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Faivish Pewzner: Vision for Home Health Care

How can home care be improved in the near future? Well, a veteran in health care named Faivish Pewzner has a vision... and it is bright.

Home health care is an essential part of the health system that provides care and support for ill, elderly, disabled patients, and individuals with chronic conditions. The most important goal of health care is ensuring that patients receive high quality, personal, and compassionate care designed to meet their needs by offering them personalized service in the convenience of their homes. Faivish Pewzner, Americare Companies chief operating officer, says that older adults with a chronic condition are the group with the greatest demand for home care services. As the company’s executive, his main goal is to help patients reach their optimum level of health in the comfort of their own homes.

Home is where we feel the most comfortable, and for most patients, it is also the preferred setting for health care. Compared to other settings, there are fewer patient incidents and safety issues in the home setting. As Americans age and live longer, the number of elderly living with multiple chronic conditions, such as dementia and diabetes, as well as those suffering from functional impairments like mobility, continues to grow. Patients receiving home-based care have experienced 19% lower costs, higher satisfaction, and equal-to-better care outcomes when compared with hospitalized patients. Faivish Pewzner has put in a lot of time and effort to support better quality care in recent years. His first and foremost goal is to reduce emergency care and hospitalizations and improving the quality of life and patient satisfaction while keeping patients independent in their homes.

Home health care service is a great option for people who have recently been discharged from a hospital, but still, need medical attention as they go through the recovery process. Providing quality home health care requires better use of new and innovative ways to deliver care. However, achieving transformation changes in home care call for effective engagement from both government leadership and home care providers. Reduction of hospital-acquired conditions, patient engagement, and integration of mobile technologies and IT solutions are the key aspects of a successful home health enterprise.

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We are all aware of the profound impact of digital technology on most aspects of our daily lives. In the past few years, innovative technology trends have also impacted the healthcare sector. By creating vital links that facilitate communication, coordination, and promote improved collaboration, technology can be of great help to caregivers, physicians, nurses, therapists, social workers, and other involved in delivering some aspect of care. In order to realize his vision, Mr. Pewzner is planning to provide faster access to health care, improved home and community care, and informational workshops that would educate people on how to stay healthy.

Faivish Pewzner always worked on the advancement of health, as it can be seen on his Google Scholar profile. He has also donated on several occasions, primarily in New York. Most recently, his donation helped the solution for the women's Mikvah.

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