title: Charting the course for home health care quality: action steps for achieving sustainable improvement: conference proceedings.
abstract: On June 30 and July 1, 2003, the first national meeting Charting the Course for Home Health Care Quality: Action Steps for Achieving Sustainable Improvement convened in New York City. The Center for Home Care Policy & Research of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) hosted the meeting with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Fifty-seven attendees from throughout the United States participated. The participants included senior leaders and managers and nurses working directly in home care today. The meeting's objectives were to: 1. foster dialogue among key constituents influencing patient safety and home care, 2. promote information-sharing across sectors and identify areas where more information is needed, and, 3. develop an agenda and strategy for moving forward. This article reports the meeting's proceedings.
authors.affiliation: Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, NY 10021, USA. penny.feldman@vnsny.org
authors.forename: Penny Hollander
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: Laura E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reische
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States