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This Site Is Designed To Help You Find
The Best Hospital For Your Health Issue.
Numerous reports including this article indicate that care quality can vary widely between hospitals. Another article describes what it takes to be the best hospital.
U.S. Hospitals Outcomes Vary Widely
USA Today
October 16, 2006
What it Takes to Be the Best ‘Hospital’
U.S. News & World Report
July 23, 2007
Over 90,000 patients die each year from infections they receive in hospitals .Please read this article from AARP in January 2007. (Click here)
Other articles discuss the cleanliness and health issues in hospitals.
Why Aren't Hospitals Cleaner?
U.S. News & World Report
July 23, 2007
Bad Medicine
Why are patients forced to get care at big, dangerous hospitals?
Forbes
March 10, 2008 pg 86
Leapfrog Group
The Leapfrog Group's web site states that
medical mistakes in hospitals are the number one cause
of death in the United States. Most medical mistakes
are avoidable and that something can be done to prevent
them.
The Leapfrog Group is comprised
of 150 Fortune 500 corporations and other large private
and public sector purchasers of health care benefits.
They publish information on hospital quality so consumers
can make informed hospital decisions.
Hospitals provide information
to The Leapfrog Group through a voluntary survey.
About 500 hospitals have responded. The
information can be accessed through their web site.
Use the link above.
An article on the Leapfrog Group's selection follows.
U.S.
News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report provides a report on the best
hospitals for major health issues.
HealthGrades
Heath Grades provides research on 5,000 hospitals
nationwide.
U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Hospital quality data is now available
on the Health and Human Services site or by calling
1-800-633-4227.
The data is available by hospital .Search hospitals by name or geography. A quick method is to search by state and choose the hospitals you are interested in. The site provides four health
issues quality measures by hospital.
Follow the guides and
you can see how your hospital compares on the four
health issues to others in the state and nationally.
The New York Times article 'Report Rates Hospitals on Their Heart Treatment' discusses this government service. (click here). One time free registration is required.
Guide to Choosing a Hospital Booklet You Can Print From Medicare
Also questions to ask when choosing a hospital
50 TOP HOSPITALS
From AARP
2003
20 Ways To Find The Best Hospital For You
From AARP
2003
Consumers Checkbook
A Nonprofit Information & Service Resource organization. They offer Guide to Hospitals for $19.95
Find a doctor/hospital site
From the U.S. Library of Medicine &
The National Institutes of Health
HOSPITAL QUALITY INFORMATION BY
STATE
California
HOSPITAL QUALITY INFORMATION PROVIDED
BY HOSPITALS
Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center
Performance data is listed on major procedures and conditions.
The
Cleveland Clinic
Their quality performance is listed by select health issues.
OTHER ARTICLES
Navigating the Hospital
Guide on how to make your hospital stay briefer and safer
U.S. News & World Report
July 23, 2007
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