Member Activities RE: Medicare Quality Measure

We have 84 hospitals who are Full members. Fifteen (18%) responded to our questionnaire on quality activities. 11 (73%) are involved in an activity. 4 (27%) either don’t know or are not involved in an activity. How are our members involved? They are doing literature searches and document delivery and/or are participating in their hospital’s efforts (committee, project, task force) addressing one or more of the Medicare metrics. Top three Medicare effective care metrics with librarian involvement: 5 (71%) Discharge Instructions 4 (57%) Averting Blood Clots in Surgery Patients 4 (57%) Averting Catheter Infections  Top three Medicare patient satisfaction metrics with librarian involvement: 5 (71%) How well nurses communicated with patients. 5 (71%) How well doctors communicated with patients. 4 (57%) How clean and quiet the hospital room and hall were. Thanks to all who completed our questionnaire. More information in the April Plains to Peaks Post issue.
Source: Midcontinental Region News - Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Tags: Health Sciences Libraries Source Type: news