Objective: A survey was implemented for early assessment of pandemic-related practice processes and quality improvement (QI). Background: In response to the public health measures in Hawaii to curtail the coronavirus 2019 pandemic, Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience (HPN) adapted their patient care to ensure continuity of neurological treatment. Methods: The telephone survey was conducted on patients seen at HPN during the period of April 22, 2020-May 18, 2020 to address four areas related to patients' outpatient experience: delivery of care, general well-being, experience with telemedicine, and disease-specific questions. Dr. Patricia Borman for their contributions to the survey.
Home health agencies (HHAs) have been collecting OASIS data and submitting it to their state agencies since 1999. As a result of these submissions, it is anticipated that agencies nationwide will receive their first set of risk-adjusted outcome reports in spring 2002. These reports will enable each agency to identify outcomes on which it can focus its quality efforts through the Outcome-Based Quality Improvement (OBQI) process. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services funded a pilot project to provide OBQI training and technical support to HHAs in five states through their quality improvement organizations (QIO), formerly known as peer review organizations (PROs). Since April 2000, the PROs have trained approximately 417 volunteer HHAs in the five states. This article describes the implementation of this pilot project, provides an overview of the OBQI process, and discusses the implications for national OBQI implementation.
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