NURS 3110 Week 3—Comparing Organizations with Benchmark Data
Assignment:
For this Application assignment, first review under learning resources one of the three links to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) compare sites (hospital compare, home health compare or nursing home compare).Write a 2-3 page assignment comparing two facilities on the identified CMS measures.Begin this assignment with describing the two facilities chosen to be compared and an explanation of why they were chosen. Benchmark the facilities against local, state and national averages on at least two different measures. Discuss some of the potential causes for differences in the data between the two facilities that you reviewed. Lastly, provide insight into how standardization of data is necessary to compare facilities.