5. Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy

92. Leapfrog: 87% of hospitals fail to take all recommended steps to avoid four common
infections. Hosp Health Netw. 2007 Oct;81(10):66, 8. PMID: 18027442. Exclusion
reason: No outcome data
93. Patient safety = patient satisfaction. Trustee. 2007;60(5):4-. Exclusion reason: No
outcome data
94. Study: Pay-for-Performance Not Leading to Improvement. Quality Progress.
2007;40(8):12-. Exclusion reason: Wrong topic
95. The AHA Makes Strides in Quality and Patient Safety. AHA News. 2007;43(4):2-.
Exclusion reason: Wrong topic
96. Physician Quality Reporting Initiative. J Med Assoc Ga. 2007;96(2):17-9. PMID:
18019441. Exclusion reason: Background
97. Public reporting boosts patient satisfaction. Hosp Peer Rev. 2008 Dec;33(12):159-60.
PMID: 19070325. Exclusion reason: No outcome data
98. Your hand hygiene data may soon go ‘public’. Hosp Peer Rev. 2008 Feb;33(2):24-6.
PMID: 18402284. Exclusion reason: No outcome data
99. How to Make Clients Happy. Healthcare Executive. 2008;23(1):42-4. Exclusion reason:
No outcome data
100. Mortality Reporting. Trustee. 2008;61(1):4-. Exclusion reason: No outcome data
101. Patient satisfaction up sharply after launch of public reporting. (cover story). AHA News.
2008;44(20):1-. Exclusion reason: No outcome data
102. Scope. Hosp Health Netw. 2008;82(11):51-2. Exclusion reason: No outcome data
103. Second National Scorecard on U.S. Healthcare System Finds No Overall Improvement.
hfm (Healthcare Financial Management). 2008;62(8):9-. Exclusion reason: Wrong
topic
104. Press Ganey: public reporting gives huge boost to patient satisfaction. Healthcare
Benchmarks Qual Improv. 2008 Dec;15(12):121-3. PMID: 19024286. Exclusion reason:
Background
105. Scale measures quality of hospital discharge process. Healthcare Benchmarks Qual
Improv. 2009 Jul;16(7):80-1. PMID: 19548611. Exclusion reason: Wrong topic
106. On the Regulatory Radar Screen. AHA News. 2009;45(1):8-. Exclusion reason: No
outcome data
107. Data Exchange/lnteroperability. Health Management Technology. 2009;30(2):6-.
Exclusion reason: Background
108. Use patient satisfaction data to zero in on areas for improvement. Hosp Case Manag.
2010 Nov;18(11):161-4. PMID: 21053693. Exclusion reason: No outcome data
109. Focus on publicly reported data enhances the case manager’s role. Hosp Case Manag.
2010 Aug;18(8):113-6. PMID: 20672735. Exclusion reason: No outcome data
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