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Considerations related to the cardiac process measure should include:

• Review agency demographics and diagnosis statistics. How prevalent is heart failure within the agency’s census?
• Establish policies for cardiac assessment, including whether such assessment is stressed during orientation. What are clinician expectations for follow-up and physician notification? Consider establishing specific protocols.
• Establish focus audits for cardiac cases. If the agency uses outcome evaluation software, it may be possible to customize reports for this function.
• Determine how clinicians will access data to answer M1510. Check with your software provider regarding plans to include this in the software, or consider the use of a manual tracking system.
• As the agency develops its education plan for the coming year, evaluate the need for a refresher on heart failure, nursing interventions, and current treatment protocols.

This is an excerpt from the article “OASIS-C Process Measures: Cardiac Status“  which originally appeared in the October 2009 edition of Homecare Administrator. Learn more about Homecare Administrator here!