Download or read book Nursing Home Quality Revisited written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nursing Home Quality Revisited written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-03-27 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hospitals and nursing homes are responding to changes in the health care system by modifying staffing levels and the mix of nursing personnel. But do these changes endanger the quality of patient care? Do nursing staff suffer increased rates of injury, illness, or stress because of changing workplace demands? These questions are addressed in Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes, a thorough and authoritative look at today's health care system that also takes a long-term view of staffing needs for nursing as the nation moves into the next century. The committee draws fundamental conclusions about the evolving role of nurses in hospitals and nursing homes and presents recommendations about staffing decisions, nursing training, measurement of quality, reimbursement, and other areas. The volume also discusses work-related injuries, violence toward and abuse of nursing staffs, and stress among nursing personnelâ€"and examines whether these problems are related to staffing levels. Included is a readable overview of the underlying trends in health care that have given rise to urgent questions about nurse staffing: population changes, budget pressures, and the introduction of new technologies. Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes provides a straightforward examination of complex and sensitive issues surround the role and value of nursing on our health care system.
Download or read book Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1986-02-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As more people live longer, the need for quality long-term care for the elderly will increase dramatically. This volume examines the current system of nursing home regulations, and proposes an overhaul to better provide for those confined to such facilities. It determines the need for regulations, and concludes that the present regulatory system is inadequate, stating that what is needed is not more regulation, but better regulation. This long-anticipated study provides a wealth of useful background information, in-depth study, and discussion for nursing home administrators, students, and teachers in the health care field; professionals involved in caring for the elderly; and geriatric specialists.
Download or read book Improving the Quality of Long Term Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-02-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the issues confronting America is long-term care for frail, older persons and others with chronic conditions and functional limitations that limit their ability to care for themselves. Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care takes a comprehensive look at the quality of care and quality of life in long-term care, including nursing homes, home health agencies, residential care facilities, family members and a variety of others. This book describes the current state of long-term care, identifying problem areas and offering recommendations for federal and state policymakers. Who uses long-term care? How have the characteristics of this population changed over time? What paths do people follow in long term care? The committee provides the latest information on these and other key questions. This book explores strengths and limitations of available data and research literature especially for settings other than nursing homes, on methods to measure, oversee, and improve the quality of long-term care. The committee makes recommendations on setting and enforcing standards of care, strengthening the caregiving workforce, reimbursement issues, and expanding the knowledge base to guide organizational and individual caregivers in improving the quality of care.
Download or read book Case Mix Quality and Cost Relationships in Colorado Nursing Homes written by Robert E. Schlenker and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The analyses reported in this article assessed the cost, case mix, and quality interrelationships among Colorado nursing homes. A unique set of patient-level data was collected specifically to measure case mix and quality. Case mix was found to be strongly associated with cost, accounting for up to 45 percent of the variation in cost per patient day. The relationship between quality and cost was weaker; quality variables accounted for only about 10 percent of the cost per day variation. Case mix was also associated with several facility characteristics found to be significant in other cost studies, suggesting that such facility characteristics serve as partial proxy measures for case mix. The cost-case mix relationships appear to be strong enough to justify incorporating case mix directly in nursing home reimbursement systems. In contrast, the weaker cost-quality association implies that it may not yet) be appropriate to incorporate quality directly in reimbursement.
Download or read book Nursing Home Care written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes written by Thomas T. H. Wan and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book also examines specific factors related to measuring and improving care, including government encouragement and sanctions, staffing policies, and the integration of technology into practice. Throughout, the authors make recommendations grounded in sound methodology and real-world experience. --
Download or read book The Nursing Home Reform Act Turns Twenty written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nursing Home Quality written by Linda T. Kohn and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report discusses the approach that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking to implement the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) nationally. CMS developed the QIS -- a new electronic process used to conduct nursing home inspections -- to provide a more reliable assessment of the quality of care in nursing homes. This review of the implementation of the QIS provides background information on the nursing home inspection process and describes the approach CMS is taking to implement the QIS. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.
