The joint venture partnership between Intermountain Healthcare and Lifesprk was according to Home Health Care News, one of the more interesting home care collaborations in 2018. Why did an $8 billion health system in Utah ...
Planting the Seeds for Population Health with Primary Care in Senior Living
There’s a lot of pioneering work being done right here in Minnesota to reach quadruple aim – better care, better health, reduced cost, and improved engagement. One area posing the greatest opportunities for supporting these ...
What Role Can Personal Care Play in A Person-Centric Population Health Model?
As we shift from ‘sick care-acute care silos’ to a true ‘health care’ system, how are home care companies evolving in a value-based world and creating the change needed to meet the person-centered demands of ...
Discharge Planning in A Value-Based World: How Can You Provide Value and Still Honor Choice?
It isn’t enough to just hand a few brochures to seniors or give them a list of home care providers to choose from if we aren’t first asking them: what are your goals after you ...
The Issue Plaguing Seniors That’s 100% Preventable: Are Your Clients Affected?
Medication adherence – it’s not a diagnosis but it is an issue affecting many of our senior clients. It’s one of the main reasons so many are heading back to the hospital after being discharged ...
The Healthcare Rules Lifesprk Leaders Want to Break
“Doctors of conscience have to resist the industrialization of their profession,” said Dr. Bernard Lown in a recent NY Times article on ‘Doctors, Revolt!’ Lown, 96, was hospitalized for pneumonia and questioning why nurses woke ...
Is Family Caregiving the Next Public Health Crisis? 5 Things You Can Do Now to Avoid It
A recent white paper written by the National Alliance for Caregivers suggests family caregiving is the next public health crisis. The white paper points out, ‘as medical professionals we ask the client if they have ...
Authentic Nursing – Rediscovering the Nurse Within
The end of the year is a great time to slow down to reflect on your life, your career, and where you’re headed. We don’t need to tell you that nursing these days can be ...
Lifesprk Honored As Fast 50 – One of Minnesota’s Fastest Growing Companies
Growing Demand for Person-Centered Care In an earlier blog we shared ‘what is person-centered care’ pointing to the fact that seniors want to be seen for who they are – not their diagnosis, their condition, ...
The Growing Demand for Person-Centered Home Care
Quiz: How Do You Measure Up? Denise Logeland found out first-hand that a lot needs to change in the US to create true person-centered care. Her blog “When Health Care Ignores Your Goals” for Next ...
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