Home Health Care

Title:	OASIS and the Home Health Quality Improvement Measures
Date:	9/20/2003
Presenter:	David Hittle, PhD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Description:	PowerPoint presentation describing the home health outcome measures and the reporting of patient outcomes. Includes specific detail on the basic methodology underlying the patient outcome reports, including the risk adjustment process.
Keywords:	Home Health Quality Initiative (HHQI), outcome-based quality improvement (OBQI), home health outcome measures, OASIS, public reporting
Title:	Panel of Home Health Stake Holders - Keys to National Home Care Quality Initiative Rollout Statement (PDF) Handout 2 (Word doc) Handout 3 (Word doc) Handout 4 (Word doc) Handout 5 (Word doc) Sheryl Jones, Visiting Nurse Association-PowerPoint Presentation
Date:	9/20/2003
Presenter:	Shelley Ludwick, RN, VNAA, Ann Howard, American Association for Homecare, and Sheryl Jones, RD, LD, MBA, Visiting Nurse Association
Description:	PDF, MS Word documents, and PowerPoint presentation describing the role of home health agencies in the development of the Quality Indicator public reporting initiative, the collaborative process between the national home health associations – CMS, AHRQ, and AHQA, and the problem areas that have been identified by home health agencies during Phase I. Includes the expectations of home health agencies as the Quality Indicator initiative goes national.
Keywords:	Home Health Quality Indicator public reporting initiative, Quality Indicators, public reporting
Title:	Panel of Phase One QIOs: Experiences with the CMS Home Health Quality Initiative (HHQI) Pilot Project and Lessons Learned
Date:	9/20/2003
Presenters:	Marc McCombs, West Virginia Medical Institute, Sheila Conneen, PhD, MPH, RN-C, New Mexico Medical Review Association, and Patricia Thorbin, RN, MPA, CPHQ, CPUR, LHRM, FMQAI
Description:	PowerPoint presentation focusing on the rollout and continuing communications efforts for the Home Health Quality Initiative in West Virginia, New Mexico, and Florida. Specific emphasis on the approaches, successes, and lessons learned with the launch of the initiative and the subsequent efforts to continue promoting the initiative upon the approach of the 2003 fall national launch.
Keywords:	public reporting, outcome-based quality improvement (OBQI), Home Health Quality Initiative, home health agencies
Title:	Improving the Timeliness and Focus of Home Health Technical Assistance
Date:	3/12/2004
Presenters:	John White, DPM, MS, Robert Boudreau , PhD, Carol Roy, RN, Annette Holmes, MSA, CPM, CPHQ, and Terri Lindsey, RNC, BSN, Virginia Health Quality Center
Description:	PowerPoint presentation sharing one QIO’s innovative uses of statewide CASPER OBQI data, linked with ongoing QIO and home health agency activities and interventions data, to: 1) increase the timeliness and improve the focus of agency-specific technical assistance; 2) to support a provider recognition program, and 3) to increase customer satisfaction.
Keywords:	CASPER, OBQI, Home Health, Technical Assistance Model