SOUTHERN OREGON (OHN): Signature, a Home Health Care agency that specializes in hospice, home health and home care, is extremely pleased to be acknowledged for ranking #1 in Home Health Agencies in Oregon.
Data provided by HealthInsight, a private, non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to improving health and health care released their findings, which showcased Signature who had earned the impressive #1 ranking in Oregon.
“Consumers who choose a home health care agency are often confident when choosing an agency who ranks as ‘Best in Class’ ”, said Barbara Stratton, a business consultant who was faced with locating home health care for a relative.
“High rankings assure families that their loved ones are in professional and qualified hands”, said Stratton.
Agencies like Signature supply a range of services and Signature consistently ranks high across the board including the coveted #1 spot in Southern Oregon, #7 in Eugene and #9 in Portland according to HealthInsight.
“We are very proud to be serving our community and will continue to provide the best care to those families who rely on us”, said Autumn Mercer, RN for Signature.
Signature, who recently expanded into Southern Oregon is considered the very best, after being compared to thousands of agencies in the very same industry.
How did Signature consistently outperform their competition?
Check out this impressive criteria along with the list of agencies and their rankings.
According to Healthinsight.org the criteria for the quality measures are:
- How often patients got better at walking or moving around.
- How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed.
- How often patients got better at bathing.
- How often the home health team checked patients for pain.
- How often the home health team treated their patients’ pain.
- How often patients had less pain when moving around.
- How often the home health team treated heart failure (weakening of the heart) patients’ symptoms.
- How often patients’ breathing improved.
- How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation.
- How often the home health team checked patients for the risk of developing pressure sores (bed sores).
- How often the home health team included treatments to prevent pressure sores (bed sores) in the plan of care.
- How often the home health team took doctor-ordered action to prevent pressure sores (bed sores).
- How often the home health team began their patients’ care in a timely manner.
- How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs.
- How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth.
- How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling.
- How often the home health team checked patients for depression.
- How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season.
- How often the home health team determined whether their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).
- For patients with diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care.
- How often patients receiving home health care needed any urgent, unplanned care in the hospital emergency room – without being admitted to the hospital.
- How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital.
The HHCAHPS measures are:
- Percentage of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way.
- Percentage of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them.
- Percentage of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them.
- Percentage of patients who gave their home health agency a rate of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
- Percentage of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family.
Quality Measures
As documented by Health Insight, The Home Health Compare data set contains agency-specific, risk-adjusted, performance on 22 quality measures for over 12,000 agencies nationwide. The quality measures show how often home health agencies gave recommended care or treatments that research has shown gets the best results for patients (process of care measures), how often patients improved in certain important areas of care (improvement measures), and how often patients needed unplanned medical care or had to be admitted to the hospital (utilization measures).1
Signature Hospice, Home Health and Home Care is a leading home care provider designed to make your choice to live at home the best possible.
Signature has been a preferred provider of home care services throughout the Pacific Northwest since 2006.
Sources: Oregon Health News, Signature, HealthInsight