In January 2005, the CareConnections Outcomes System (formerly TAOS) was accepted for inclusion with the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC). The NQMC is a database and Web site for measures and measure sets, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), to promote widespread access to quality measures by the health care community and other interested individuals.
The CareConnections Outcomes System’s listing on the NQMC Web site can be located under the measure name “Physical functional health status: average percent change in patient functional status from initial to discharge visit among patients receiving outpatient rehabilitation services” and can be searched for by using “Therapeutic Associates, Inc.” or “TAOS” as search terms.
For more information on NQMC, please visit www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/
What is CareConnections?
CareConnections is a Web-based suite of rehabilitation medical Management services. CareConnections uses combinations of tools to assist providers and payers with the medical management of patients and clinical services. These tools are the CareConnections Outcomes System, CareConnections Treatment Guidelines, CareConnections Patient Satisfaction Monitoring, and CareConnections Prior Authorization/Advice System (PAS).
The entire suite of CareConnections management tools present powerful, yet cost effective systems for today’s healthcare world. Providers and payers alike can benefit from CareConnections’ component parts or their integrated ability to serve the needs of both value-based and outcome-oriented care to all rehabilitation patients.