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Hospital response to public reporting of quality indicators.(Author abstract)
- Article from:
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Health Care Financing Review
- Article date:
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March 22, 2007
- Author:
- Laschober, Mary; Maxfield, Myles; Felt-Lisk, Suzanne; Miranda, David J.
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Senior hospital executives responding to a 2005 national telephone survey conducted for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) report that Hospital Compare and other public reports on hospital quality measures have helped to focus hospital leadership attention on quality matters. They also report increased investment in quality improvement (QI) projects and in people and systems to improve documentation of care. Additionally, more consideration is given to best practice guidelines and internal sharing of quality measure results among hospital staff Large, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) accredited hospitals appear to be responding to ...