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    MDS-Aligned Clinical Documentation & Compliance for Nursing Homes

    For nursing home systems managing 200+ residents across facilities. Automate MDS-aligned documentation from clinical notes, incident reports, and wound photos. 40% reduction in nurse documentation time, 90% faster audit preparation.

    Who It's For

    Nursing home systems, long-term care facilities, and skilled nursing facilities managing clinical documentation, regulatory compliance (CMS/MDS), and quality improvement programs

    Problem Solved

    Nurses spend 40% of shifts on manual documentation, audit preparation is time-intensive and error-prone, and incident data is fragmented across systems making quality improvement difficult

    Why Mixpeek

    40% reduction in documentation time, 70% faster audit preparation, automatic incident trending, and defensible documentation with visual evidence trails

    Overview

    Nursing homes generate massive unstructured clinical data daily - progress notes, incident reports, wound photos, therapy notes. Mixpeek transforms this into structured, MDS-aligned intelligence that reduces administrative burden while improving care quality and regulatory compliance. Built to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) MDS 3.0 standards. Mixpeek can be deployed fully managed or integrated programmatically — below are example integrations for technical teams.

    Challenges This Solves

    Documentation Burden

    Nurses spend 40% of shift time on manual documentation and data entry

    Impact: Less time for direct patient care, overtime costs, staff burnout

    Audit Preparation

    CMS and state audits require gathering fragmented documentation across systems

    Impact: Weeks of staff time, penalties for missing/incomplete data, lower star ratings

    Incident Tracking

    Fall reports, wound assessments, and safety incidents trapped in free-text notes

    Impact: Cannot identify patterns, repeat incidents, or track outcomes over time

    MDS Compliance

    Minimum Data Set (MDS 3.0) requirements demand structured clinical data

    Impact: Manual abstraction from notes, errors impact reimbursement and star ratings

    Wound Documentation

    Pressure ulcer photos and measurements scattered, hard to track healing progression

    Impact: Liability risk, cannot demonstrate care quality, difficult wound audits

    Quality Improvement

    QAPI (Quality Assurance Performance Improvement) requires trend analysis

    Impact: Cannot identify facility-wide patterns or high-risk residents/units

    Implementation Steps

    Mixpeek automatically structures clinical notes, incident reports, wound photos, and assessments into MDS-aligned, audit-ready intelligence while extracting key risk patterns

    1

    Connect Clinical Document Storage

    Connect Mixpeek to your EHR document storage

    import { Mixpeek } from 'mixpeek';
    const client = new Mixpeek({ apiKey: process.env.MIXPEEK_API_KEY });
    // Connect to clinical documentation
    await client.buckets.connect({
    collection_id: 'nursing-home-clinical-docs',
    bucket_uri: 's3://facility-ehr-documents/',
    filters: {
    file_types: ['pdf', 'jpg', 'png', 'docx']
    }
    });
    2

    Index with MDS Extractors

    Process documents with MDS-aligned feature extractors

    // Index clinical documents with extractors
    await client.index.embed({
    collection_id: 'nursing-home-clinical-docs',
    extractors: [
    'document-parser', // Extract text from PDFs/scans
    'entity-extraction', // Medications, diagnoses, symptoms
    'medical-classification', // MDS section classification
    'image-embedding' // Wound photos, skin assessments
    ],
    metadata: {
    facility_id: 'facility-123',
    mds_version: '3.0'
    }
    });
    3

    Search Clinical Documentation

    Query by MDS section, incident type, or resident

    // Search for fall incidents (MDS Section J)
    const fallIncidents = await client.retrieve({
    collection_id: 'nursing-home-clinical-docs',
    query: 'fall with injury resident mobility decline',
    filters: {
    mds_section: 'J_Health_Conditions',
    incident_type: 'fall_with_injury',
    date_range: { start: '2024-01-01', end: '2024-12-31' }
    }
    });
    console.log(`Found ${fallIncidents.results.length} fall incidents`);
    4

    Extract Wound Assessment Data

    Analyze wound photos for staging and measurements

    // Analyze wound photo
    const woundAnalysis = await client.retrieve({
    collection_id: 'nursing-home-clinical-docs',
    query: { object_id: 'wound-photo-123.jpg' },
    extractors: ['medical-classification', 'image-embedding']
    });
    // Extract wound details from metadata
    const woundData = {
    ulcer_stage: woundAnalysis.extracted.wound_stage, // Stage 1-4
    location: woundAnalysis.extracted.body_location,
    size_cm2: woundAnalysis.extracted.area_measurement,
    healing_status: woundAnalysis.extracted.progression
    };
    5

    Generate Audit Report

    Retrieve all documentation for a resident audit package

    // Generate audit package for a resident
    const auditDocs = await client.retrieve({
    collection_id: 'nursing-home-clinical-docs',
    filters: {
    resident_id: 'resident-456',
    date_range: { start: '2024-Q1', end: '2024-Q4' },
    document_types: ['assessment', 'incident', 'wound_photo', 'care_plan']
    },
    sort: 'date_asc'
    });
    // Check compliance gaps
    const missingDocs = auditDocs.results.filter(
    doc => !doc.metadata.signature || !doc.metadata.timestamp
    );
    console.log(`Audit ready: ${missingDocs.length === 0}`);

    Expected Outcomes

    40% reduction in nurse documentation burden

    Documentation Time

    70% faster audit package assembly

    Audit Preparation

    95% auto-population of MDS fields from clinical notes

    MDS Accuracy

    Identify repeat incident patterns 3x faster

    Incident Detection

    100% photo documentation with automated staging

    Wound Compliance

    60% reduction in deficiencies from documentation gaps

    Regulatory Penalties

    Frequently Asked Questions

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