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This Site Is Designed To Help You Find
The Best Hospital For Your Health Issue.
At end we list methods to find the cost of hospital procedures.
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.
The site includes a combination of web sites and articles.
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
Find a Doctor/Hospital site
From the U.S. Library of Medicine &
The National Institutes of Health
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report provides a report on the best hospitals for major health issues.
Best hospitals honor roll (Click here)
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.
Medicare Guide to Finding and Comparing a Hospital in Your Area
There is also information on a hospital check list.
50 TOP HOSPITALS
From AARP
2009
The Right Hospital For You
AARP
May 2009
20 Ways To Find The Best Hospital For You
From AARP
2009
HealthGrades
Heath Grades provides research on 5,000 hospitals nationwide.
Health Grades also rates America's 50 best hospitals. (Click here)
Consumers Checkbook
A Nonprofit Information & Service Resource organization. They offer Guide to Hospitals for $19.95
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.
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.
Medicare Guide to Finding and Comparing a Hospital in Your Area
There is also information on a hospital check list.
Find and Compare Hospitals
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Consumers Checkbook
A Nonprofit Information & Service Resource organization. They offer Guide to Hospitals for $19.95
U.S. Hospital Death Rates
USA Today
Compare hospital mortality rates
Compare Hospital Mortality Rates
National Institutes of Health
Search by zip code
Hospitals That Stand Out
USA Today
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
Premier Hospital, High Angioplasty Death Rate
USA Today
February 10, 2009
Navigating the Hospital
Guide on how to make your hospital stay briefer and safer
U.S. News & World Report
July 23, 2007
Readmitted Patients Cost Billions
The Wall Street Journal
April 2, 2009
Comparing Costs of Hospital Care
Health Care Blue Book
Find hospital prices online
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