Rogers T E
Olsten Health Services, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Caring. 1999 May;18(5):18-20.
The Medicare Quality Improvement Demonstration Project has examined agencies' ability to integrate OASIS into standard admission, recertification, and discharge processes. One pilot agency succeeded in implementing OASIS smoothly and with very little increase in patient-admission time using a six-step strategic planning cycle and effective communication tools.