UMass Memorial Cuts CLABSI Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center among the first-ever awardees in the National Awards Program to Recognize Progress in Eliminating Healthcare-Associated Infections CDC: Hospitals continue progress in preventing infections American Heart Association: Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the US - 2005 to 2010 Thomson Reuters Top 10 Health Systems of 2011 UMass Memorial Diabetes Scorecard Cooley Dickinson Hospital: Better-than-National Infection Rate Drops Further Following UV Room Disinfection Mercy Medical Center, Implements a Program to Decrease Pressure Ulcers Lawrence General Hospital: Runner Up: Med/surg unit boosts safety and satisfaction with initiative care MetroWest Medical Center Demystifies Outpatient Satisfaction Partners Study on Falls Featured in JAMA Winchester Hospital: A Focus on Outcomes Southcoast Health System: Reducing the Use of Safety Sitters Partners: Coordinating Care for High-Risk Patients New Bedford Rehab's use of volumetric capnography Winchester Hospital -- Reducing IV-associated bloodstream infection Newton-Wellesley Hospital: eMAP Rx for Medication Errors? Reducing Surgical Site Infections at New England Baptist Hospital Milton Hospital Reduces Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Cooley Dickinson Hospital's Positive Culture Led to Pressure Ulcer Improvements Beverly Hospital Implements Nurse-Led Program to Reduce Patient Falls Boston Medical Center Nurses Teach Pressure Ulcer Prevention Two Hospitals are Co-Winners of Betsy Lehman Patient Safety Award Making Strides at Jordan Hospital to Reduce Falls Telling Your Hospital's Story Public Reporting of Serious Reportable Events Winchester Hospital's Hand-Hygiene Competency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Wins $4.9 Million Grant for Program to Improve Patient Outcomes Within 30-Day Window of Discharge

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Comparing Hospital Care

Hospital Compare
This website helps users compare the quality of care at different hospitals. It provides information on how well hospitals care for patients with certain medical conditions or surgical procedures, and also includes patient survey results about their quality of care during a recent hospital stay.
http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov

Quality Check®

The Joint Commission
Quality Check® is the most comprehensive listing of healthcare organizations available today. You can search for healthcare organizations and view/download a quality report for all Joint Commission-accredited and certified organizations, which will display a Gold Seal of Approval.
http://www.qualitycheck.org/consumer/searchQCR.aspx

My Healthcare Options

Massachusetts Healthcare Cost and Quality Council
This site allows consumers to compare quality and cost information about medical procedures performed at Massachusetts hospitals and outpatient facilities. http://www.mass.gov/myhealthcareoptions

PatientCareLink

Massachusetts Hospital Association
By using this site, patients can see how each hospital in Massachusetts meets agreed-upon national guidelines for 26 different measures relating to pressure ulcer prevalence, falls, falls with injury, heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical infection. Patients can track a particular hospital's efforts to meet the measure standards, and also see how a particular hospital compares to "peer" hospitals of the same size.

Why Not the Best?

Commonwealth Fund
This site allows you to compare hospitals from across the country based on measures of evidence-based care, patient experience, readmission and mortality rates, and costs. You can also compare a hospital's performance with peer organizations and national benchmarks and find case studies and tools to help improve the quality of care.

http://www.whynotthebest.org

Choosing a Hospital

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
This site includes a checklist of items to consider when looking for a hospital. It also contains a worksheet you can use to help choose a hospital and links to other great resources to help you in your search.
http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/qnt/qnthosp.htm