The latest data update to the New York State Home Health and Hospice Care Profile Web site (profiles.health.ny.gov/home_care/index), which included updates to quality data, was published today.
Also included in this data update:
- Surveillance data updated to report from March 1, 2005 to Sept 30, 2008 and enforcement actions from March 1999 through December 2008
- Updated facilities information including counties served, patient capacities, available services, and branches data.
Home health quality measures reported for time-period Oct 2007 to Sept 2008 for all quality 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 whose wounds improved or healed after an operation
- 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