Tip of the week: Get to know the chronic care measure domains
Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, September 17, 2009
Increasingly, SNFs must rely on data and data analysis to objectively view the quality of care delivered to their residents. The data gathered and reported by the quality measure (QM) systems designed for long-term care are information-rich and provide guidance, direction, statistics, frequency, and monitoring of potential quality problems. Armed with this information, facilities can make positive changes to policies, procedures, practices, and patterns of care to not only improve the quality of care provided to residents, but also improve communication between staff members. For those reasons, it is critical for SNFs to gain familiarity with the chronic care measure domains so they can stay on top of the latest QM systems data and make appropriate adjustments. The domains are as follows:
- Accidents
- Behavior and emotional patterns
- Clinical management
- Cognitive patterns
- Elimination and incontinence
- Infection control
- Nutrition and eating
- Pain management
- Physical functioning
- Psychotropic drug use
- Quality of life
- Skin care
This is an excerpt from HCPro’s book, The QM/QI Troubleshooter, Second Edition, by Diane L. Brown.
Related Products
-
PPS Alert for Long-Term Care
Looking for a tool to make your job easier? PPS Alert for Long-Term Care, exclusively for the RN or MDS coordinator, is your...
-
Billing Alert for Long-Term Care
It's essential to know how to correctly submit your Medicare claims in order to get the reimbursement your facility...
-
CNA Training Advisor: Lesson Plans for Busy Staff Trainers
Finally-a staff training program that really works!
-
The Long-Term Care Nursing Assistant's Guide to Advanced Restorative Skills
This book is written specifically for RNAs or nursing assistants to help them provide quality restorative care. Author...
-
Goal-Driven Restorative Nursing:
This 90-minute presentation gives you the information and tools you need to develop and maintain a successful restorative...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- HealthDataInsights posts new issues for medical necessity claims
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- Q&A: Incidental disclosures and patient privacy
- New FAQ posted on storing laryngoscope blades
- Sneak Peek: Effort underway to establish caseload benchmarks
- Tip: Perform your own internal investigation prior to government audit
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- HIPAA 5010 deadline extended, but threat remains, says AMA
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- E-mailed
-
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- Tip: Correctly code bilateral pain management procedures
- 2012 CPT code changes for ASCs: Shoulder and knee scopes and pain management
- COT basics to best
- Documentation and coding for toxic metabolic encephalopathy
- Guidance and tact key to compliant, effective physician queries
- Searched