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The QIPMO programs originated from the vision of Marilyn Rantz and supporters at the Division of Aging. Dr. Rantz holds a Ph.D. in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Masters of Science in Nursing from Marquette University, and Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She has also been a nursing home

Meetings with the survey agency staff, provider association staff and members, ombudsman, university, state QIO and nursing facility staff took place at their respective offices or on-site at the nursing facility and generally lasted one to two hours. The research team met with the QIPMO nurses at an off-site location and then accompanied them to

Abt staff members Alan White and Donna Hurd spent three days in Jefferson City and Columbia, Missouri in July 2002, meeting with state survey agency staff, ombudsman, provider association staff and members, state Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) staff, QIPMO nurses and developer Marilyn Rantz as well as facility staff who had participated in

Aspects of the QA Plan requirement were seen as having a positive impact on quality of care, and one HFAM representative believed that - though it's too soon to tell if the Medical Director requirements will have an affect on quality--this requirement has the potential to have a positive effect. Those who believed that quality of care were positiv

Both the QA Plan requirement and the Second Survey were noted by those we spoke with to be positive aspects of the Maryland quality initiatives. Comments regarding the QA Plan were that a requirement that "formalized" quality assurance was good, and encouraged providers to look at whether they had a comprehensive enough approach. One provider stat

In November 2000, a Technical Assistance Unit was established in the OHCQ to encourage compliance efforts and best practices. The unit consists of a team of five nurses, one dietician, and a manager who are separate from and independent of the federal survey team. This unit is supported by $400,000 in state general funds. The state believed that t

The QA plan must include procedures for concurrent review of resident status, ongoing monitoring of resident status, handling and reporting of patient complaints, procedures for accidents and incidents, and procedures for implementing abuse and neglect regulations (e.g., family notification).

As of January 1, 2001, legislation mandated that each Maryland nursing facility establish an effective quality assurance program. The program was developed by the Nursing Home Task Force (described earlier) with the goal of changing the culture within the nursing home from one of living from survey to survey, to one focused on internal quality imp

This section includes a brief description of each of Maine's quality improvement programs followed by a discussion of program funding, governance and the management and staffing structure. The following quality improvement programs were reviewed: Behavior Consultation; Best Practices; and Minimum Staffing Ratios. Behavior Consultation

The Quality of Care monitor program is funded through a Quality of Long-Term Care Facility Improvement Trust Fund that, in 2001, was created within the state's Agency for Health Care Administration. The trust fund supports activities and programs directly related to the care of nursing home and assisted living facility residents, and is funded thr

SB1202 required that nursing homes provide Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA) approved Alzheimer's disease training to specified employees. The Alzheimer's Association was at the table at the LTC task force and advocated strongly for this initiative. The goal is to provide a very basic understanding, information and working knowledge of how to wor

In 1999, HB1971 established the Nursing Home Quality of Care Monitoring Program. It was designed to "create a positive partnership between the Agency and nursing homes and ultimately yield improved quality of care to residents". Initially the legislation called for yearly visits for monitoring of all facilities and quarterly for troubled facilitie

TABLE L-1. Standards Available to Support HIE of LTPAC Data

EMHC staff described the clinical workflow processes for care and how information is used and exchanged. Table J-6 describes the process, information collected and/or exchanged and observations by staff. TABLE J-6. Home Health Care Workflow Processes

EMHC is an affiliate and the home care and hospice division of EMHS. In 2012, the EMHC covered nearly 1.37 million miles to make 68,323 home care, hospice, and telehealth visits to 3,300 patients. 4  Lisa Harvey-McPherson, RN, MBA, MPPM is the President and CEO of EMHC and Vice President of Continuum of Care for EMHS. During interviews, EMHS CE

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Table I-5 describes the information exchange activities for Beechwood in three areas: (1) hand-offs in care; (2) shared care; and (3) other administrative exchange. The exchange scenarios are not limited to electronic exchange of information, but encompass any exchange workflow. The summary table provides a synopsis of the HIE activities from the

During the site visit, interviews were conducted with Beechwood staff to discuss key processes/workflows that require the exchange of information. Interviews were conducted with the department representatives from admissions, nursing, social service, rehab, Medicare liaisons and billing, and HIM. Based on the interviews Table I-3 summarizes disc

HEALTHeLINK has prioritized eight types of health information to be available on the exchange network to providers and payers. The HIE also identifies the status of which providers are submitting the clinical data. 4  Based on information reported on the HEALTHeLINK web site, there are currently 35 providers submitting clinical data and over 2,

5.2.1 Education Direct Care Operators . Twenty-five percent of the direct care operators had at least a college degree. Another 38 percent attended vocational or trade school, had some college, or were 2-year college graduates. About one-fifth (21 percent) were high school graduates. Perhaps the most disturbing fact was that 17 percent of these