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Consultation / Model Program
Medical Social Work Services, Inc.
Our
consultation is limited to Home Health Agencies committed to a
patient centered approach to management. In this
administrative setting, an adaptation of our Model will assure
delivery of effective social services and increase agency
marketability.
Our field tested patient centered Model Program, built form
the ground up, is complete in detail assuring timely transfer
of information useful to other members of the treatment team
and promotes an integration of a professional social work
perspective into the treatment process.
Immediate
Impact of Consultation
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Communications
simplified
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Accountability
improved
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Documentation
simplified and useful
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Personnel
management simplified
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Clinical indicators
for social service referrals identified
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Early and accurate
identification of needs affecting recovery and independence.
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Increased
responsiveness to physician referrals
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Establishment of
parameters of what should be expected from a professional
Social Worker (and what should not)
Consultation includes
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Assessment of the
HHA's existing social service program.
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Assessment of the
availability and distribution of resources in each services
area
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Assessment of the
availability of qualified social workers.
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Confidential report
to Management. Findings & recommendations reviewed and
administrative goals defined.
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How to select
social worker possessing appropriate skills and training.
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How to establish
cost effective and practical social service staffing
pattern.
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Recommendations
for procedures, documents, policies enabling maximum
utilization of MSW.
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Recommendation of a
medical record documentation format providing useful and
readable information.
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Provision of user
friendly computer forms simplifying all aspects of referral
management, tracking and medical record documentation.
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Staff Training on
effective utilization of social workers
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Contact Us
Medical Social
Work Services, Inc.
1745 Binney Drive, Ft. Pierce, FL
34949
E-Mail
JohnAshcraftMSW@bellsouth.net
Phone / Fax (772) 467-0709
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