The Monitor's Function Sample Clauses

The Monitor's Function. The Monitor shall be responsible for assessing the effectiveness, reliability, and thoroughness of Sun's quality of care infrastructure and systems with respect to Sun's nursing facilities. Specifically, the Monitor, guided by the Quality Monitor Task List (copy attached as Appendix A hereto), shall assess, among other things the following: i. Sun's internal quality of care infrastructure, including, but not limited to, whether Sun has established and is carrying out its functions to review, analyze, and address quality of care issues; whether systems are place to promote quality of care and to respond to quality of care issues and the systems are operating in a timely and effective manner; whether the communication systems are effective, providing for accurate quality-related data, information, decisions, and results of decisions are transmitted to the proper individuals in a timely fashion; and whether the training programs are effective and thorough. ii. Sun's response to quality of care issues, which shall include an assessment of: (A) Sun's ability to identify the problem; (B) Sun's ability to determine the scope of the problem (e.g., is it isolated or systemic); (C) Sun's ability to create a corrective action plan; (D) Sun's ability to execute the corrective action plan; (E) Sun's ability to evaluate whether the assessment, corrective action plan and execution of that plan was effective, reliable, and thorough and maintained over time. iii. the accuracy of internal reports, data and assessments that relate to patient and resident care; iv. Sun's proactive steps (including training) to ensure that each patient and resident receives care in accordance with applicable law and the policies and procedures adopted by Sun, including those required by this CIA; v. whether compliance with Sun's policies and procedures that promote quality of care is a positive factor in determining compensation to Sun's employees; vi. whether Sun's facility site visits are occurring as necessary to identify and address quality of care issues; vii. whether Sun has in place an effective system to track temporary agency personnel, staff to patient ratios and staff turnover rates; viii. whether Sun has complied with its own policies and procedures, training requirements, the Federal health care program requirements, and the requirements of this CIA regarding the admission and care of respiratory therapy patients and residents; and ix. whether Sun has complied with its own policie...