Author Archives: Kali Thomas

About Kali Thomas

Kali S. Thomas, PhD, MA, is an Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health, and a Research Health Science Specialist at the Providence VA Medical Center's Center of Innovation for Long-term Services and Supports. Dr. Thomas' work focuses on identifying ways to improve the quality of life of older adults needing long-term services and supports through applied health services research. Funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Institute on Aging, and multiple foundations, she has led research projects related to the quality of care delivered in long-term care facilities and the role of home- and community-based services in preventing or postponing nursing home placement. Views expressed are the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Brown University or the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Going Outside the Box: Identification of Active Diagnoses in the MDS 3.0

By | March 7, 2017
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In an effort to improve the validity and person-centeredness of the nursing home resident assessment tool (the Minimum Data Set, or MDS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services introduced version 3.0 in October 2010. As a result, many of the measures and items health services researchers had grown accustomed to using in the MDS… Read More »