Quality of Care, Medical Errors, Culture of Safety

Find the most recent New York statewide HMO comparison ratings. Compare over HMO, PPO or Medicaid managed health insurance plans in NY, including Affinity, CDPHP, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, [...]

The Patient Safety chartbook is part of the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report.  It shows the progress made on lowering infections, hip or knee replacement adverse events, adverse [...]

The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) annual report for 2022 summarizes medical malpractice payment amounts. The average amount was $428,090 for physician claims. There were nearly 7,000 [...]

ACHE annual survey asked hospital CEOs to identify their top three issues of concern in 2022. The overwhelming number one choice was “Workforce Challenges”. This new category includes [...]

GAO report on Nursing Home Quality and how to improve it. The two-page “Health Care Capsule” summarizes work on nursing home quality of care, COVID-19 response, consumer information concerns, and [...]

See Consumer Health Ratings’ main page to compare Quality. Find ratings, report cards and credentials. Free public reports of quality ratings and comparisons among individual hospitals, [...]

Find the definition of a sentinel event. The Joint Commission (which accredits healthcare organizations, formerly JCAHO) defines Sentinel Events for hospitals, ambulatory clinics, surgery [...]

Three part series on Best Practices in Public Reporting, by Judith Hibbard and Shoshanna Sofaer, 2010. Focuses on healthcare quality reports. Content reviewed in 2018. Published by AHRQ.

Find Model Public Report Elements: A Sampler, from AHRQ. This archived report addresses important considerations for professionals who are creating public reporting Web sites, with the goal to [...]

Early Elective Deliveries are inductions or cesarean sections performed prior to 39 completed weeks gestation that are NOT medically necessary. The goal is to reduce the rate to 5% or lower, [...]