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Nursing Home Performance

Maryland Quality Reporting on Nursing Homes

The Maryland Quality Reporting website includes several measures a consumer can use to evaluate how well Maryland nursing homes give care to residents:

Quality Measures that evaluate the way care is given (process) and the results of care (outcome)
Experience of Care Measures that evaluate how well a responsible party (close family member or friend) or the resident rated the care
Staffing Measures that show how much time is spent with each patient per day, by different nursing staff and physical therapists, as well as percentage of staff that has been employed at nursing home for 2 or more years
Results of Health and Fire Safety Inspection Reports performed on-site by state surveyors.
Rates of Influenza Vaccination of nursing home staff

Quality Measures report 20 measures, 14 that evaluate the care for long stay residents and six measures that evaluate care for short stay residents. Examples of measures include how well pain is managed; residents that develop pressure ulcers (bed sores) in the nursing home, and residents given influenza vaccination during the flu season. Quality measures are calculated by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from the data supplied by each nursing home using the Minimum Data Set (MDS).

Experience of Care Measures are reported in the Family Satisfaction Survey that is conducted each year. This survey is completed by a responsible party (usually a family member) for a long term resident of a nursing home. The Maryland Health Care Commission publishes a statewide report as well as individual facility reports.

Health and Fire Safety Inspection Reports are obtained from inspections completed by the Maryland Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ) and reported to CMS. OHCQ visits each nursing home to determine if the nursing home is meeting federal and state regulations. Inspections are done to ensure that the nursing home residents receive safe, quality care and services in accordance with rules established by CMS and the state. Each nursing home is required by law to have the latest survey results on available for public inspection.

Influenza Vaccination Rates of Nursing Home Staff It is important that health care workers who provide care to people 65 years or older or those with medical conditions like asthma, diabetes, heart disease, or kidney disease get vaccinated against influenza, as advanced age and complicated medical conditions put a person at higher risk for influenza-related complications and death. The rates displayed report the percentage of staff vaccinated in the nursing home compared to the statewide average (the percentage of staff vaccinated in all Maryland nursing homes).

To find the quality information for a specific Maryland nursing home, or to compare results for up to five Maryland nursing homes, go to the Maryland Quality Reporting website and select Nursing Homes.