The National Quality Forum (NQF) Board of Directors recently endorsed 12 patient safety measures with a focus on complications. The measures address pressure ulcers, falls, healthcare-associated infections...
‘Pressure Ulcer Prevention Day’ brings special offerings
Nov 14, 2014
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel is leading efforts to observe a “worldwide” pressure ulcer prevention day on Thursday. The objective is to increase awareness for pressure ulcer prevention...
Overhaul of Nursing Home Compare website is complete
Aug 02, 2011
The redesign of the federal Nursing Home Compare website, which lets consumers file complaints more easily and compare facilities based on quality measures, is complete.
Public-private group issues recommendations to HHS on long-term care performance measures
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 05, 2013
Federal performance measures for nursing homes should reflect the quality of care provided in these facilities and should not be driven only by the goal of aligning performance measures among different...
Ask the treatment expert … about pressure maps
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Feb 01, 2014
Can you explain the purpose of a pressure map and the usefulness when evaluating the function of a therapeutic support surface?
Ask the treatment expert … about ‘micro movements’ in bed
By
Susan Wickard
May 01, 2013
I recently read an article addressing the movement of patients while in bed. It was conducted in the United Kingdom and contains valuable information.
Use of restraints decreases from 1999 to 2006 in nursing homes, report finds
Jul 01, 2009
The percentage of long-stay nursing home residents with restraints fell from 10.7% 1999 to 6% in 2006. That is from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 2008 National Healthcare Quality...
Tech-savvy nursing homes improve care coordination and resident privacy, researcher states
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 11, 2013
Health information technology helps nursing homes coordinate care and protect resident privacy, according to a leading researcher on the impact of health IT.
Good performance on SNF quality measures does not prevent deaths or readmissions, study finds
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 15, 2014
A skilled nursing facility that scores well on quality measures is not necessarily reducing residents’ risk of death or readmission within 30 days of arriving from a hospital, according to findings...
Threat of lawsuits does not incentivize improved care, study says
Apr 01, 2011
Nursing homes with high quality ratings are sued almost as often as lower performing nursing homes, according to a new study published by the New England Journal of Medicine.