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Patient Experience and Function

3-Item Care Transition Measure (CTM-3)

  • The CTM-3 is a hospital level measure of performance that reports the average patient reported quality of preparation for self-care response among adult patients discharged from general acute care hospitals within the past 30 days.

    CBE ID
    0228

CAHPS® Home Health Care Survey (experience with care)

  • The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Home Health Care Survey, also referred as the "CAHPS Home Health Care Survey" or "Home Health CAHPS" or “HHCAHPS” is a standardized survey instrument and data collection methodology for measuring home health patients ‘perspectives on their home health care in Medicare-certified home health care agencies. AHRQ and CMS participated in the development of the Home Health CAHPS to measure the experiences of those receiving home health care with these three goals in mind: 

    CBE ID
    0517

CARE: Improvement in Mobility

  • The measure calculates a skilled nursing facility’s (SNFs) average change in mobility for patients admitted from a hospital who are receiving therapy. The measure calculates the average change in mobility score between admission and discharge for all residents admitted to a SNF from a hospital or another post-acute care setting for therapy (i.e., PT or OT) regardless of payor status. This is a risk adjusted outcome measure, based on the mobility subscale of the Continuity Assessment and Record Evaluation (CARE) Tool and information from the admission MDS 3.0 assessment.

    CBE ID
    2612

CARE: Improvement in Self Care

  • The measure calculates a skilled nursing facility’s (SNFs) average change in self care for patients admitted from a hospital who are receiving therapy. The measure calculates the average change in self care score between admission and discharge for all residents admitted to a SNF from a hospital or another post-acute care setting for therapy (i.e., PT or OT) regardless of payor status. This is a risk adjusted outcome measure, based on the self care subscale of the Continuity Assessment and Record Evaluation (CARE) Tool and information from the admission MDS 3.0 assessment.

    CBE ID
    2613

Change in Basic Mobility as Measured by the AM-PAC:

  • The Activity Measure for Post Acute Care (AM-PAC) is a functional status assessment instrument developed specifically for use in facility and community dwelling post acute care (PAC) patients. It was built using Item Response Theory (IRT) methods to achieve feasible, practical, and precise measurement of functional status (Hambleton 200, Hambleton 2005).

    CBE ID
    0429

Change in Daily Activity Function as Measured by the AM-PAC:

  • The Activity Measure for Post Acute Care (AM-PAC) is a functional status assessment instrument developed specifically for use in facility and community dwelling post acute care (PAC) patients. It was built using Item Response Theory (IRT) methods to achieve feasible, practical, and precise measurement of functional status (Hambleton 2000, Hambleton 2005).

    CBE ID
    0430

Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) In-Center Hemodialysis Survey (ICH CAHPS)

  • This is a survey-based measure and one of the family of surveys called CAHPS Surveys (Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems)that are focused on patient experience. The questionnaire asks End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients receiving in-center hemodialysis care about the services and quality of care that they experience. Patients assess their dialysis providers, including nephrologists and medical and non-medical staff, the quality of dialysis care they receive, and information sharing about their disease.

    CBE ID
    0258

CoreQ: AL Family Satisfaction Measure

  • The measure calculates the percentage of family or designated responsible party for assisted living (AL) residents. This consumer reported outcome measure is based on the CoreQ: AL Family Satisfaction questionnaire that has three items.

    CBE ID
    3422

CoreQ: AL Resident Satisfaction Measure

  • The measure calculates the percentage of Assisted living (AL) residents, those living in the facility for two weeks or more, who are satisfied. This patient reported outcome measure is based on the CoreQ: AL Resident Satisfaction questionnaire that is a four-item questionnaire.

    CBE ID
    3420

CoreQ: Long-Stay Family Measure

  • The measure calculates the percentage of family or designated responsible party for long stay residents (i.e., residents living in the facility for 100 days or more), who are satisfied (see: S.5 for details of the timeframe). This consumer reported outcome measure is based on the CoreQ: Long-Stay Family questionnaire that has three items.

    CBE ID
    2616