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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Policy is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that conducts research in order to provide evidence-based information intended to support and enhance the quality of healthcare and improve public access to healthcare services. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP) National Center for Health Statistics State of Hawai`i Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA)
A partnership of Hawaii's health care industry and communities statewide, planning for Hawaii's health care future. SHPDA's web-site provides access to SHPDA's health care needs assessment studies and statistics.
Health Grades, Inc. - Hospital Report Card
A private company, Health Grades Inc. rates hospitals and doctors and provides information on a range of outcomes. The company rates hospitals on 32 conditions and procedures, from appendectomies to heart-valve-replacement surgery. The site, which offers data on more than 5,000 hospitals, draws on Medicare billing data to calculate the rate of complications or deaths. Much of the information is available free from the site, which is searchable by state, procedure and other criteria. But, more comprehensive reports cost money to obtain. Hospital Compare - Hospital Report Card
Set up jointly by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), hospitals and other groups. The site lets consumers search by city or state, and look up a variety of statistics comparing more than 5,000 hospitals against one another and to state and federal averages. Although the site draws on Medicare data, its finding can be applicable beyond elderly and disabled patients. Much of the data available focuses on three common areas of hospital care: heart-attack, pneumonia and surgery. JCAHO Quality Check - Hospital Report Card
The Joint Commission is an independent nonprofit group that accredits most of the hospitals in the U.S. On the Quality Check website, consumers can search by hospital, location or type of service and get reports on hospital practices that draw on the commission's inspections of facilities it accredits. Much of the data available focuses on three common areas of hospital care: heart-attack, pneumonia and surgery. The Leapfrog Group - Hospital Report Card Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
The Dartmouth Medical School's Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care provides information comparing hospital practices across regions and states. Aimed primarily at research and policy makers, much of the information is too general for evaluation of individual hospitals, but hospital-specific data is available for end-of-life care, including transfers to hospice programs and time spent in ICU. National Association of Health Data Organizations
Provides at a glance which states provide the public hospital quality reports in a consumer-friendly format. REMAINING PAGE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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