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Cherry Lane Nursing Center
See how a nursing home undergoing major administrative changes became more resident centered and QIS ready. Learn More
The new Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) for nursing homes is designed to improve consistency in what surveyors pinpoint and possibly cite as well as to facilitate surveyor review of the full range of regulations. In fact, facilities are seeing more deficiencies in their initial QIS than in the prior traditional survey, often in regulatory areas such as quality of life, that were not as fully investigated in the traditional process.
According to a United States Government Accountability Office report, poor quality of care – worsening pressure sores or untreated weight loss – in a small but unacceptably high number of nursing homes continues to harm residents or place them in immediate jeopardy, that is, at risk of death or serious injury. About 1 in 5 homes nationwide were cited for such serious deficiencies on state inspections, known as surveys, in fiscal year 2007.1
The abaqis® Nursing Home Quality Assurance System uses the same calculations, thresholds and analysis as the QIS to quickly highlight residents at risk. abaqis® is the only quality assessment and reporting system for nursing homes that is tied directly to the QIS, and it uses the same tools and processes that QIS surveyors use.
Developed by Nursing Home Quality, LLC, the same company CMS contracts with to train State Survey Agencies nationwide on QIS, abaqis can help nursing homes improve their traditional survey outcomes, past survey issues, and their overall quality assurance program. Features include:
