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March 10, 2011 - HVA just finished the release of Version 2.1
of the software for its Patient Data Vault (PDV) subscription service. HVA continues
to upgrade the capabilities of the service at no cost to its subscribing member hospices.
The recent upgrade to the PDV software adds the following:
- Automated volunteer hours reports for reporting compliance with the 5% Medicare
requirement. No need to do anything more than click a button for end of month, quarter
or annual hours reports.
- Built-in automated mileage reporting for volunteers to use in preparing their income
tax return
- More flexibility to accommodate volunteers who do not have computers while still
allowing your hospice to have paper form submitter's reports in electronic form
for ease of access and ease of complying with management reporting.
- increased capability to identify skill sets of your volunteers and locate them to
fill an assignment quickly.
- improved access to archived patient data when a bereaved family comes forward for
support from your hospice months or years after their loved one has died or when
you need to reaccess a patient's records when they come back on service.
The cost-to-benefit ratio of the PDV service is extremely low. You will not find
a lower cost hospice volunteer management and reporting service anywhere with the
features of the PDV. Our member hospices find the service to be extremely cost effective
and easy to use. HVA has not had one subscriber choose to decline the service after
directly experiencing its benefits with a
30-day Free Trial. Why not give it a try? You have absolutely nothing to
lose and everything to gain whether you are a hospice with 10 volunteers or 600!!
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Volunteers Love It Too!! Never has reporting
volunteer activities been so easy. The benefits mentioned above are just the advantages
for volunteer managers but we must tell you, volunteers are very happy too. Submitting
forms, coordinating vigils with other volunteers, journaling, keeping up with volunteer
meetings and special events has never been easier. In this day and age younger volunteers
are not interested in filling out paper forms. Some of our member hospices tell us one of
the reasons they chose the PDV is because their volunteers wanted an online alternative
to paperwork.
If you want to improve your volunteer recruiting efforts, let prospective
volunteers know that they will automatically receive a free membership (if your
hospice is a member) and that your hospice uses the latest technology to make it
easy for them to report their volunteer activities.
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 The current economic climate calls for cost-effective,
belt-tightening methods for hospice business operations. Hospices currently using
the PDV Service
are finding many such advantages. The cost savings in time and materials, the variety
of volunteer forms available and the improved efficiencies in communication methods
are quite significant. Most important is that all of these improvements meet the
strict requirements of the HIPAA Privacy Rule for storage and transmission of Electronic
Protected Health Information (EPHI). Volunteers and staff can access, share and report sensitive patient
information anywhere that there is an Internet connection.
[Sign-up] Today for a No-Risk 30-day FREE Trial!!
The monthly subscription price of this cost-saving service is very affordable,
$1.95/month per volunteer -- approximately equivalent to the monthly cost of postage
per volunteer for mailing volunteer forms. Also, charges only apply when a volunteer
actually uses the PDV during the billing period. No minimum charges apply.
HVA member hospices have found the PDV service is a true benefit to their volunteer management
operations and makes it easier for volunteers to communicate with hospice staff.
Click here to learn more about this member
service that is the solution to this long-standing problem of sharing
sensitive patient data electronically over the Internet.
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September 16, 2010 - the latest issue of the
Hospice Volunteer News is now available online. This issue is filled with
informative articles and interviews that will be of great interest to hospice volunteers
and hospice volunteer managers. To view the highlights of this new issue,
click here. The HV News e-magazine continues to expand its content with
many new outstanding features. To learn more and view a sample issue
click here.
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New Members: Join HVA now and receive the handbook
This Time of Caregiving - Words of Encouragement & Hope
as our gift!!
Please Note: This offer applies to paid memberships only.
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HVTI has incorporated the suggestions and comments of Volunteer Coordinators from
around the country that were compiled from our National Hospice Volunteer Training
Survey (purchase this report from Caregiver's
Store). The survey respondents represented over 30,000 patients served annually
by nearly 7,000 volunteers. This data (see preview)
was used by our curriculum planners to guide them in the development of the HVTI
volunteer training program development.
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The infrastructure for the institute is now in place and course development is underway.
HVTI expects to have its initial courses online by summer 2011.
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The HEAL Project has created the National Council on Hospice Volunteer Education
(NCHVE). This council is made up of national visionaries that are guiding the
development of the HVTI curriculum and assisting in defining the national certification
program for volunteers and volunteer managers.
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The Hospice Volunteer Association (HVA) created the National
Hospice Document Repository (NHDR) as a public service to the hospice community.
Some of the ways that we hope this repository will assist the community are:
- providing a venue for hospice volunteer coordinators/managers to
share training materials, volunteer program descriptions, volunteer job descriptions,
outreach brochures, etc. with their colleagues.
- to share information relating to events, conferences, retreats and
workshops that would be of value and interest to the hospice volunteer community.
- to share articles and other types of information that would be of
interest to the hospice community.
Using the NHDR is now much easier. We have made it very easy for members of the
hospice community to upload documents they wish to share. You can now perform searches
for documents in the repository using key words.
Search and access hundreds of hospice-related documents -- download
them for free! The HVA repository is one of the largest free sources
of hospice-related information in the world.
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If you would like to share such information with other hospices,
click here to find out how to submit or access documents.
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The HEAL Project started the pilot program for its Hannah's Friends community volunteer
program in Northern CA. This program is supporting the families of children with a life-threatening
illness. Hannah's Friends now has its own website. Click
here to visit the new site and learn more about the program.
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The HEAL Project's Community Outreach Program in Education (COPE)
provides a free knowledge base for those who are or will be embarking upon a caregiving
journey for a friend or family member.
- Series I - Caring for a Terminally
ill Loved One - Making Compassionate Choices: this series focuses on the
various facets of caregiving starting with the diagnosis of a terminal illness through
to death and the bereavement period that follows.
- Series II - Caring for a Child
Approaching the End of Life and Keeping the Family Together: Families that
are caring for a child with a life-limiting or life-threatening illness face formidable
emotional, psychological and spiritual challenges. This series provides useful information
that will help guide and support them on their journey, easing the uncertainty of
what lies ahead.
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