CMS website data is flawed on nursing home patient falls, researchers say

(By Anuja Vaidya for Becker’s Hospital Review)

CMS-sponsored website Nursing Home Compare, which reports quality data from U.S. nursing homes, may be using inaccurate data to report patient safety related to falls, according to a study published in Health Services Research.  Continue reading article here…

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