Why measure a school’s quality? Because parents need to know whether their child will learn to read confidently; policymakers ...

When it comes to improving quality measure performance, too many providers continue to respond to fire alarms while neglecting what’s setting those alarms off, a leading MDS expert is warning.

Diabetes-related quality measures have frequently missed the mark, in part because they are more focused on checking a box than improving care, said Patrick J. O’Connor, MD, MA, MPH, senior ...

Field testing showed that use of this new measure is "feasible, valid, and reliable," the authors said. Ciemins believed this CRC screening completion measure could be widely implemented.

The four measures, all part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ nursing home Quality Reporting Program, were frozen last year to accommodate changes in ratings methodology and allow ...

More information: Guangxia Zhao et al, Research on rapid determination methods for main compositions and sensory quality of pumpkins based on hyperspectral imaging technology, Journal of Food ...