Data from like facilities will be compared. An individual facility's data will be held confidentially and reported only to the facility and its parent system headquarters. The database will support both national collaborative benchmarking efforts and local performance improvement initiatives. The database is not intended to set benchmarks but to establish baseline data. The long-term care industry is diligently scrutinized by consumer and regulatory groups.
Report cards are common.
Quality statistics are collected, monitored, and, in some cases, distributed for public review on the Internet. Although some similar programs of performance improvement require payment of a significant fee, there is no charge to participate in the data collection process for Living Our Promises, Acting On Faith .