Hospital Reports

Performance Reporting

How can you find the best quality hospital for the care you need? Does your choice of hospitals really matter? Research shows that some hospitals do a better or worse job than others, and it is becoming increasingly easier to figure out which ones do the better job. Free public hospital reports are available in most states, as well as several national report cards. Browse these Web sites to find out how hospitals perform based on specific criteria, and to learn more about hospital performance reporting:


NYS ProfilesNew York State Hospital Profile
Consumer-oriented Web database of every hospital and extension clinic in New York, including quality, outcomes, surgical volume and available services.
hospitals.nyhealth.gov



healthcarereportcard.illinois.govIllinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care
Consumer focused online Report card profiling hospitals and ambulatory surgical treatment centers in the state of Illinois, including comparative quality, outcomes and charge data.
healthcarereportcard.illinois.gov


http://hcrc.abouthealthquality.org/Regional Health Care Report Card
Multi-state, multi-setting report card format displays quality and pricing data on commercial HMOs and hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont.
hcrc.abouthealthquality.org/



abouthealthsatisfaction.orgAbout Health Satisfaction
Every hospital that sees Medicare patients is required to administer a customer satisfaction/patient experience survey. This Web site displays satisfaction data for all hospitals in the US, searchable by map or ZIP code.
abouthealthsatisfaction.org



abouthealthtransparencyAbout Health Transparency
More hospital reports can be found on our health care transparency blog. We also want to hear from you if you have produced a Web or printed health care report card of any kind. 
abouthealthtransparency.org



whynotthebest.org
Why Not The Best
4500 hospitals, 40+ measures, charted over four years' worth of data. Each measure is dynamically linked to improvement tools and case studies. This report is more geared toward clinical staff, but contains a lot more data that advanced users might find useful and interesting.
whynotthebest.org


Visit the Department of Health and Human Services' national Hospital Compare Web site to find information on how well hospitals care for patients with certain medical conditions or surgical procedures, and results from a survey of patients about the quality of care they received during a recent hospital stay.

Another great resource for researching your health care options is available at Consumer Health Ratings, you can jump directly to their hospital ratings.
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