Protocols and Guidelines Manual Version 2.0
folder_openChanges to Protocols and Guidelinescalendar_todayPosted January 22, 2010
The Home Health Care CAHPS Survey Protocols and Guidelines, Version 2.0 has been released and has replaced the August 2009 version on the Home Health Care CAHPS Survey website. The protocols and guidelines described in Version 2.0 of this manual are effective January 22, 2010, and supersede those described in the August 2009 manual. An electronic version of the Version 2.0 manual in both MS Word and PDF formats is available on Home Health Care CAHPS Survey website. To conserve paper, the Home Health Care CAHPS Survey Coordination Team is printing a limited number of hardcopy versions of this manual. Organizations may request a hardcopy manual by sending an e-mail message to the HHCAHPS Coordination Team at hhcahps@rti.org
A summary of key changes in the Home Health Care CAHPS Survey Protocols and Guidelines Manual will be posted on this website on or before February 1, 2010. Reviewers should note that the most substantive changes in the manual were in Chapter 4, the Home Health Care CAHPS Survey Sampling Procedures. The Summary of Changes is intended as a reference tool; it is not intended to be a substitute for reviewing the manual.
All of the survey materials and documents included in the links under the “Survey Materials” tab on this website except for the Protocols and Guidelines Manual, Version 2.0 have been reformatted and will be replaced within the next week or so. If you need to review, print, or use any of those materials or documents on or before February 1, 2010, please review or print the corresponding document from the appendices in the updated Protocols and Guidelines Manual by clicking on the link for the Manual in MS Word Format.
XML File Updates
The following XML related documents under the ‘Data Submission’ tab have been updated and have been re-posted to the site:
- XML File Layouts
- XML Sample file
- XML File Schema