Month: August 2018

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Discover Why The Future of Healthcare Is In The Home

Fall conference season

HCCI is preparing to hit the road for fall conference season. Plan to attend and learn more about the Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) and home-based primary care (HBPC) at these upcoming conferences.

Sept 19-22 – National Conference for Nurse Practitioners (NCNP) | Exhibiting at Booth #301
https://www.ncnpconference.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=309462&

Sept 26-29 – Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) Annual Conference | Exhibiting at Booth #219
https://www.gapna.org/events/annual-conference

Oct 9-11 – Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) hosts the National Summit on Advanced Illness Care | Presenter and Exhibitor
https://www.ctacsummit.org/

Oct 25-27 – American Academy of Home Care Medicine (AAHCM) Annual Meeting | Presenting the Preconference on 9/25 and Exhibitor
https://www.aahcm.org/page/2018_Annual_Meeting

Hope to see and meet you out on the conference trail!

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Benefits of HBPC HCCIntel Practice Management Training & Education

Leveraging the Knowledge and Experience of HBPC Experts to Help Your House Call Program Succeed

Brent Feorene is a practice management expert and consultant in the field of home-based primary care medicine. Home-based primary care (HBPC) or “house calls” are making a resurgence because they better serve the needs of the four million frail, chronically ill, medically-complex, homebound patients in the US who have trouble accessing the traditional office-based healthcare system.

Hospitals sometimes refer to these patients as frequent flyers or MVPs (multi visit patients) because of their frequent trips to the ER and disproportionately high number of hospital admissions and readmissions. Getting primary care to these patients in their home is proving to meet the triple aim of better outcomes, higher patient satisfaction, and cost savings. In this video Brent describes some the unique challenges that hospitals and physician practices face as they consider providing care to patients at home.

HCCI has convened and continues to work with industry experts from around the country to set standards, develop HBPC training and assist providers and hospitals at all levels attain greater levels of success.

If your hospital or hospital system is seeking ways to reduce readmissions and improve it’s bottom line, contact HCCI for assistance and training implementing a house call program.

The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is a national non-profit organization focused on advancing home-based primary care (HBPC) to ensure that chronically ill, medically complex and homebound patients have access to high-quality care in their home. HCCI works with leading academic medical centers, health systems and industry experts to raise awareness of and advocate for expanding the HBPC model by growing the HBPC workforce through education and training and developing a research-based model for sustainable house call program implementation and growth.

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Benefits of HBPC HCCIntel

Advances in Technology Help Support Home-Based Medical Care

In the 1930’s, it was common practice for physicians to visit patients in their homes if the patients were too sick or injured to seek care in the doctor’s office or hospital. Nearly 40% of doctor-patient visits took place in the home. These “house calls” reduced stress on the patient and caregiver and gave the added benefit of giving the physician a unique perspective of the patient’s surroundings and issues that may be contributing to his/her condition.  But, by the 1950’s, house calls diminished as advances in technology equipped medical offices and hospitals to perform more diagnostic tests, as well as monitor and treat greater numbers of patients.

Today, thanks to the latest advances in modern technology, there are many pieces of medical diagnostic, treatment and monitoring equipment which have been made portable and can be brought into the patient’s home. These medical devices include; X-Ray, EKG, Ultrasound, Bladderscan, Point-of-Care Blood Analysis, Wireless data-sharing blood pressure monitoring, Glucose monitoring, and more.

Thanks in part to this new, portable technology, house call physicians and nurse practitioners can better diagnose, treat and monitor frail, chronically ill, medically complex, homebound patients in their home – reducing stress on the patient and caregiver, eliminating expensive medical transportation costs, reducing the chance of hospital-acquired infections, and often reducing the total cost to the system by reducing unnecessary ER visits and lengthy hospital stays.

In this video, you’ll see an x-ray technician demonstrate rolling a portable x-ray machine into a patient’s apartment and capture a chest and wrist x-ray.

If you’re interested in learning more about the growing field of house call medicine and home-based primary care, call or visit the Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) at 630-283-9210 or http://hccinstitute.org.

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Benefits of HBPC HCCIntel Training & Education

HCCI Brings Home-Based Primary Care Training to China

China

This week, HCCI’s CEO Tom Cornwell, MD., travels to China to be part of an International Symposium on Home-Based Medical Care. Dr. Cornwell will present 3 different lectures at the School Of Health Care Management, Shandong University in Jinan, China.

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K Eric De Jonge, MD explains the Independence At Home Act

K. Eric De Jonge, MD, is the Director of Geriatrics at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Dr. De Jonge is an innovative physician leader with a vision and commitment to population-based, patient-centered health care delivery to the frail elderly patient population.

Eric sat down with HCCI to explain to explain the Independence at Home Act.

You can learn more about home-based primary care from Eric and other industry experts at the upcoming AAHCM Annual Meeting and Preconference Oct 25-27 in Rosemont, IL.  To register for the meeting and the preconference presented by HCCI, visit https://aahcm.site-ym.com/page/2018_Annual_Meeting

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HCCI Sponsoring C-TAC’s 5th Annual National Summit October 9-11

C-TAC HCCI Gold Sponsor

HCCI is proud to announce that we will be a Gold Sponsor at the C-TAC National Summit on Advanced Illness Care taking place October 9-11, 2018 at the Denver Hilton City Center.  HCCI will be exhibiting as well as presenting a breakout/workshop session on Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC).  The Summit brings together over 400 healthcare stakeholders representing providers, health systems, health insurers, consumer groups, patient advocates, private-sector employers, and thought leaders from around the country to advance the movement towards comprehensive, value- and patient-focused care for people with advanced illness.

