Deciphering hospital quality data

Please see the updated version of this tip sheet. (April 2012)

Related: Making sense of hospital quality reports

By Charles Ornstein
Phone: 917-512-0222

STATE STATISTICAL RESOURCES

Below are known resources for individual states. Other good websites that attempt to stay up to date on state offerings are Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project (http://www.safepatientproject.org) and Consumer Health Ratings (http://www.consumerhealthratings.com/index.php?action=showSubCats&cat_id=164.) If you find additional sites, please email them to me at Charles.ornstein@propublica.org.

Arkansas

http://www.hospitalconsumerassist.com/

California

Health outcomes: http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/HID/DataFlow/HospMain.html

Hospital patient satisfaction: http://www.calhospitalcompare.org

Infections: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/hai/Pages/HealthcareAssociatedInfections.aspx

Colorado

http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hf/hospitals/index.html (Click on “Get detailed hospital profiles”)

Run by the hospital association: http://www.cohospitalquality.org/

Connecticut

http://www.dph.state.ct.us/hcquality/compare/compare.htm (Click on Statistics & Research, then Health Care Quality)

http://ct.gov/dph

Florida

http://www.floridahealthfinder.gov/

Inspection reports: http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/mchq/health_facility_regulation/hospital_outpatient/hospital.shtml (Click on inspection reports link)

Georgia

Quality: http://www.gha.org/pha/Qualitycheck/

Finances: http://www.gahospitalpricecheck.org/

Inspection reports: http://www.ors.dhr.state.ga.us/

Illinois

www.healthcarereportcard.illinois.gov

Indiana

Consumer report (with basic inspection information): http://www.in.gov/isdh/reports/QAMIS/acc/hosrpt/search.htm

Errors: http://www.in.gov/isdh/23433.htm

Iowa

http://www.ihconline.org/aspx/publicreporting/iowareport.aspx

Prices: www.ihaonline.org/links/ppintro.shtml

Kentucky

http://chfs.ky.gov/ohp/healthdata/

Maine

www.getbettermaine.org

Maryland

Quality: http://mhcc.maryland.gov/consumerinfo/hospitalguide/index.htm

http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/ohcq

http://quality.mdhospitals.org/

Massachusetts

http://www.mass.gov/healthcareqc

Infections: http://www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/dph/quality/healthcare/hai_report.pdf

Michigan

http://www.mihealthandsafety.org/home.html

Minnesota

Medical errors: http://www.health.state.mn.us/patientsafety

Missouri

Hospital-acquired infections: http://www.dhss.mo.gov/HAI/

New Jersey

http://www.state.nj.us/health/healthfacilities/index.shtml

www.nj.gov/health/hpr

Nevada

http://www.nevadacomparecare.net/

New York

http://www.myhealthfinder.com

Coronary Artery Bypass Data:

http://www.health.state.ny.us/statistics/diseases/cardiovascular/

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Data: http://www.health.state.ny.us/statistics/diseases/cardiovascular/

Infection rates:

http://www.health.state.ny.us/statistics/facilities/hospital/hospital_acquired_infections/

Ohio

http://www.ohiohospitalquality.com/

http://www.odh.ohio.gov/healthStats/hlthserv/hospitaldata/hospperf.aspx

Oklahoma

www.okhospitalquality.org

Oregon

http://www.oregon.gov/OHPPR/HQ/

http://www.oregon.gov/OPSC/index.shtml

Pennsylvania

State: http://www.phc4.org

Industry: http://www.phcqa.org/

Infections: http://www.phc4.org/reports/hai/

http://app2.health.state.pa.us/commonpoc/dohQALocatorcommon.asp

http://www.patientsafetyauthority.org/Pages/Default.aspx

Rhode Island

http://www.health.ri.gov/hospitals/

Tennessee

http://www.bcbst.com/tools/hospital-quality/service.do

Texas

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/thcic/publications/hospitals/hospitalreports.shtm

Utah

http://health.utah.gov/myhealthcare

www.health.utah.gov/psi

Vermont

http://www.bishca.state.vt.us/health-care/hospitals-health-care-practitioners/2009-vermont-hospital-report-card

Virginia

http://www.vhi.org/hosp_acute.asp

Washington

http://www.wsha.org/page.cfm?ID=transparency

http://wacommunitycheckup.org/

http://www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/Professions/Publications/documents/AEReport.pdf

http://www.wahospitalquality.org/

Wisconsin

http://www.wchq.org/

Wyoming

http://wdh.state.wy.us/phsd/phsd/ser.html

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