title: Home Care Steps protocols: Home care's answer to changes in reimbursement.
abstract: Home care agencies must plan for increasing demands from managed-care organizations; federal, state, and local governments; and consumers to provide appropriate, timely, high-quality, and cost-effective home healthcare services. Providers of home care services need a methodology to appropriately manage and control their service delivery. The Home Care Steps protocols discussed in this article provide such a methodology.
authors.affiliation: Genesis Visiting Nurse Association, Davenport, Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meister
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rodts
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gothard
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maturen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care