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CMS adds more hospital information to consumer web site

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CMS is adding more information to its Hospital Compare consumer Web site to allow people to better compare the quality of care provided by their local hospitals. According to a press release, the improvements include the addition of a mortality measure for pneumonia and publicly reported measures for hospital care of children. Previously, Hospital Compare had provided only quality information based on hospitalizations of adult patients.

"Reporting quality data on the care provided hospital patients is a key to our continuing effort to provide better, value-based health care for all Americans," said Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt on August 20, 2008. Earlier this year, Medicare added patient satisfaction information to the Web site. The new additions bring the total to 26 process of care measures, three outcome of care measures, two children’s asthma care measures, and 10 patient experience of care measures. Hospital Compare also contains information about the number of certain elective hospital procedures provided to patients and what Medicare pays for those services. The site is http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov.

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