Overall Purpose:

Transparency of quality data in healthcare is a reality.  Nurses with detailed knowledge of the national quality metrics will be able to contribute to healthcare quality improvement at their workplace. 

This activity presents an overview of the CMS Hospital Quality Initiative as well as detailed information on the metrics involved (“the CORE Measures”). This knowledge can also be utilized during the nurse’s career development while pursuing certification in healthcare quality (CPHQ).

Objectives:

After studying the materials, the learner will be able to

• Identify individual measures for each CORE Measure set.

• Analyze possible CORE Measure data collection issues at their home facility.

Continuing Education: 

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center ’s Commission on Accreditation. 

This course is CNE Activity Number O-AO-12848-09-08, and offers 1.97 contact hours for successful completion and is available for purchase until 9-22-2010.

(Click  here for separate courses on the individual measure sets or look at the menu at the top of this page)