Vol XII, Dec `05

1. DCP #1 (Baseline) - Month 1
2. DCP #2 (Follow-up) - Month 9
3. DCP #3 (Sustainability) - Month 15

As the Pennsylvania homes finish their data collection (see box at right), other participating nursing homes continue to abstract and submit medical records data using our Web-based data collection tool. The tool allows nursing homes to collect and submit data using a confidential, user-friendly tool.

Once they've submitted their data, nursing homes can immediately evaluate their performance by viewing their process measure scores and comparing their scores to their peers' aggregate scores. Using audit & feedback makes data collection a valuable part of the intervention.