Final Report: The Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes
The Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes, established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has completed its assessment and released its final report.
The 186-page report contains 27 principal recommendations and over 100 accompanying action steps organized into 10 themes: Testing and Screening; Equipment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); Cohorting; Visitation; Communication; Workforce Ecosystem–Stopgaps for Resident Safety; Workforce Ecosystem–Strategic Reinforcement; Technical Assistance and Quality Improvement; Facilities; and Nursing Home Data.
The commission solicited public input via email and its website. Organizations and members of the public helped inform the commission by submitting 632 open-ended comments, formal letters, publications, and other resources, detailed in the final report.
The report is posted on the independent Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes website. Facilitated by MITRE Corporation, the commission began virtually convening in June and throughout the summer, tasked to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the overall response to the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing homes.
The 25 commission members included Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, president of The John A. Hartford Foundation.
To read the report, click here.
To go to MITRE's press release, click here.
To go to the commission's website, click here.