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May 19, 2008 (Volume 7, Issue 20)

MDS 3.0 update: Interview planning
During the January Special Open Door Forum on the MDS 3.0, project investigators painted a rosy picture of a streamlined assessment tool.

MDS 2.0 tip of the week: Monitoring quality of care via the MDS
Each quality measure/quality indicator (QM/QI) is calculated based on responses to specific MDS items.

Other recently-published articles from Ask SNFInfo:

MDS 2.0 Tip of the week: Item G6a, bedfast all or most of the time

MDS 3.0 Update: Using CAM to assess delirium

MDS 2.0 Tip of the Week: Coding item O3, injections

MDS 3.0 update: Section F, Preferences for customary routine and activities

MDS 2.0 Tip of the Week: Coding Item E1, indicators of depression, anxiety, sad mood

MDS 3.0 update: Assessing delirium

MDS 2.0 Tip of the Week: Coding Item H1a, bowel continence self-control categories

MDS 3.0 update: Item E1, psychosis

MDS 2.0 Tip of the Week: Coding Item D1, vision patterns

MDS 3.0 update: Tips on interviewing a resident

MDS 2.0 Tip of the Week: Coding Item AB8, language

MDS 3.0 update: Interviewing skills

MDS 2.0 Tip of the Week: Coding Item ADa, signature of RN assessment coordinator

MDS 3.0 update: Rumor control

MDS 2.0 Tip of the Week: RAP analysis and documentation

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