October 11, 2016
Hospital consumer ranking systems based on faulty data
Editor's Note
More transparency and validation are needed for consumer-based benchmarking methods, this study finds.
Researchers evaluated differences between Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services measured rates of safety events for Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, and the US News & World Report determined patient safety scores.
Discrepancies were found for pressure ulcer rates, perioperative hemorrhage or hematoma rates, and postoperative respiratory failure rates.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;42(10):439-446.
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