National Quality-of-Care Standards in Home-Based Primary Care
Authors: Kristofer L. Smith, Theresa A. Soriano, Jeremy Boal
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2007)

Letters18 September 2007National Quality-of-Care Standards in Home-Based Primary CareKristofer L. Smith, MD, MPP, Theresa A. Soriano, MD, MPH, and Jeremy Boal, MDKristofer L. Smith, MD, MPPFrom Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029.Search for more papers by this author, Theresa A. Soriano, MD, MPHFrom Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029.Search for more papers by this author, and Jeremy Boal, MDFrom Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-147-6-200709180-00019 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We thank Dr. Landers for taking the time to reflect on the national quality-of-care standards for home-based primary care. Fundamentally, Dr. Landers argues that our work should have paid more attention to creating indicators that are more holistic. It was precisely for this reason that our panelists spent many months reviewing and amending the ACOVE work. The changes and additions made to the ACOVE quality indicator set placed greater primacy on patient autonomy, added indicators for coordination of care, caregiver burden, and end-of life care and created new indicators for areas of care that reside in quality-of-life domains, ...References1. Boyd CM, Darer J, Boult C, Fried LP, Boult L, Wu AW. Clinical practice guidelines and quality of care for older patients with multiple comorbid diseases: implications for pay for performance. JAMA. 2005;294:716-24. [PMID: 16091574] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Medicare takes key step toward voluntary quality reporting for physicians [press release]. Washington, DC: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Public Affairs; 28 October 2005. Google Scholar3. Medicare Value Purchasing Act of 2005, S. 1356, 109th Cong. (2005). Google Scholar4. Landers SH. Home care: a key to the future of family medicine? Ann Fam Med. 2006;4:366-8. [PMID: 16868241] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Kristofer L. Smith, MD, MPP; Theresa A. Soriano, MD, MPH; Jeremy Boal, MDAffiliations: From Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029.Disclosures: Consultancies: J. Boal (Visiting Nurse Service of New York). PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoBrief Communication: National Quality-of-Care Standards in Home-Based Primary Care Kristofer L. Smith , Theresa A. Soriano , and Jeremy Boal National Quality-of-Care Standards in Home-Based Primary Care Steven H. Landers Metrics 18 September 2007Volume 147, Issue 6Page: 432-433KeywordsConstipationHealth care policyHealth care qualityHypertensionInsomniaNursesPatientsPrimary carePublic policy ePublished: 18 September 2007 Issue Published: 18 September 2007 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2007 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...