Download or read book Nursing Homes written by Walter Ochinko and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concurrent with the July 1998 hearing held by the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Pres. Clinton announced a series of initiatives intended to address many of the weaknesses that were identified in the quality of care for the nation's 1.6 million nursing home residents. This report assesses (1) progress in improving the detection of quality problems & changes in measured nursing home quality, (2) the status of efforts to strengthen states' complaint investigation processes & federal enforcement policies, & (3) additional steps taken at the federal level to improve oversight of states' quality assurance activities.
Download or read book For Profit Enterprise in Health Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This book is] the most authoritative assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of recent trends toward the commercialization of health care," says Robert Pear of The New York Times. This major study by the Institute of Medicine examines virtually all aspects of for-profit health care in the United States, including the quality and availability of health care, the cost of medical care, access to financial capital, implications for education and research, and the fiduciary role of the physician. In addition to the report, the book contains 15 papers by experts in the field of for-profit health care covering a broad range of topicsâ€"from trends in the growth of major investor-owned hospital companies to the ethical issues in for-profit health care. "The report makes a lasting contribution to the health policy literature." â€"Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
Download or read book Nursing Homes written by William J. Scanlon and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report provides information on the enforcement of federal nursing home standards. It (1) provides national data on the existence of serious deficiencies in nursing home compliance with Medicare & Medicaid standards, & (2) discusses the use of sanction authority for homes that failed to maintain compliance with the standards. It also evaluates the extent to which these actions would address any problems identified. Includes testimony by William J. Scanlon, Dir., Health Financing & Public Health Issues, Health, Education, & Human Services Division, GAO. Charts & tables.
Download or read book The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality Honoring Our Commitment to Residents Families and Staff written by National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2022-07-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nursing homes play a unique dual role in the long-term care continuum, serving as a place where people receive needed health care and a place they call home. Ineffective responses to the complex challenges of nursing home care have resulted in a system that often fails to ensure the well-being and safety of nursing home residents. The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing home residents and staff has renewed attention to the long-standing weaknesses that impede the provision of high-quality nursing home care. With support from a coalition of sponsors, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine formed the Committee on the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes to examine how the United States delivers, finances, regulates, and measures the quality of nursing home care. The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality: Honoring Our Commitment to Residents, Families, and Staff identifies seven broad goals and supporting recommendations which provide the overarching framework for a comprehensive approach to improving the quality of care in nursing homes.
Download or read book Report on the Activities of the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate During the Congress Pursuant to Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the United States Senate written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nursing Homes written by William J. Scanlon and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Health Care Financing Admin. (HCFA), the federal agency responsible for overseeing the quality of nursing home care, has announced initiatives intended to strengthen enforcement for homes that are found to have repeatedly harmed residents. This report examines whether deficiencies reporting actual harm to residents represent serious problems & the implications of HCFA's proposed action. A random sample of 107 homes' annual & complaint surveys were reviewed that included deficiencies of actual harm to one or more residents. These 107 surveys contained a total of 201 isolated actual harm deficiencies. Charts & tables.
Download or read book Crossing the Quality Chasm written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-08-19 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second in a series of publications from the Institute of Medicine's Quality of Health Care in America project Today's health care providers have more research findings and more technology available to them than ever before. Yet recent reports have raised serious doubts about the quality of health care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality gap. This book recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system and provides overarching principles for specific direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians, regulators, purchasers, and others. In this comprehensive volume the committee offers: A set of performance expectations for the 21st century health care system. A set of 10 new rules to guide patient-clinician relationships. A suggested organizing framework to better align the incentives inherent in payment and accountability with improvements in quality. Key steps to promote evidence-based practice and strengthen clinical information systems. Analyzing health care organizations as complex systems, Crossing the Quality Chasm also documents the causes of the quality gap, identifies current practices that impede quality care, and explores how systems approaches can be used to implement change.
