Refining and Field Testing a Relevant Set of Quality Measures for Rural Hospitals
This project has the following objectives:
To refine the draft set of relevant quality measures for rural hospitals through their review by a national expert panel and leading national quality organizations
To develop additional measures not included in existing quality measurement systems that are relevant to rural hospitals (e.g., measures related to the triage, referral, and transport of patients)
To field test the revised set of relevant quality measures for rural hospitals in collaboration with two Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs); and to assess strategies for how QIOs, CMS, and rural hospitals can use the above quality measurement data to improve quality for Medicare beneficiaries in rural hospitals.
Key issues to be considered in the field test include ease of data collection; perceived usefulness of the data to the hospital staff; use of the data by the hospital and the QIOs for quality improvement within the hospital; and use of the data by CMS for external reporting needs.
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