90-590-270 Me. Code R. § 3
American Nurses Association (ANA) measures (NSPC-2 & NSPC-3):Each hospital or their agent shall report data to the MHDO for NSPC-2 and NSPC-3 as defined by NDNQI, National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators, Guidelines for Data Collection on the American Nurses Association's National Quality Forum Endorsed Measures, May 2010 or as updated by the ANA.
The Joint Commission measures (NSPC-1): Each hospital or their agent shall report data to the MHDO for NSPC-1as currently defined by the Joint Commission, Implementation Guide for the NQF Endorsed Nursing Sensitive Care Measure Set.
For each nursing-sensitive patient-centered (NSPC) health care outcome measure, the NSPC metrics are:
NSPC - 1 Percentage of inpatients who have a hospital-acquired Stage 1 or greater pressure ulcer (Measure steward - The Joint Commission);
NSPC - 2 Number of patient falls per patient days (Measure steward: ANA); and
NSPC - 3 Number of patient falls with injuries perpatient days (Measure steward- ANA)
90-590 C.M.R. ch. 270, § 3