The report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes characterized America's approach as, "ineffective, inefficient, fragmented and unsustainable."
The reports overarching conclusions were alarming, "immediate action to initiate fundamental change is...
This edition features the latest on Arizona's continued fight against the Delta variant, the new regional HIE contexture, continued coverage on standard surveys in nursing homes during the PHE, national and state trends and SDOH tracking in the HIE space.
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Four Arizona nursing homes are candidates for CMS' Special Focus Facilities (SFF) program, which identifies nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues and provides special program to stimulate improvements in their quality of care; SFF candidates also have a history of care issues but receive no extra oversight.
The...