Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) Hospital and Nursing Home Patient Safety Overview

As the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Colorado, CFMC plays a pivotal role in helping providers improve hospital and nursing home quality of care and patient safety in Colorado. CFMC offers technical assistance and a variety of state of the art resources.

CFMC is working closely with Colorado hospitals and nursing homes to improve the quality of care through system and process changes in ten focused areas: surgical care, heart failure, Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, pressure ulcers, physical restraints, the Health Care Leadership and Quality Assessment Tool, the AHRQ Culture Survey, drug safety, and public reporting.

Overview

Hospital Data

Quality Improvement Special Projects

The Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC), the Medicare quality improvement organization for Colorado, prepared this material under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents do not necessarily reflect CMS Policy.