Contains a thorough, quick reference for OBQI/OBQM

Guides the user through the development of best practice care pathways for use in OBQI

Provides the foundation for implementation of home care disease management

Covers foundational patient outcomes information that is not covered by Medicare’s OBQI.

Helps agencies establish their focus for outcome-based patient care by guiding the user through applications that identify the agency’s primary patient population(s) and that ascertain staff competency and expertise relative to these patient groups.

Explains how to use agency-desired outcomes to formulate the staff competency assessment and performance appraisal for the purpose of enhancing accountability with implementation of agency standards of care and accurate measurement of outcomes.

Discusses how interventions selected to achieve specific outcomes warrant a financial analysis of the cost versus benefit to patients and the agency. This chapter provides a framework and rationale for the use and application of financial outcomes data. 

Demonstrates how to analyze outcomes from a marketing perspective, how to base marketing strategies on outcomes achieved, how to affect physician practice patterns, and how to prepare outcome presentations for customers.

CD-ROM with outcomes forms that can be easily customized for use by your agency.

Perforated, three-hole punched pages for easy access and portability.