title: Key strategies for risk management in acute home care.
abstract: Home care agencies face new challenges as more acute medical care shifts to the home setting. Successful risk management must address effective communication and documentation, as well as proper management of new medical technologies.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Leonhardt
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011358:Product Surveillance, Postmarketing; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States