A federal form nursing homes must fill out to assess residents' health status.
The MDS for nursing facility residents is a comprehensive resident assessment instrument that measures functional status, mental health status, and behavioral status. Under federal regulation, assessments are conducted at the time of admission into a nursing facility, upon return from a 72-hour hospital admission, whenever there is a significant change in status, quarterly, and annually.
A government mandated screening and assessment form for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified long-term care (nursing homes) facilities in the United States. This form is completed within 14 days of admission of a resident to the facility, quarterly and when there is a significant change in the resident's status. An annual update is also required. The information collected in the MDS is used in planning the care of the resident.
The Minimum Data Set (MDS) summarizes information on the abilities of people who live in long-term care facilities. To keep their Medicare and Medicaid certification, long-term care facilities must submit their MDS data regularly.
The minimum categories of data with uniform definitions and categories, concerning a specific aspect or dimension of the health care system which meets the basic needs of multiple data users. Example: nursing minimum data set.
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The smallest set of soil properties that can be used to characterize or measure soil quality. The MDS will vary based on the intended land use, soil type, and climate. The first MDS was suggested by Larson and Pierce and included the following: nutrient availability, total organic C, particle size or texture, labile organic C, plant-available water capacity, soil structure, soil strength, maximum rooting depth, pH, and electrical conductivity.
The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is part of the U.S. federally mandated process for clinical assessment of all residents in Medicare or Medicaid certified nursing homes. This process provides a comprehensive assessment of each resident's functional capabilities and helps nursing home staff identify health problems.