Biomedical subjects

L A Koch

Publications and source records attributed to L A Koch.

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PubMed1999

The legal considerations surrounding OASIS (Outcome Assessment and Information Set) reporting requirements.

Effective February 24, 1999, all home health agencies that participate in the Medicare program implemented comprehensive assessments that contain a core data set known as OASIS for all adult, nonmaternity patients. The completion of the comprehensive assessment, using OASIS, also requires agencies to report OASIS data to designated regulatory bodies at least every 30 days. Both requirements are new Conditions of Participation for the Medicare program.

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PubMed1998

Getting a grip on the future: managing the change process.

How will providers streamline existing administrative and clinical care systems to meet the new regulatory requirements? How will they reorganize to cope with outcome-based quality improvement? Success in this rollercoaster climate depends on providers' ability to manage the change process.

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PubMed1998

Eight essential steps for effective data collection and use.

Home care providers must now be accountable for quantified clinical information. Collecting such data and determining how to use them to improve performance may require a new mindset for many agencies, however. How should agencies approach this new requirement?

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗

PubMed1998

Measuring outcomes of care for home care patients.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗

PubMed1997

Using OASIS (Outcomes and Assessment Information Set) to reach OBQI (outcome-based quality improvement).

The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has proposed new regulations that require home care providers to report outcome results. The Outcomes and Assessment Information Set will be the vehicle by which home care providers reach outcomes-based quality improvement--the ultimate goal for the industry and HCFA.

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PubMed1997

Selecting an electronic clinical data system.

Providers are now required to use documentation systems that include a full range of organizational and clinical information. To sort through the complex process of selecting an electronic clinical data system, clinical managers should use effective problemsolving techniques to evaluate and purchase such systems.

Computers↗