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Nursing Home Compare: The primary purpose is to provide detailed information about the past performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country.
New regulation references related to Restraint Reduction:�� 42CFR 483.13(a)
Accidents: 42CFR 483.25(h)
Learn more about bed entrapment and the dangers of side rails
Many great quality improvement resources available through this website, including papers and articles related to healthcare quality.
Learn how to do PDSA and quality improvement.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a Quality Measures Management Information System (QMIS) – an electronic database of the healthcare quality measures used by CMS in its broad quality improvement public reporting efforts.
Nursing Home Improvement Feedback Tool (NHIFT): NHIFT is a free, computer-based, process-of-care data collection tool for nursing homes to utilize in monitoring their processes of care.
This is the current and ongoing nursing home quality campaign that began as a grassroots effort and engages the provider community, government, community partners and consumers to address pressing issues in this setting. Participate in change -- find resources and support.
