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Ease Your OASIS C Troubles With 2-Part Intake Assessments

Published on Tue Jan 19, 2010

Don't forget to allow time for skilled care. You'll get better OASIS C data -- and avoid leaving your patients frazzled and exhausted -- if you consider spreading out the OASIS C intake assessment over two visits. Remember, you are dealing with a patient ill enough to need home care and you need to leave time and energy for the skilled care or therapy you provide. Read on for ways to make your intake policies more patient-friendly. At least initially, some clinicians are finding that OASIS C takes twice as long to complete as OASIS B-1, says clinical consultant Judy Adams with Adams Home Care Consulting in Chapel Hill, N.C. Time required depends on many factors, including what resources you provide for clinicians, point of service software, access to Chapter 3 guidance, and tools and aids to streamline the process, she notes. But spreading the assessment over two visits will leave both [...]
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