Hospital Compare
Site: http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/
Released in 2004
Analysis is based on MEDICARE PATIENT RECORD data
Hospital Compare was developed by the US Department of Health and Human Services. The website, similar to NHqualitycare, analyzes patient record data to provide comparisons across healthcare facilities on the delivery of evidence-based treatment for four conditions: health attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical infection prevention. Within these treatable conditions are measures of care. For instance, for heart failure, a measure of quality of care is providing discharge instructions at the time of discharge.
Value for employers
This website presents data about the quality of care at a particular facility. Other valuable information includes the number of times that the hospital has performed a particular procedure or treated the condition. While the website seems to provide current information, many of the hospitals that have provided data for NHQualitycare did not have data on Hospital Compare. Hospital Compare allows 12 facilities to be compared for each query; NHQualityCare compares all facilities for each query.
Hospital Quality Measure Set: List of Current Measures
(from http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/Hospital/Static/Data-Professionals.asp)
Heart Attack (AMI)
- Aspirin at arrival
- Aspirin at discharge
- ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
- Beta Blocker at arrival
- Beta Blocker at discharge
- Thrombolytic agent received within 30 minutes of hospital arrival
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) received within 120 minutes of hospital arrival
- Smoking cessation advice/counseling
Heart Failure
- Assessment of Left Ventricular Function
- ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
- Discharge Instructions
- Smoking cessation advice/counseling
Pneumonia
- Oxygenation
- Assessment
- Initial Antibiotic Timing
- Pneumococcal Vaccination
- Blood culture performed prior to first antibiotic received in hospital
- Smoking cessation advice/counseling
- Appropriate Initial Antibiotic Selection
Surgical Infection Prevention
- Prophylactic Antibiotics Received Within 1 Hour Prior to Surgical Incision
- Prophylactic Antibiotics Discontinued Within 24 Hours After Surgery End Time
