Triggers For Home Care
- Change in medication (time, dosage, titration)
- New medication
- New diagnosis
- Unable to manage disease process effectively
- Calls office frequently with the same questions
- Recent/frequent falls
- Goes to ER frequently; not always admitted
- URI (Upper Respiratory Infection)
- UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)
- Open area/wound
- Neuropathy
- Recent surgery/hospital stay
- Coumadin therapy
- Uncontrolled Blood Pressure (BP)
- Uncontrolled Diabetes
- Uncontrolled Blood Sugar (BS)
- Flu symptoms
- Fall with fracture (Fx)
- Chronic pain
- CHF paitents with frequent exacerbations
- COPD patients with frequenty exacerbations
- Patients who use ER for disease management
- Needs follow-up appointment for recent ER/hospital stay
- New prescription for oxygen
- New prescription for walker/cane or other assistive device
- New prescription for inhaler(s)/nebulizer
- Need for hydration