 

About the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC)

Americans are leading healthier and longer lives that ever before, yet the vast majority will face advanced illness, a situation where one or more conditions progress to the point that health and functioning decline, and care becomes increasingly focused on quality of life.

The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit alliance of over 140 national healthcare stakeholders. We are dedicated to the goal that all Americans with advanced illness receive comprehensive, high-quality, person-centered care that is consistent with their goals and values, and honors their dignity.

About HCCI

The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is a national non-profit organization focused on advancing home-based primary care (HBPC) to ensure that chronically ill, medically complex and homebound patients have access to high-quality care in their home. HCCI works with leading academic medical centers, health systems and industry experts to raise awareness of and advocate for expanding the HBPC model by growing the HBPC workforce through education and training and developing a research-based model for sustainable house call program implementation and growth.

Our Mission and Vision

The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is dedicated to creating universal access to best practice house call programs, making home-based primary care the national standard for treating medically complex patients who are better cared for in the home. We seek to ensure every patient in need has access to quality medical care in the home that results in a profound improvement in medical outcomes, patient and family experience and health care spend.

Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI)
1900 Golf Rd Suite 480
Schaumburg, IL 60173
630-283-9201

http://hcci.stoutlogic.io

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Visit HCCI at GAPNA September 26-29, 2018

GAPNA Conference Info

GAPNA Conference Info

Are you a Nurse Practitioner interested in earning CME credit?  Are you interested in exploring new career growth opportunities?  Are you currently practicing or have you ever considered expanding your career into home-based medical care?  If you answered yes to any of those questions, we hope you’ll visit the HCCI booth at the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) Annual Conference in Washington, DC September 26-29.

The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is a national non-profit organization focused on advancing home-based primary care (HBPC) to ensure that chronically ill, medically complex and homebound patients have access to high-quality care in their home. HCCI works with leading academic medical centers, health systems and industry experts to raise awareness of and advocate for expanding the HBPC model by growing the HBPC workforce through education and training and developing a research-based model for sustainable house call program implementation and growth.

To learn more and register for the GAPNA Annual Conference, visit: https://www.gapna.org/events/annual-conference

HCCI’s Mission

The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is dedicated to creating universal access to best practice house call programs, making home-based primary care the national standard for treating medically complex patients who are better cared for in the home.

We seek to ensure every patient in need has access to quality medical care in the home that results in a profound improvement in medical outcomes, patient and family experience and health care spend.

 

 

 

 

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See HCCI at NCNP Sept 19-22 in Anaheim

NCNP conference advertising

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Attending NCNP in September?  Don’t miss HCCI!

Are you a Nurse Practitioner interested in earning CME credit?  Are you interested in exploring new career growth opportunities?  Are you currently practicing or have you ever considered expanding your career into home-based medical care?  If you answered yes to any of those questions, we hope you’ll visit the HCCI booth at NCNP in Anaheim, September 19-22.

The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is a national non-profit organization focused on advancing home-based primary care (HBPC) to ensure that chronically ill, medically complex and homebound patients have access to high-quality care in their home. HCCI works with leading academic medical centers, health systems and industry experts to raise awareness of and advocate for expanding the HBPC model by growing the HBPC workforce through education and training and developing a research-based model for sustainable house call program implementation and growth.

HCCI’s Mission

The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is dedicated to creating universal access to best practice house call programs, making home-based primary care the national standard for treating medically complex patients who are better cared for in the home.

We seek to ensure every patient in need has access to quality medical care in the home that results in a profound improvement in medical outcomes, patient and family experience and health care spend.

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One Nurse Practitioner’s Path to a Career in Home-Based Primary Care

The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) recently exhibited at AANP18 in Denver where we met dozens of amazing nurse practitioners who are providing home-based primary care around the country.  Ed Etherton, NP, was kind enough to sit down for an interview and share his inspiring story and his path to a career in #hbpc providing house calls for UnityPoint Health Senior Health Division in Peoria, IL.  Ed is an NP “Ahead Of The Curve On Care!”

Are you a nurse practitioner who is currently making house calls?  HCCI would love to hear your story!  Are you a nurse practitioner interested in expanding your career into home-based primary care?  HCCI provides the training to help you better serve patients in their homes.

About HCCI
The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is a national non-profit organization focused on advancing home-based primary care (HBPC) to ensure that chronically ill, medically complex and homebound patients have access to high-quality care in their home. HCCI works with leading academic medical centers, health systems and industry experts to raise awareness of and advocate for expanding the HBPC model by growing the HBPC workforce through education and training and developing a research-based model for sustainable house call program implementation and growth.

Our Mission and Vision
The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is dedicated to creating universal access to best practice house call programs, making home-based primary care the national standard for treating medically complex patients who are better cared for in the home.

We seek to ensure every patient in need has access to quality medical care in the home that results in a profound improvement in medical outcomes, patient and family experience and healthcare spending.

Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI)
1900 Golf Rd
Suite 480
Schaumburg, IL 60173
630-283-9210

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