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Therapy in the home

For many individuals, the patient experience continues even after they leave the hospital or physician office. WellSpan’s VNA Home Health each year provides care in the home to more than 5,000 patients following a surgical procedure or while managing the symptoms of a chronic disease such as congestive heart failure or diabetes.

How do we compare?  Experts agree on the following ways to measure the effectiveness of therapy in the home. Click on the links below to see how WellSpan’s VNA Home Health is improving in these measures.

Discharge to the Community
Improvement in Bathing
Improvement in Dyspnea (shortness of breath)
Improvement in Pain Interfering with Activity
Improvement in Patient Mobility
Improvement in Transferring Patients Getting In and Out of Bed
Improvement in Urinary Incontinence
Patient Improvement in Taking Medications
Patients Who Needed Emergent Care
Preventing Acute Hospital Admissions
Time to Treatment for Total Hip Replacement
Time to Treatment for Total Knee Replacement Patients