clients learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of heart failure and proactively gain a measure of control over their health and well-being.