MONROE - The newest report published on Medicare.gov showed that Monroe Clinic has achieved an overall five-star rating, the highest possible score, from Medicare's Hospital Compare program.
For this period, only 7 percent of the nation's hospitals earned a five-star rating from Medicare in all areas measured. It's a rating standard that includes the review of over 4,500 hospitals nationwide. Only 337 hospitals achieve the top, five-star overall rating.
The updated data will be available soon on Medicare.gov's Hospital Compare database, which allows visitors to enter their zip code then search and compare ratings from area hospitals. The tool includes an overall star rating of the nation's hospitals, as well as individual ratings for specific quality factors, including patient experience, safety, effectiveness of care, patient re-admissions, efficient use of medical imaging, timeliness of care and mortality.
Hospital Compare was created through the efforts of Medicare and the Hospital Quality Alliance, a public-private collaboration established in December 2002 to promote reporting on hospital quality of care. The Compare system is modeled after the star rating system used by hotels, restaurants and other service industries where consumers choose stars to rate facilities.
Although consumers are sometimes overwhelmed by the rankings and awards, these achievement recognitions serve an important purpose in the healthcare industry. While community perception is usually the leading decider of local healthcare quality, the five-star rating system helps patients to understand health care performance through an objective lens. The database includes every hospital in the nation, but users can localize the information simply by entering their zip code.
It also includes survey results, which offer patients an influential platform from which to evaluate their experience.
For this period, only 7 percent of the nation's hospitals earned a five-star rating from Medicare in all areas measured. It's a rating standard that includes the review of over 4,500 hospitals nationwide. Only 337 hospitals achieve the top, five-star overall rating.
The updated data will be available soon on Medicare.gov's Hospital Compare database, which allows visitors to enter their zip code then search and compare ratings from area hospitals. The tool includes an overall star rating of the nation's hospitals, as well as individual ratings for specific quality factors, including patient experience, safety, effectiveness of care, patient re-admissions, efficient use of medical imaging, timeliness of care and mortality.
Hospital Compare was created through the efforts of Medicare and the Hospital Quality Alliance, a public-private collaboration established in December 2002 to promote reporting on hospital quality of care. The Compare system is modeled after the star rating system used by hotels, restaurants and other service industries where consumers choose stars to rate facilities.
Although consumers are sometimes overwhelmed by the rankings and awards, these achievement recognitions serve an important purpose in the healthcare industry. While community perception is usually the leading decider of local healthcare quality, the five-star rating system helps patients to understand health care performance through an objective lens. The database includes every hospital in the nation, but users can localize the information simply by entering their zip code.
It also includes survey results, which offer patients an influential platform from which to evaluate their experience.