Thanks for checking out this educational blog/website. My plan is to use this blog to educate clinicians on how they can get better at completing CMS’s dreaded Outcome and Assessment Information Set, better known as OASIS. You can learn more about the history of this data collection tool/instrument from the CMS.gov website. I also plan on addressing other news related items in the industry, some of which will be clinically oriented and some non-clinical.
A little about me
I’m a physical therapist assistant (PTA) by training and have worked in the home health industry in one capacity or another for the last 6+ years. On the non-clinical side, I have worked in documentation review/quality assurance as an OASIS reviewer. I have a COS-C, which stands for Certificate for OASIS Specialist-Clinical and is through OASIS Answers. I’ll probably do a blog post in the future about getting my COS-C for those interested in going that route.
Why did I create this blog?
I started this blog as a way to address some of the most common errors that clinicians make when completing the OASIS, from SOC to discharge. I know documentation is the lease favorite part of the job for every practicing nurse and therapist in home health, but it is soooo important that this tool is used and filled out correctly. I really enjoy teaching and this blog will be a way to educate all home health clinicians on topics beyond the OASIS – topics relating to improving patient care, helpful resources for nurses and therapists, patient education, and more.
I’d love to hear from you
What questions do you have about the OASIS, clinical care in the home health setting, or anything else along those lines? Feel free to leave a comment below or connect with me on Twitter.
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