10 Tips to Help Nursing Homes Prepare for the Quality Indicator Survey
Ecumen Consulting Services, providers of long term care and nursing home consulting, and a division of Minnesota's largest non-profit senior housing provider Ecumen, released a whitepaper designed to help nursing homes prepare for the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS).
The QIS is a long term care survey process involving structured interviews with nursing home residents, staff and affected families, as well as structured facility reviews. This survey process yields 162 Quality of Care and Quality of Life Indicators (QCIs) that, after being compared with national norms, can trigger a comprehensive quality investigation . . .