The latest data update to the Home Health & Hospice Care Website (profiles.health.ny.gov/home_care/index), including inspection, enforcement and quality data was published today. The CMS quality data reported for time period January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007 for the following measures:
- Percentage of patients who get better at walking or moving around
- Percentage of patients who get better at getting in and out of bed
- Percentage of patients who have less pain when moving around
- Percentage of patients whose bladder control improves
- Percentage of patients who get better at bathing
- Percentage of patients who get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth)
- Percentage of patients who are short of breath less often
- Percentage of patients who stay at home after an episode of home health care ends
- Percentage of patients who had to be admitted to the hospital
- Percentage of patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care
- Percentage of patients who need unplanned medical care related to a wound that is new, is worse, or has become infected
- Percentage of patients whose wounds improved or healed after an operation