title: Tracking long-term functional outcomes helps refine inpatient care, post-discharge support.
abstract: Taking patient satisfaction one step further: Are your patients happy six months or a year down the road? Did their surgery or medical treatment improve their quality of life? MCOs will want to know. Here's how one hospital tracks functional status outcomes and makes use of the data to improve inpatient and post-discharge care.
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D006304:Health Status; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D009657:North Carolina; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D020127:Recovery of Function; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires