he New York State Health Home Program has a five-page list of goal-based quality measures collected to assess the program’s success. Here is an abbreviated list of the goals and what is being collected and measured:
• Goal 1: Reduce utilization associated with avoidable (preventable) inpatient stays.
- Clinical outcomes.
- Experience of care.
- Quality of care.
• Goal 2: Reduce utilization associated with avoidable (preventable) ED visits.
- Clinical outcomes.
- Experience of care.
- Quality of care.
• Goal 3: Improve outcomes for persons with mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
- Clinical outcomes, including mental health utilization and follow-up after hospitalization for mental illness.
- Experience of care.
- Quality of care, including antidepressant medication management and adherence to antipsychotics for individuals with schizophrenia.
• Goal 4: Improve disease-related care for chronic conditions.
- Clinical outcomes.
- Experience of care.
- Quality of care, including medication management for people with asthma, and comprehensive diabetes care.
• Goal 5: Improve preventive care.
- Clinical outcomes.
- Experience of care.
- Quality of care, including chlamydia screening in women, and colorectal cancer screening.
Source: http://on.ny.gov/2ck4QXa.
The New York State Health Home Program has a five-page list of goal-based quality measures collected to assess the program’s success.
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