Hospitals
Quality
Being an INFORMED PATIENT includes reviewing information on quality in addition to prices. The options listed below will assist you in learning about how hospitals meet quality standards and how your hospital compares on different quality measures.
Option 1Contact the HOSPITAL for information about their quality initiatives. You can use the Hospital Map Function to find a hospital’s web address and phone number.
Option 2U.S. Health and Human Services’s HospitalCompare web site (updated quarterly and allows direct comparisons of hospitals)
Option 3Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations'Quality Check (accreditation and comparative data)
Option 4Hospitals participate in a variety of quality improvement programs including theHospital Quality Alliance, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 5 Million Lives Campaign,The Leapfrog Group and many others.