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National Hospital Ranking Data Now Available
We live in an information
society today. More and
more, we can find the facts
we need right at our fingertips. Now,
with the click of a mouse, we can learn
how local hospitals rank nationally on
quality of care. A new resource from
HealthInsight the Medicare Quality
Improvement Organization for
Nevada, offers instant, free, easy-to-use
information about the quality of care in
America's hospitals. It's information
about how well hospitals care for
people with certain medical conditions.
It's information we can all use.
To access the new information
resource, visit www.healthinsight.org
and select National Hospital Ranking.
The rankings are based on data reported
by hospitals across the country to
Medicare on three common conditions:
heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia.
A single combined measure is
then created based on those three
conditions to rank the hospitals.
Making a decision for yourself or a
loved one about hospital care can be
difficult. All hospitals are committed
to a high quality of care, but hospitals
can vary in the quality of care they
provide. HealthInsight understands
this and encourages you to use the
rankings as one resource to help you
make healthcare decisions. You should
also consult community resources,
senior networks, and your doctor for
information when choosing a hospital.
Sharing this data with consumers
is only one part of the story. Hospitals
around Nevada are working with
HealthInsight to improve their quality
of care. HealthInsight is under contract
with Medicare to offer quality
improvement assistance to hospitals
and other healthcare providers. We help
them improve their quality of care
through on-site training, educational
seminars and literature, and promoting
best practices. We applaud our area
hospitals that have voluntarily submitted
quality data. Their efforts to
publicly report quality data and
improve their quality of care benefit
everyone who needs, or may someday
need, hospital care.
HealthInsight's hospital rankings
will be updated periodically as the data
reported to Medicare is refreshed. To
view hospital rankings in your area,
visit www.healthinsight.org and select
National Hospital Rankings. For more
information on hospital quality in
Nevada, or for information about other
quality initiatives now underway, contact
Kristen Boucher at HealthInsight at
(702) 933-7314.
This material was prepared by
HealthInsight, the Medicare Quality
Improvement Organization for Nevada
and Utah, under contract with the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, an agency of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services. Pub# - 8SOW-PR-TR-18
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