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Company S has a smoking cessation medication, Product S, that was recently introduced to the market. In its first two years, Product S has been highly successful, with projected PAR exceeding $500 million. Company researchers also have found strong early evidence that Product S may be very effective as a medication for cocaine addiction, and are e

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How We Will Accomplish Our Objective We will increase our use of technology to expand our dissemination capacity and reduce the time it takes to provide information to stakeholders, including the use of multiple media channels (such as print, television, radio, and the interactive World Wide Web) and the electronic gathering and transfer of

MEMORANDUM FROM THE SECRETARY August 26, 1998 TO: Heads of Operating Divisions   Heads of Staff Divisions SUBJECT: HHS Policy for Changing the Population Standard for Age Adjusting Death Rates

In order to put Washington in context with the other study states, we have included some comparative data from the American Health Care Association (AHCA) web site (AHCA, 2002). There are 275 facilities in Washington, with 21,195 residents reported as of September 2000. The average number of beds per facility is 94, which is slightly lower than th

QMWeb is an internet site (http://mqa.dhs.state.tx.us/QMWeb/) is a training resource of evidence-based practices meant to help long-term care facilities to be able to "do the right thing in the right way at the right time for the right person in order to achieve the best possible outcome." 11   The state's goal is to help facilities "achieve o

The Quality Monitoring program was mandated by SB 1839 that was passed in 2001. The program was implemented in April 2002, and had been in operation for only a few months at the time of our site visit to the state in August 2002.

Over the last several years, policy-makers in Texas have undertaken several initiatives designed to address long-standing quality issues. According to those we spoke with, legislative activities and related administrative actions in recent years up through the 2000-2001 biennium tended in the direction of toughening regulations, enforcement, overs

To put Texas in context with the other study states, we have included some comparative data from the American HealthCare Association's 2001 State Summaries of Nursing Facilities. 7  As of Spring 2001, there were 1,251 nursing facilities in Texas, with 87,299 residents.

The Missouri program is unique for several reasons. First, it is the only quality improvement program identified by the research team that involves an agreement between a state survey agency and a university. The activities of the university are entirely separate from that of the state survey agency and each appears to respect the others' area of

Missouri is far ahead of other states in terms of evaluating the impact of its quality improvement programs. Dr. Rantz uses MDS data to measure the change in quality indicators associated with the program and has published several journal articles that report these results. In addition, facilities that receive QIPMO visits provide feedback through

The Missouri Quality Improvement Program for Missouri (QIPMO) is an on-site clinical consultation program intended to assist nursing homes with their quality improvement programs. There are several distinctive features of the QIPMO program:

In order to compare Missouri's nursing home industry with the other study states, we present some descriptive characteristics. There are 552 facilities in Missouri (AHCA web site) with 38,671 residents reported as of Spring 2001. The average number of beds per facility is 99, which is slightly lower than the national average of 108. Missouri's ave

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

The impetus for the enactment of the Maryland quality improvement programs in 2000 as explained by the provider associations and the survey agency appears to have been based on a series of events and activities that occurred both within and outside the state in the preceding ten years. Beginning in 1989, deplorable conditions existing in a Marylan

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 Best Practices program, the study on consumer satisfaction and the Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios were all included in the Omnibus Legislation (LD 42) signed into law (PL 49, chapter 731, part BBBB) on 4/25/00. This legislation was constructed based on input from stakeholders on what they felt were the most pressing issues in long-term care. On

In order to put Maine in context with other study states, we have included some descriptive characteristics of the state's nursing home environment. Comparative data presented are from the American Health Care Association (AHCA) website (AHCA, 2002). There are 126 facilities in Maine, with 7,309 residents reported as of Spring 2001. The average nu

Budgetary issues emerged as having a significant impact on the department's current programs and plans for future quality improvement programs. Iowa had experienced a 4.6 percent cut in last year's budget, plus additional cuts that amount to about 4.6 percent for this year. Despite the Governor's support for long-term care issues (he introduced a