The nurse researching the provision of home healthcare finds that national programs are aimed at improvement of quality of home healthcare. What is the goal for improvement instituted by INTERACT II?
A) Decrease avoidable hospital readmissions.
B) Improve client's self-management of oral medications.
C) Improve care and transfers from one setting to another.
D) Ensure beneficiaries receive the right care in the right setting.
A
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The goal of INTERACT II, developed by the Georgia Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), is to decrease avoidable hospital readmission rates from home care and skilled nursing facilities. The goal of Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign and Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes is to improve clients' self-management of oral medications and improve care and transfers from one healthcare setting to another. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is working to ensure that beneficiaries receive the right care at the right time in the right setting, while reducing avoidable or unnecessary rehospitalizations.
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