What do the home health quality measures consist of?
The home health quality measures include information on patients’ physical and mental health and whether their ability to perform the basic “activities of daily living” (ADL) improved. The quality measures available include: • Three measures related to improvement in getting around • Four measures related to meeting a patient’s activities of daily living • One measure related to when home health care ends • Two measures related to patient medical emergencies A home health agency’s ability to improve or maintain the health of their patients partly depends on the ability and willingness of patients and their families to help themselves and follow the treatment prescribed, even when home health staff are not in the home. How well a patient improves or maintains their level of ability while receiving home health care reflects both the agency’s quality of service as well as the patient’s ability to assist with the plan of care.
