• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Net Health

Purpose-built EMR Software + Solutions for Outpatient Care

Home

Solutions

Therapy

SNF & Senior Living
Hospital Outpatient
Private Practice
Home Health
Acute Care

Wound Care

Hospital Outpatient
Private Practice
Data Solutions

Occupational Health

Employee Health for Hospitals
Employee Health for SNFs
Occupational Medicine Clinics

Hospice

Hospice Management

Telehealth

For SNF & Senior Living Therapy
For Hospital Outpatient Therapy
For Private Practice Therapy
For Home Health Therapy

For Wound Care
For Hospital Employee Health
For Occupational Medicine

Digital Marketing Services

For Therapy
For SNF & Senior Living
For Wound Care
For Occupational Medicine

Professional Services

For Therapy
For Wound Care
For Hospital Employee Health
For Occupational Medicine

Revenue Cycle Services

For Hospice
For Occupational Medicine

Resources

Net Health Resources Page, Webinar, green image
Outpatient Therapy

Grow Your Rehab Therapy Practice Using Paid Ads and Search Engine Marketing

When done right, paid advertising and search engine marketing are amazing tools to reach new patients and grow your business. By applying several basic tactics, you can start using powerful digital advertising platforms like Google and Facebook to target specific audiences and help ensure a steady flow of business for your practice. Click to View […]

Click to View Webinar
Net Health Resources Page, check mark, red image
Hospice

Five Key Stressors Hospice Professionals Face, with Guidance for Support

Hospice professionals help others face death and loss, while juggling interdisciplinary communications, quality compliance regulations and ever-evolving technologies. You are continually there for families and their dear ones who are passing away. But what about you? Get the eBook In caregiving professions, it is easy to get swept up in the needs of others and forget […]

Get the eBook
Sales: 800.411.6281
Please make a solution selection below and we will be in touch with you to schedule a demo.

Blogs + Articles

Browse all blogs
SNF & Senior Living Therapy
Outpatient Therapy
Home Health Therapy
Wound Care
Employee Health
Occupational Medicine
Hospice

Resources

Resource Hub
Webinars
Videos
Case Studies
eBooks
White Papers

About

Jason JJ James, CIO, SME blog image
Leadership

Net Health’s CIO discusses diversity and how it can build a stronger organization

Diversity in the workplace is an on-going issue but it’s an issue with solutions. To build diversity, it takes forward-thinking initiatives, a reexamination of the hiring philosophy, and the support of the company’s decision-makers.  One such supporter of diversity in the workplace is Net Health’s CIO, Jason “JJ” James.  Recent social movements like Black Lives […]

Read More
Net Health's Fireside Chat on Race blog image
Our Culture

Tough Questions | Real Answers: Net Health’s Fireside Chat about Race

Net Health did something different recently. Nearly two hundred employees and their families gathered around their computer screens to take part in a landmark event in our company’s history – we called it a “Fireside Chat about Race”.  The purpose of this event was to have a truly open conversation about the controversial but relevant […]

Read More

About Net Health

Company
Leadership
Partners
Careers
Press Releases

Contact

Login

Agility

844.464.9348

CliniSign

772.403.1301

Hospice

855.417.1420

Net Health U

Optima Therapy

772.403.1301

Net Health Therapy
(formerly ReDoc)

844.464.9348

Net Health Wound Care
 (formerly WoundExpert)

844.464.9348

Schedule a Demo
Uncategorized Net Health Clients Share Tips for Staying Safe in Healthcare Settings
SNF + Senior Living

Net Health Clients Share Tips for Staying Safe in Healthcare Settings

April 17, 2020 by Net Health

We recently spoke to a group of clients leveraging our software solutions for skilled nursing facilities to share their experiences treating patients, keeping everybody safe, and operating optimally during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this discussion, they shared best practices they developed from lessons learned as the pandemic evolved, and we decided to turn some of their lessons into tips and suggestions that might provide new information and ideas for healthcare providers who are treating patients in risky healthcare settings every day.

  • Provide in-room or bedside treatment only. Try to conduct therapy appointments in individual rooms. In cases where groups are absolutely essential, they should be held in the same room for safety.
  • Minimize gym use or discontinue altogether. Ideally, you should close your gym, but if you need to keep it open, minimize the number of people and use distance markers to maintain social distancing. If possible, only allow one patient at a time in the gym.
  • Share gowns by keeping one gown in each patient room. Even the most prepared nursing homes are running short of personal protective equipment (PPE). If you are short on gowns, hang one gown on the back of each patient door to be shared by all staff working with that patient.
  • Leverage rollators for transportation. To help keep therapy equipment sanitized, transport it with sanitary wipes or spray/wipes using rollators.
  • Pair therapists and patients and keep them in the same wings of the facility. As a safety precaution, assign therapists to work with the same patients and if possible, have them only use certain areas of the facilities to limit exposure and virus spread.
  • Screen all employees at the beginning and end of a shift. This includes a temperature check and questionnaire to identify potential symptoms. Consider restricting employees from traveling between buildings to maintain social distancing and reduce unnecessary contact.
  • Investigate and implement telehealth options. Telehealth has become a great tool to continue patient treatment. Consider videoconferencing, FaceTime or e-visits to reduce the need for staff to travel between buildings.        
  • Use designated buildings as a safe harbor for new patients. They must remain in this safe harbor for 14 days if they are going to another building. If they are going home, they can leave earlier.
  • Check your local social media for community mask makers if your policy allows. You can get free covers to extend the life your N-95 masks from local groups, made to order.
  • If you are a leader, step in to assist with care and conduct inspirational meetings. It means a lot to staff when leaders roll up their sleeves and work alongside them in the trenches. Along these same lines, conduct short gatherings to recognize staff, provide inspiration, answer questions or and quell fears that may be arising among staff members.

These are desperate times, and proven, useful health and safety information is vital. As tactics in combating COVID-19 grow, we must be ready to listen and implement—not only for ourselves but for our families and communities as well. This pandemic will not end overnight, but we must stay strong and do our part to stop the spread and support those in need and on the frontlines.

Remember: we’re in this together and we’ll get through this together.

To learn more about our Skilled Nursing and Senior Living solution, click here. Net Health Therapy for SNFs provides contract therapy companies, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), assisted living facilities (ALFs) and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) with the industry’s leading therapy management software.

Related

24
SHARES
LinkedinShareTweetMailPrint

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: COVID19, Senior Living, Skilled Nursing, Skilled Nursing Facility, SNF

Subscribe and See More

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Footer

About

  • Company
  • Leadership
  • Careers
  • Locations
  • Our Culture | The Buzz
  • Press Releases

Resources

  • Resource Hub
  • Our Blog
  • Client Services

Care Settings

  • Hospital
  • Post-Acute Care
  • Private Practice

Sales

800.411.6281

Copyright © 2021 · Net Health · Sitemap · Privacy Policy