20. Impact Case Study: Hospital Quality Alliance

Director's Update

Text version of slide presentation from a National Advisory Council meeting.

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  • Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems (HCAHPS):
    • More than 3,700 hospitals report scores on Hospital Compare.
    • Hospitals must report HCAHPS data to get full Medicare update.
    • Reports from 2008-09 show improvement.

Image: Screenshot of the Hospital Compare Web site.

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Current as of August 2011
Internet Citation: 20. Impact Case Study: Hospital Quality Alliance: Director's Update. August 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2011-04-nac/clancy/slide20.html