Comparing Hospital Performance: Data Analysis Using Hospital Compare

This presentation provides an analysis of hospital performance measurement data obtained from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Compare website. It examines various performance measures, including patient experience, timely and effective care, readmission rates, complications, and deaths, across several hospitals like HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL, SAINT AGNES HOSPITAL, and NORTHWEST HOSPITAL CENTER. The presentation highlights the importance of using standardized instruments and data collection methodologies to promote reporting on hospital quality of care, referencing key studies on patient harms and the role of Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and systems (HCAHPS) in improving data collection and patient experience. It also touches upon outpatient imaging efficiency and the need for proper follow-up to ensure patient safety and reduce readmissions. The overall aim is to improve hospital quality and patient outcomes by using performance measurement data effectively.

HOSPITAL
COMPARE
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• Consumer- oriented website
• Provides information on hospital
services (James, 2013)
• Allows consumers to select a number of
hospitals
• Consumers can compare performance
measure
• Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating
("Hospital Compare - Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services", 2017)

HOWARD
COUNTY
GENERAL
HOSPITAL
• Patients experience- Acute Care
hospitals
• Provides Emergency Services
• Two conditions- Able to receive
electronic lab results
• Able to track all results
• Readmission, complications and
deaths- Use of total outpatient safe
surgery list
• Use of total inpatient safe surgery

CONTINUED…
• Hospital Consumer Assessment of
Healthcare Providers and systems is a
national survey
• Improvement of data- Asking the
patients about their experience that
they had during their recent hospital
stay
• Update frequencies and data
collection periods
• The individual measures are subject

SAINT AGNES
HOSPITAL
• Timely and effective care data- The
frequency of time at which the
hospitals provide care
• Patients experience- Best results for
patients with special conditions
• Compare the best hospital who gives
recommended care as part of the
overall care

CONTINUED…
• Patients might get other
problems apart from their own
diseases
• Patients might experience
problems after they are
discharged
• Patients might have to be
hospitalized again
• Such occurrence can be

NORTHWEST
HOSPITAL
CENTER
• Returning back to hospital disturbs
patients’ lives
• Patients experience- Increases the risk
of harmful infections
• Hospital return days total up the days
at inpatient unit
• Return to emergency department
within one month of discharge

CONTINUED…
• Outpatient imaging efficiency
measures give information
• Protecting the safety of patients
• Readmission and complication of
deaths- Proper follow up of the
tests
• Avoiding risk, stress, and costs of

SUMMARY
• Promote reporting on hospital
quality of care
• Represented consumers,
hospitals, providers and others
• Standardized instrument and
data collection methodology

REFERENCE
 James, J. T. (2013). A new, evidence-
based estimate of patient harms
associated with hospital care. Journal of
patient safety, 9(3), 122-128.
 Hospital Compare - Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services.
(2017). Cms.gov. Retrieved 2 December
2017, from
https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality-
initiatives-patient-assessment-
instruments/hospitalqualityinits/
hospitalcompare.html

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