Patient Experience and Function

The percentage of patients with COPD who are found to improve their health-related quality of life score (HRQoL) as measured by a valid and reliable instrument after participating in pulmonary rehabilitation
(PR).

0-100 measure of individual engagement related to patient-centered communication, derived from items on the staff and patient surveys of the Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit

0-100 measure of language services related to patient-centered communication, derived from items on the staff and patient surveys of the Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit (C-CAT)

0-100 measure of leadership commitment to patient-centered communication, derived from items on the staff and patient surveys of the Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit

The Patient Experience of Psychiatric Care as Measure by the Inpatient Consumer Survey (ICS) was developed to gather patient´s evaluation of their inpatient psychiatric care. The survey is composed of the following six individual measures or domains:

This quality measure reports the percentage of all Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) patients with an admission and discharge functional assessment and a care plan that addresses function.

This measure, based on data from the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 assessment of long-stay nursing facility residents, estimates the percentage of long-stay residents in a nursing facility whose need for assistance with late-loss Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), as reported in the target assessment, increased when compared with a prior assessment. The four late-loss ADLs are: bed mobility, transfer, eating, and toilet use.

0-100 measure of performance evaluation related to patient-centered communication, derived from items on the staff and patient surveys of the Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit