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The
Quality Improvement
Process
The
Federal Nursing Home
Quality Initiative:
Project Description,
Clinical Background
and Measures
As
part of the the Nursing
Home Quality Initiative,
the federal government
is publishing information
comparing the quality
of care in nursing
homes within states
and nationally. Under
contract to the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid
Services at HHS, Quality
Improvement Organizations
(QIOs) are conducting
statewide quality improvement
activities for nursing
homes around the country.
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At
a July 2002 conference
hosted by the American
Health Quality Association
on the Nursing Home
Quality Initiative,
several CMS officials
briefed attendees on
key components of the
initiative
- Dr.
Barbara Paul, Center
for Beneficiary Choices,
Quality Measurement
and Health Assessment
Group
-
Angela Brice Smith,
CMS Survey and Certification
Group
-
Dr. William Rollow,
Deputy Director,
CMS Quality Improvement
Group
Measuring
Nursing Home Performance
on Quality of Care
The
National Quality Forum
is implementing a project
to establish consensus
around a core set of
performance measures
for chronic and post-acute
nursing facility care
that will be used for
quality improvement
and public reporting.
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