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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare Hospital Compare is a consumer-oriented website that provides information on how well hospitals provide recommended care to their patients. On this site, the consumer can see the recommended care that an adult should get if being treated for a heart attack, heart failure, or pneumonia or having surgery. The performance rates for this website generally reflect care provided to all U.S. adults with the exception of the 30-Day Risk Adjusted Death measures that only include Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart attack and heart failure. In March 2008, data from the Hospital CAHPS (HCAHPS) survey, also known as the CAHPS Hospital Survey, will be added to Hospital Compare. HCAHPS provides a standardized instrument and data collection methodology for measuring patients perspectives on hospital care. This website was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), along with the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA). The Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA): Improving Care Through Information was created in December 2002. The HQA is a public-private collaboration established to promote reporting on hospital quality of care. The HQA consists of organizations that represent consumers, hospitals, doctors, employers, accrediting organizations, and Federal agencies. The HQA effort is intended to make it easier for the consumer to make informed healthcare decisions, and to support efforts to improve quality in U.S. hospitals. The major vehicle for achieving this goal is the Hospital Compare website. The Hospital Compare website is updated on a quarterly basis. 2008 Quality Indicators comparing Schuyler Hospital to 7 area hospitals:
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Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) is a national survey rates patients’ perspective of hospital care. HCAHPS results allow consumers to make fair and objective comparisons between hospitals, and of individual hospitals to state and national benchmarks, on ten important measures of patients perspectives of care. Consumers can compare Schuyler Hospital’s data to any other hospital at www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov For more information, contact Schuyler Hospital at (607) 535-7121 or info@schuylerhospital.org |
