Long-Term Care Survey Alert
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Correlate Restraint Use to These QIs/QMs
Published on Wed Sep 09, 2009
This simple tracking tool helps you see the big picture. This material was prepared by the Illinois Foundation for Quality Health Care, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Illinois, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents do not necessarily reflect CMS policy.
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