Quality Assessment

Quality Measure	% for MHS Home Care	% for competing Home Care provider	National Average
HIGHER PERCENTAGES ARE BETTER
Percentage of patients who get better at walking or moving around	25%	NOT AVAILABLE	43%
Percentage of patients who get better at getting in and out of bed	46%	NOT AVAILABLE	54%
Percentage of patients who have less pain when moving around	44%	NOT AVAILABLE	64%
Percentage of patients whose bladder control improves	NOT AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILABLE	50%
Percentage of patients who get better at bathing	73%	NOT AVAILABLE	65%
Percentage of patients who get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth)	49%	NOT AVAILABLE	43%
Percentage of patients who are short of breath less often	47%	NOT AVAILABLE	61%
Percentage of patients who stay at home after an episode of home health care ends	70%	43%	68%
NEW! Percentage of patients whose wounds improved or healed after an operation	NOT AVAILABLE	NOT AVAILABLE	79%
LOWER PERCENTAGES ARE BETTER
Percentage of patients who had to be admitted to the hospital	29%	56%	28%
Percentage of patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care	33%	50%	21%
NEW! Percentage of patients who need unplanned medical care related to a wound that is new, is worse, or has become infected	2%	9%	1%