| Performance Measures |
Targets |
Actual Performance |
Reference* |
Improve quality and
safety in all long-term
care settings and
during transitions
across settings. Outcome |
- Disseminate findings from AHRQ nursing home fall prevention program.
- Distribute report on implementation of evidence-based protocols for pressure ulcers prevention in nursing homes.
- Synthesize recent research findings on what aspects of nursing home care prevents inappropriate hospitalizations.
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SG-1/3/5
HP-1 |
Improve community-based
care to
maximize function
and community
participation, and
prevent inappropriate
institutionalization
and hospitalizations. Outcome |
- Synthesize recent research
findings on what aspects of
community-based services and
care in assisted living can prevent
inappropriate institutionalization
and hospitalizations.
- New Freedom Initiative: Initiate
evaluation plan to assess findings
from youth in transition (from
pediatric to adult services) projects.
|
|
SG-1/3/5
HP-1 |
Improve coordination
of formal long-term
care with hospital
care, primary care,
and informal
caregivers to
facilitate clinical
decisionmaking and
assure timely transfer of clinical
data. Outcome |
- Initiate dissemination of E-communication
tool (i.e., a Web-based tool to improve coordination
between hospital, primary care and
home care clinicians and patients
and their informal care providers to
improve care planning and self-care).
- Disseminate E-communication user
aids and expand network of
provider partnerships to jumpstart
use of E-communication tools by
multiple provider organizations.
- Complete initial identification of
user needs and barriers associated
with 1st generation E-communication
tool use.
- Draft contractual award materials
for 2007 multiple provider
implementation of 2nd generation
E-communication tool in diverse
geographic settings.
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|
SG-1/3/5
HP-1 |
Improve information
about services and
quality so that
consumers can make
informed choices
about the care they
receive. Outcome |
- Determine final sampling
methodology and plan of
implementation to enhance
measurement on the long-term
care population.
- Publish report on how States
monitor assisted living/residential
care facilities and how States report
to consumers.
- Produce report on the state-of–the-art of instruments and tools
available to profile assisted
living/residential care.
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|
SG-1/3/5
HP-1 |
* SG = Strategic Goal; HP = Healthy People |