HOME HEALTH CARE AND TAPELESS
Previously, hospitals worked to fill beds completely. As payment structures changed, the goal moved to get the patient out of the hospital as quickly as safely possible and continue care at home. For this reason, home care became the largest, fastest growing aspect of medical care. The pressure of economic responsibility shifted to home health care agencies as they were compensated based on diagnosis and not necessarily on care given. It became cost effective for these visiting nurses to provide fewer and shorter visits with a patient.
Tapeless secondary wound dressings are the perfect products for this cost sensitive industry.
1. Tapeless, being anatomically designed, easily is applied to the desired location. Not only does this allow the patient to apply and change his own dressings, thereby reducing the number of nursing visits, but with a low risk of too tight an application or improper positioning. Family members can assist without concern of difficulty or complexity of dressing changes.
2. Tapeless is washable and reusable thus reducing cost for supplies. Tapeless is Medicare Part B reimbursable that many other secondary dressings are not.
3. Tapeless permits the nurse to not only require fewer visits, but studies have documented a significant time-savings, which is also a cost benefit.
4. Tapeless, by allowing for safe, effective wound care without the need of a nurse, can be done more frequently thus possibly improving healing time.
5. Tapeless, by virtue of the material used and the anatomic design, is applied by securing around the body part, not needing to be slipped over or wrapped around the body part. This permits individuals that have difficulty with these motions to still effectively use Tapeless.
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