Assignment:
Use the same nursing facility you selected for Discussion on the CMS Nursing Home Compare website
(https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html).
For your chosen facility, select either
A.) an inspection result health deficiency OR
B.) a quality measure that is rated below the quality average for Kentucky or National.
1. Provide the name and location of the facility you selected.
2. Provide detail on what quality measure you have selected.
3. Provide a weblink to the quality measure you have selected.
4. Research: find at minimum of 2 full article references on Google Scholar that provide history or recommendations relative to the quality measure you selected. For example, you might choose residents that experienced pain as your quality measure to improve upon because your nursing home has a higher than average rating for that quality measure
You can find articles that talk about pain levels of residents, how to determine pain for non-communicating residents, alternative methods to pain reduction, etc. Summarize and cite these sources in 1-2 pages and how that information was utilized and beneficial to development of your QAPI Goal Setting Worksheet.
5. Utilizing the measure that you selected, complete a QAPI Goal Setting Worksheet for quality improvement. Your Goal Sheet should result in either no deficiencies on the next inspection process or improved quality rating percentage for the facility.
Discussion:
How your selected nursing facility rates in each of the following quality measurement categories:
a. Health Inspections: Above Average
b. Staffing: Above Average
c. Quality Measures: Above Average
Explore the website further and review the data for each measurement category. Then answer the following
Which of these performance measures do you believe is most important to potential customers of healthcare services? Why?
Which performance measure is least important to the consumers? Why?
Should consumers use this website as part of their process to select a nursing facility? Why or why not?
What other factors, data, information or methods should a consumer seek out and utilize when choosing a nursing facility?
If you have visited this nursing facility, do you agree with the ratings it has received by CMS?