It's Your Choice 2013 - Decision Guide (ET-2128d-13) - ETF

Choose Quality
OTHER QUALITY INFORMATION RESOURCES
There are several organizations that provide useful information about health care
quality. We encourage you to look into the following resources.
Leapfrog
Leapfrog is a nationwide effort to address
patient safety in hospitals, focusing on
hospital quality and safety practices
proven to reduce medical errors and
save lives.
Through the Leapfrog website,
consumers can select hospitals and
compare their patient safety ratings
performance.
leapfroggroup.org
CheckPoint
CheckPoint is a program sponsored
by the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
It provides a snapshot of hospital
performance, and information may be
used to compare how well hospitals
administer recommended care. The
128 hospitals that currently participate
in CheckPoint provide care to 99% of
Wisconsin’s patient population.
wicheckpoint.org
Wisconsin Collaborative for
Healthcare Quality
The Wisconsin Collaborative for
Healthcare Quality (WCHQ) provides
links to a variety of performance
measures that compare information from
participating physician groups, hospitals
and health plans. Consumers can view
reports comparing the performance of
providers on measures such as diabetes
management, heart care, patient
experience, pneumonia, cardiac surgery,
surgery, women’s health, chronic care,
preventive care and more.
wchq.org
Hospital Compare
The Hospital Compare tool provides
information about how well hospitals
care for patients with specific medical
conditions or surgical procedures and
survey results from patients about the
quality of care they received during a
recent hospital stay. The site was created
through the joint efforts of the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, and other members of the
Hospital Quality Alliance.
hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
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