What is a standardized survey and data collection method for measuring patients' perspectives on hospital care?
a. Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
b. Home Health Compare
c. The Leapfrog Group
d. Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
ANS: D
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A Physician Quality Reporting Initiative is a program administered by the CMS that collects performance data at the physician/provider clinical level in the ambulatory and primary care sectors.
B Home Health Compare has information about the quality of care provided by Medicare-certified home health agencies that meet federal health and safety requirements throughout the nation.
C The Leapfrog Group is an initiative of organizations that buy health care who are working to improve the safety, quality, and affordability of health care for Americans.
D Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) was developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and is a standardized survey and data collection method for measuring patients' perspectives on hospital care.
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