Handbook of Home Health Care Administration

Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, Sixth Edition is a comprehensive text that reflects the current state of home health care administration. With contributions from leading experts in the field, it addresses key aspects of home health care, including finance, human resource development, legal and ethical issues, management information systems, marketing, quality management, research, and current technology for patient care. The Sixth Edition includes seven new chapters: * Status of Home Health Care: 2015 and Beyond * The Roles of and Competency Requirements for Paraprofessionals * Disaster Preparedness * Pediatric Home Care * Beyond Medicare-Certified Home Health Services: An Overview of Other Types of Home Care Services * Expanding Your Performance Improvement Program: Using Process and Other Measures to Improve Care * ADRs, CERTs, RACs, SMRCs, ZPICs, and Other External Audits

About the Author

Marilyn D. Harris, RN, MSN, CNAA-BC, FAAN, served as the Executive Director of Abington Memorial Hospital Home Care in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania for 22 years. The recipient of many state and national association awards, Ms. Harris has more than four decades of experience in home care She is author, or coauthor, of more that 150 article including chapters, manuals, and four' previous editions of the Handbook of Home Health Care Administration. She has presented over 50 papers on home care issues at conferences including an invitational conference in The Netherlands.