Long Term Care
OFMQ has worked with 80% of the 300+ nursing homes
in Oklahoma since 2002.
We have over 20 years of experience in providing direct technical assistance to LTC facilities and over 40 years of experience in helping hospitals improve various clinical areas as well as report quality data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
In 2014, OFMQ worked with a number of nursing homes in our state on a nationwide CMS quality improvement project. This resulted in a 15% reduction of the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications by residents with dementia. Oklahoma was one of only eight states in the nation to achieve CMS' goal.
In current projects, we have helped LTC facilities to:
Achieve a 26.7% Relative Improvement Rate (RIR) in reducing falls with major injury (76.1% of facilities experienced improvement)
27% RIR in reducing pressure ulcers (68.2% of facilities improved)
Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement
A fully-functioning QAPI program is the coordinated application of two mutually-reinforcing aspects of a quality management system: Quality Assurance (QA) and Performance Improvement (PI). QAPI takes a systematic, comprehensive, and data-driven approach to maintaining and improving safety and quality in nursing homes while involving all nursing home caregivers in practical and creative problem solving. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a general framework for implementing a QAPI program in nursing homes, based on five key elements of effective quality management. OFMQ advises nursing homes in all aspects of implementing a fully-functioning QAPI program, from initial assessment through establishing and maintaining accountability for QAPI processes in order to sustain quality of care and quality of life for nursing home residents. OFMQ also provides best practices tools and resources for improvement interventions.
