The Home Healthcare Industry


This internet resource guide gives an overall view of the home healthcare industry. It contains a collection of useful sites that would be of interest to all individuals interested in this area of the healthcare industry.

Overview

Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac 1997-98 - Industry Trends
A detailed analysis of the eight major trends affecting the healthcare industry including home healthcare.

The Health Care Industry Has Changed Dramatically
A study by Stephen J. Kogut on the radical changes the healthcare industry has experienced during the past ten years especially in the area of home healthcare.

General Information

Homecare on the Internet
A web site designed to be a one stop information source for referrals, clinicians, and consumers of homecare.

MedLinks - Home Healthcare
A site containing links relating to many different home healthcare industry topics including assisted living facilities, hospice and home health centers.

How to Choose A Home Health Agency
A good source which contains criteria for choosing a home health agency and also a checklist to determine if home healthcare is necessary.

How to Hire a Qualified Home Healthcare Worker
An article by Anne A. Shums that discusses the criteria for choosing a qualified home healthcare worker.

Starting a Home Health Agency
A site which gives information on what is needed to facilitate the startup of a home healthcare agency.

A Pro Talks About Home Healthcare Liability
A report by Marie Myers that explores the risk and liability involved in the home healthcare industry.

Home Healthcare Organizations

Housecall Medical Resources, Inc.
The seventh largest provider of home health services in the United States serving patients, their physicians, managed care organizations and other third party payers.

Home Healthcare Organizations
A site which gives information about several prominent healthcare organizations that promote the home healthcare industry.

Home Healthcare Providers
A source which gives information on some of the agencies which provide home healthcare services.

Home Healthcare Consulting Companies
A site which provides information on some of the consulting companies which offer services to others in the home healthcare industry.

Home Healthcare Technology

Home Healthcare Software
A site which offers information about the computer software that is available to the home healthcare industry and also gives information about the companies which provide this software.

Home Healthcare Support
An IBM web site which discusses new and innovative software designed particularly for the home healthcare industry.

Information Sources

Home Healthcare Magazines
A site provides information on many journals published for those in the home healthcare industry.

Home Healthcare Meets Managed Care
A journal article from Nursing Systems which discusses how home healthcare can deliver high quality and cost effective healthcare.

The Home Healthcare Nursing Video Series
A six video series that examines essential issues that effect home healthcare nursing.

by Kristin Howard (kah1212@aol.com)
CLIS 748
College of Library and Information Science
University of South Carolina
April 29, 1998