Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)
The Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) is a comprehensive, research-based, standardized classification of interventions that nurses perform.
Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Classification
Fully updated and revised by authors T. Heather Herdman, PhD, RN, FNI, and Shigemi Kamitsuru, PhD, RN, FNI, NANDA International Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Classification 2018-2020, Eleventh Edition is the definitive guide to nursing diagnoses, as reviewed and approved by NANDA International (NANDA-I).
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)
As part of the implementation of MIPS, clinician performance is measured through the data clinicians report in four areas - Quality, Improvement Activities, Advancing Care Information, and Cost.
Lean Six Sigma
Lean Six Sigma is simply a process for solving a problem. It consists of five phases: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, & Control. This process is also known as DMAIC, the acronym for thosefive phases. DMAIC is a five-step method for improving existing process problems with unknown causes.
Care Transitions Measure (CTM®)
With support from The Commonwealth Fund, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Paul Beeson Faculty Scholars in Aging, Dr. Coleman and colleagues designed a 15-item uni-dimensional measure, the Care Transitions Measure (CTM®), to assess the quality of care transitions.
The CALNOC Registry
The CALNOC registry captures and benchmark unit data, structural measures, process measures, and outcome measures.
Medical Home Care Coordination Measurement Tool© - Boston Children's
When implemented, the Medical Home Care Coordination Measurement Tool© provides a wealth of metrics to assess overall care and care transition processes.
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Health Information Exchange allows health care professionals and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient's medical information electronically.
My Health Confidence
A simple, essential measure for patient engagement and better practice. Asking patients this one question can lead to better outcomes.
HEDIS Measures
The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is one of the most widely used sets of health care performance measure in the United States. The term “HEDIS” originated in the late 1980s as the product of a group of forward-thinking employers and quality experts, and was entrusted to NCQA in the early 1990s. The NCQA measurement development process has expanded the size and scope of HEDIS to include measures for physicians, PPOs and other organizations.