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Tue, February 22, 2011Mon, February 21, 2011Sun, February 20, 2011Fri, February 18, 2011Thu, February 17, 2011Wed, February 16, 2011Tue, February 15, 2011Mon, February 14, 2011Fri, February 11, 2011Thu, February 10, 2011Wed, February 9, 2011Tue, February 8, 2011Mon, February 7, 2011Sun, February 6, 2011Fri, February 4, 2011Thu, February 3, 2011Amedisys Announces Poster Presentation at the American Physical Therapy Associationa?s Combined Sections Meeting
Published in Health and Fitness on Friday, February 11th 2011 at 11:15 GMT by Market Wire
BATON ROUGE, La.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED), one of America's leading home care and hospice companies, is presenting a poster Saturday, February 12 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm during the American Physical Therapy Associationa™s Combined Sections Meeting held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
"The Impact of a Fall Prevention Program on the Hospitalization Rate for a Home Health Agency a" A Pilot Study"
The poster, entitled aThe Impact of a Fall Prevention Program on the Hospitalization Rate for a Home Health Agency a" A Pilot Studya will be presented by Kimberly Marryott Lee, PT, DHS, Director of Corporate Rehab Quality and Research. The poster highlights what impact, if any, a multidisciplinary fall prevention program had on acute care hospitalization (ACH) rate due to falls or injuries at home for one home health agency in Rome, Georgia.
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is a national professional organization representing more than 74,000 members. Its goal is to foster advancements in physical therapy practice, research, and education. Its Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) focuses on programming designed by all 18 of APTA's specialty sections. This event brings together more than 7,500 physical therapy professionals from around the nation for 5 days of programming, networking opportunities, and an exhibit hall filled with products and services at the Ernest Morial Convention Center and the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans.
About Amedisys:
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) is the nationa™s leading health care company focused on bringing home the continuum of care. Each day Amedisys delivers personalized health care services to more than 35,000 individual patients and their families, in the comfort of patientsa™ homes. Amedisys has two divisions, home health care and hospice. The Companya™s state-of-the-art advanced chronic care management programs and leading-edge technology enables it to deliver quality care based upon the latest evidence-based best practices. Amedisys is a recognized innovator, being one of the first in the industry to equip its clinicians with point-of-care laptop technology and referring physicians with an internet portal that enables real-time coordination of patient care seamlessly. Amedisys also has the industrya™s first-ever nationwide Care Transitions program. Amedisys Care Transitions is designed to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions through patient and caregiver health coaching and care coordination, which starts in the hospital and continues throughout completion of the patienta™s home health plan of care. For more information about the Company, please visit: [ www.amedisys.com ].
