MDS 3.0 perspective: a better tool for patient care.

摘要

The new Minimum Data Set 3.0 (MDS 3.0) should be of interest to physicians practicing in nursing homes because significant changes improve the usefulness of this data for the purpose of individual patient care. MDS 3.0 has been in effect in certified nursing homes in the United States since October of 2010 and in Veteran Affairs facilities since 2012. It does a better job than MDS 2.0 in assessing nursing home residents, especially in the domains of mood, cognition, delirium, and pain. The improvement largely results from patient interviews that include validated, objective instruments that have the potential to provide clinicians with useful information to assess and manage the patient.