title: OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set). Will HCFA know more about your agency than you do?
abstract: OASIS data will provide a host of information to the Health Care Financing Administration. Agencies should look beyond HCFA's reasons for collecting the data and capitalize on the opportunity to use OASIS to improve their own services and better understand their patients' needs.
authors.affiliation: Interim Health Services, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McCann
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D017050:Episode of Care; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014481:United States