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Quality Close to Home: A Preliminary Design for an Integrated Quality Management System

08/15/2005 | Requests *

Summary

The “Quality Close to Home” papers are part of Wisconsin’s process to review the existing quality management system for Home and Community Based Services. The report on local practices was the result of a series of interviews conducted with local informants who conduct quality management activities. The second paper outlines the scope of quality management, challenges of quality management, federal rules and regulations, and provides a design for an improved quality management system.

Author

Available Files

Close to Home Report Word (1,703K, 103 pages)
Interview Findings Word (240K, 33 pages)

Keywords

Stakeholder Involvement; Community Inclusion; 1915c; quality management; quality improvement; quality assurance; QA/QI; interviews; system design; safeguarding; satisfaction and outcome;

Topic

Aging Issues, Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Long-Term Care, Organizational Change, Physical Disabilities, Quality

Type/Tool

Reports

Source

Grantee produced, Wisconsin

State

Wisconsin

Date Created

03/01/2007

Contact

Nirvana Huhtala Petlick

npetlick@ifh.rutgers.edu

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/1856

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