Resource Details

Identifying Outcomes for Medical Respite/ Recuperative Care Programs

Year Developed: 2021

Resource Type: Publication.

Primary Audience: Administrative Staff Board of Directors C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIO, COOs, CMOs, etc.)
Secondary Audience: Clinicians Enabling Staff Outreach Staff PCAs

Language(s): English

Developed by: National Health Care for the Homeless Council (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: This document is intended to help programs identify specific outcomes and variables that they can feasibly track within their program.

Resource Details: Medical respite/recuperative care programs see the positive impact of their programs and services in the lives of their patients on a daily basis. Identifying and demonstrating positive outcomes can be a critical way to support program sustainability and quality improvement in services. Although it is tempting to focus solely on the potential for cost savings to gain financial support from health systems, there is much more to a medical respite stay than cost savings. Programs also may have difficulty in accessing data collected by partners limiting potential to highlight certain outcomes. However, programs, through their day-to-day process, have the ability to track multiple outcomes that demonstrates the value of their services and can “tell the story” of medical respite/ recuperative care. This document is intended to help programs identify specific outcomes and variables that they can feasibly track within their program.

Resource Topic: Finance, Governance, Health Information Technology (HIT)/Data, Operations, Quality, Special and Vulnerable Populations

Resource Subtopic: Financial performance improvement, Sustainability, Strategic Planning, Quality Improvement.

Keywords: Data Collection, Management, and Analytics, Documentation, Health Care Facilities, Patient Satisfaction, Performance Improvement, Planning, Quality Measures, Research, Strategic Planning.