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NewsNew Hospital Compare data shows disparity in blood infection rates
Newly released blood infection data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Hospital Compare website has revealed a wide variation in central line-associated bloodstream infections Read more...
CMS opens bloodstream infection data to public
Aiming to boost hospital transparency and accountability, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services opened up blood infection data to the public. CMS has updated the Hospital Compare website Read more...
State hospital reporting to become obsolete?
Hospital quality reporting on a state level may be falling to the wayside as more hospitals are opting for the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) database, which now mandates Read more...
State hospital association: Report cards outlived usefulness with federal data
State volunteer reporting of hospital quality, such as patient satisfaction, mortality from complications, and infection rates, may have outlived its usefulness, according to California Hospital Read more...
Hospitals dispute HHS infection data
New data posted to the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Hospital Compare website has sparked criticism from hospitals and health systems across the nation. While some hospitals Read more...
Hospital Compare leads hospitals to focus on wrong measures?
With the proliferation of public quality reporting, Health & Human Services' Hospital Compare website is causing hospitals and health systems to hone in on new improvement targets, such as the Read more...
Health systems focus on leadership more than hospitals
Health systems adopt best practices for leadership development more than freestanding hospitals, according to a report by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership. In addition to using data from Read more...
Low-scoring hospitals rebuff Hospital Compare, Quality Finder data
Hospitals with low scores are arguing that recent data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of 30-day mortality rates and readmissions of inpatient heart attacks, heart Read more...
Hospital Compare data doesn't help patients find the best care
Hospitals need to be on the hook for "higher leverage" safety measures if the Department of Health and Human Services' wants its Hospital Compare website to ever be taken seriously. At present, the Read more...
Minnesota hospitals MRI rates higher than average for back pain
Doctors and hospitals in Minnesota have a reputation for being thrifty, but apparently that tendency doesn't extend to treatments for low-back pain, according to the Pioneer Press. Low-back pain Read more...
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