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Home Health Monitor is a FREE weekly e-mail newsletter that will help you stay up-to-date on the most important issues in home care. It provides information, breaking news, and helpful tips related to OASIS, reimbursement, compliance, CMS regulations, and more, presented in a quick-read format.

October 1, 2008 (Volume 3, Issue 38)

New study links sleep duration and risk of falls
A recent study in the September 8 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine found that women 70 years and older who get five hours of sleep or less each night have a higher risk of falls than those who sleep seven to eight hours.

New trial begins to test effectiveness of investigational pneumococcal vaccine
On September 23, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals announced the beginning of the Community Acquired Pneumonia Immunization Trial in Adults, a study which will evaluate the effectiveness of an investigational vaccine hoped to prevent the spread of community acquired pneumonia, according to a Wyeth press release.

Tip of the week: Consequences of an incomplete clinical record
Incomplete records are an invitation to disaster. You must document completely in all areas indicated by organizational policy; nobody wants to review a clinical record in retrospect and see gaps in their documentation.

Other recently-published articles from Home Health Monitor:

AHIMA provides release of information guidelines

Tip of the week: How to recognize the signs of a head injury

NIST releases guidelines for cell phone and PDA security

Tip of the week: Reduce your lawsuit risk

CMS announces incentive program for electronic prescribing

NIST releases revised resource guide for implementing the HIPAA security rule

APIC steps up efforts to ensure healthcare workers receive flu shots

Internet use helps improve mental functioning in elderly

CMS cracking down on Medicare fraud

Federal ’red flag’ identity theft rule takes effect

Medicaid costs for long-term care on the rise

Tip of the week: Consequences of an incomplete clinical record

New trial begins to test effectiveness of investigational pneumococcal vaccine

New study links sleep duration and risk of falls

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