U.S. begins exposure data on the various nursing homes Quality of Care
The Bush administration today released data on the quality of care to more than 2500 nursing homes in six countries and promised to publish similar information about them in all other countries this fall, which is part of an ambitious project to help consumers judge the performance of health systems suppliers.
AARP, two trade associations care home industry and the Service Employees International Union, which represents 125000 people work in nursing homes, supports the project.You mentioned the new data would help people choose care centres, motivate and housing to remedy deficiencies that have lasted decades.
Tommy G. Thompson, the secretary of Public Health and Human Services, enthusiastic, has encouraged the initiative, said:”This is a huge step forward, probably the biggest step to improve the quality of care, the Department has already.”
Whether the government to release similar data on the supply by doctors and hospitals, Mr. Thompson said,”of course, we are going as far as we maybe.”The six countries for which data are shared the government today, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington.
The new data on the Web site www.medicare.gov and through a toll-free number, 800 Medicare .For most nursing homes, the government would be six types of information: the proportion of the population, bedsores, restrictions are physical, have lost much weight to those who suffer pain, certain types of infections, and need more assistance in daily activities.
The use of data, a family to see, for example, that 12 per cent of residents of Miami Shores care and rehabilitation centre bedsores, compared with 37 percent of the Regents Park home in Boca Raton, Florida, 9 cent at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington in Rockville, Md., and 4 per cent in the Josephine Sunset Home in Stan Wood, Washington’s average six countries is 8 percent.
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