Correlation Between CMS Star Rating and HealthStream Jane ®
Correlation between CMS Star Rating and HealthStream Jane ®
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( CMS ) tracks and reports on several quality measures to provide transparency into different healthcare settings including acute care hospitals . For the hospital setting , they publish the results on different measures which are distributed over five categories – mortality , safety of care , readmissions , patient experience , and timely & effective care ( Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [ CMS ], 2021 , p . 13 ). These categories hold different weights which roll up to an overall star rating between 1 – 5 stars ( CMS , 2021 , p . 17 ). This rating affects hospital reputation as well as reimbursement , so a higher star rating is desired . For several of these measures , a well-trained nursing staff is imperative . As an example , one of the measures tracks incidences of central line-associated bloodstream infections ( CLABSI ). In order to do well , staff need to be educated on infection prevention protocols and be motivated to follow them . HealthStream Jane ® is a professional development tool used to uncover knowledge and clinical judgment gaps and provides recommended remediation for identified deficiencies . This study seeks to determine if acute care hospitals that utilize HealthStream Jane ® had higher overall star ratings compared to those that did not .
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