title: An interdisciplinary wound team in home health: the role of the physical therapist in wound care.
abstract: The healthcare industry is changing, posing challenges to Medicare-certified home healthcare agencies (HHAs). With healthcare reform and the 2011 prospective payment system changes, including reduction in reimbursement to agencies, it is imperative to assess an organization's wound care program. HHAs must provide quality care at lower costs, using evidence-based medicine that may include nontraditional approaches to providing care.
authors.affiliation: Celtic Healthcare in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA. abelnm@celtichealthcare.com
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abeln
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pitassi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D059825:Physical Therapists / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing; D014481:United States; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy