Home Health Quality Initiative
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has defined the purpose of the 8th Scope of Work as provision of assistance to providers in measuring and reporting quality, production and utilization of electronic clinical information, redesign of care processes, and transformation of organizational cultures to accelerate and broaden the impact of quality improvement to increase the value of health care for Medicare beneficiaries.
For the home health care community of practice, CMS has identified improvement in the Acute Care Hospitalization outcome measure as a national priority. The revised publicly reported measures posted to Home Health Compare will also be the focus of intensive work by the Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO) collaborating with home health agencies on quality improvement activities.
Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign 2007News
- 11/7/2007 - IPRO Honors Home Health Agencies in Celebration of National Home Care & Hospice Month
- IPRO Recognizes 17 Health Professionals and Organizations for Quality Improvemement Efforts
- Acting CMS Administrator Leslie Norwalk Talks About the Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign
- 1/18/2007 - Health Care Leaders and Home Health Agencies in New York Join National Campaign to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations
- 6/6/2006 - Wyoming County Home Health Agency Rewarded for Quality Efforts
- 6/6/2006 - North Shore Home Care Agency Rewarded for Quality Efforts
Events
Upcoming Events:
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07/09/08 9:00am
Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes: IPRO Care Transitions Pilot Project Outcomes
Past Events:
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes: Shared Learning Session - 06/11/08
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes: Shared Lesson Session - 05/14/08
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes: Shared Lesson Session - 04/09/08
- IPRO Strategies to Reduce Avoidable Acute Care Hospitalizations - 3/12/08
- IPRO Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes: Shared Lesson Session - 2/13/2008
- IPRO Strategies to Reduce Avoidable Acute Care Hospitalizations - 2/6/08
- IPRO Strategies to Reduce Avoidable Acute Care Hospitalizations: Disease Management - 1/9/08
- IPRO Strategies to Reduce Avoidable Acute Care Hospitalizations: Patient Self-Help - 12/12/07
- IPRO Strategies to Reduce Avoidable Acute Care Hospitalizations: Fall Prevention - 11/14/07
- HHQI National Campaign Strategies to Reduce Avoidable Acute Care Hospitalizations: Physician Relationships - 10/10/07
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes - Shared Learning Session - 9/26/07
- HHQI National Campaign Strategies to Reduce Avoidable Acute Care Hospitalizations: Immunizations - 9/12/07
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes - Shared Learning Session - 08/22/07
- Strategies to Reduce Avoidable Acute Care Hospitalizations: Telemonitoring - 08/08/07
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes - 07/25/07
- Strategies to Reduce Avoidable Acute Care Hospitalizations: Teletriage - 7/11/07
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes - 6/27/07
- Strategies to Reduce Avoidable Acute Care Hospitalizations: Phone Monitoring & Front Loading Visits - 6/13/07
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes: Chronic Disease Self-Management - 5/23/07
- Telehealth Data Collection Tool Demonstration - 5/21/07
- Strategies to Reduce Avoidable Acute Care Hospitalizations: Medication Management - 5/9/07
- Optimizing the Role of the Home Health Aide for Improved Patient Outcomes - 4/25/07
- Impact of Technology & Organizational Culture on Patient Care Management - 04/18/07
- Reducing Avoidable ACH in the LTHHCP Setting - 4/4/07
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes: Impact of Human Factors on Acute Care Hospitalization Event Tree - 3/28/07
- Home Health Quality Improvement Campaign: March/April 2007 Conference - 3/15/07
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes: Oral Medication Management & Patient Falls - 2/28/07
- Impact of Technology & Organizational Culture on Patient Care Management - 02/21/07
- CMS Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign - 02/20/07
- Reducing Avoidable ACH in the LTHHCP Setting - 02/07/07
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes: Importance of Data Management for P4P - 01/24/07
- Impact of Technology & Organizational Culture on Patient Care Management - 01/17/07
- CMS Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign - 01/16/07
- Reducing Avoidable ACH in the LTHHCP Setting - 01/10/07
- Home Health Strategic Planning for Culture Change - 12/13/06
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes - 12/27/2006
- Organizational Culture Change Survey (Systems Improvement/Organizational Culture Change IPG Agencies) - 12/12/06
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes Care Transitions Between Health care Providers - 11/29/06
- Impact of Home Health Organizational Culture Change on Improving Patient Outcomes/ Organizational Culture and ACH Rates - 11/15/06
- Optimizing the Role of the Home Health Aide to Improve Patient Outcomes - 10/2006
- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes: Review of the Acute Care Hospitalization Event Tree - 10/25/06
- Impact of Home Health Organizational Culture Change on Improving Patient Outcomes - 10/18/06
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- Clinical Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes: Strategies to Improve Communication with Physicians - 09/27/06
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- Impact of Home Health Organizational Culture Change on Improving Patient Outcomes St. Joseph's Certified Home Health Agency and South Nassau Communities Hospital Home Care - 09/20/06
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- Immunization Updates Conference Calls 09/11, 09/12, 09/13 - Audio Recording
- Impact of Home Health Organizational Culture Change on Improving Patient Outcomes: Winthrop University Hospital CHHA and VNS of Western New York - 08/16/06
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- Setting Targets - Achieving Results Webex Session - 07/19/06
- Improvement in Dyspnea and Respiratory Assessment - 06/20/06
- Improvement in Oral Medication Management in Home Health Care - 3/22/06
- Improvement in Oral Medication Management: Introduction to the New York State Initiative - 03/14/06
- Application of Organizational Culture Change Concepts in the Home Health Community of Practice - 02/07/06
- Telehealth in Home Care: Planning for the Long Term - 01/25/06
- Part 2: Application of OBQI Principles and the Improvement Matrix for Plan of Action Development - 10/27/05
- Part 1: Introduction to the Acute Care Hospitalization Improvement Matrix - 10/20/05
- June 2005 - CMS's 8th Scope of Work HHQI: Achieving Excellence Through Transformational Change
- September 29, 2004: JENY Conference Call - Download Conference Audio (MP3 | Real)
- Spring 2004 Conference Materials
- Quality Measure Conference Call Materials
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Project Contacts
- Pascal James Imperato, MD, MPH & TM
Medical Officer
(516) 326-7767 Ext. 532
PImperato@nyqio.sdps.org - Sara Butterfield, RN, BSN, CCM, CPHQ
Director, Upstate Healthcare Quality Improvement
(518) 426-3300 Ext. 104
sbutterfield@nyqio.sdps.org - Christine Stegel, RN, MS
Performance Improvement Coordinator
(518) 426-3300 Ext. 113
cstegel@nyqio.sdps.org - Victoria Agramonte, RN, MS
Performance Improvement Coordinator
(518)426-3300 Ext. 115
vagramonte@nyqio.sdps.org
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