Health Care Report Card Compendium

Sponsor Information

Organization(s):	New York State Health Accountability Foundation (IPRO and New York Business Group on Health)
Web Site:	http://www.abouthealthquality.org/index/hmo_report_card Accessibility Notice
Type(s):	Purchaser coalition; Medicare QIO
Contact Information:	Spencer Vibbert, Vice President of Communications, IPRO; 516-326-7767, ext. 588; svibbert@nyqio.sdps.org

Report Overview

Type of Report:	Hospital
Publication Date:	2007
Geographic Area:	Multi-State
Language(s):	English
Target Audience:	Consumers, employers, payers
Previous Reports:	Since 2000. For the first time in 2007, the report includes information on hospitals in addition to health plans.
Web Site is Searchable or Interactive:	Yes
Print Version and/or PDF:	No

Measure Categories

Clinical quality

Process
Outcomes
Utilization/volume
Structural

Note: Clinical data are risk-adjusted.

Patient experience
No patient experience information available.

Also Includes:

Conditions or Procedures:

Measures available for specific conditions and/or procedures.

Comments:

Report includes process of care measures, and characteristics of hospital care such as length of stay. Mortality rates are given when available. The report provides a composite score for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical infection prevention. Medicaid reimbursement rates for each condition and procedure are also included. Information on computerized prescription order entry, ICU staffing, and use of safe practices is available.

Presentation Strategies

How Data Are Displayed:	Summary or composite scores Access to detailed data rolled up into summary score Listing of health care organizations in rank order or tiers based on performance Symbols to represent relative performance Numeric data Trending information from year-to-year
How Scores Are Presented:	Both absolute and relative values
What Scores Are Compared To:	State average.
Comments:	User can choose to view measures for a given hospital, or compare hospitals in a region on a given measure. For each measure, color is used to designate performance above, same as or below the State average. User can also see if the performance for a particular measure changed significantly from the previous year.

Content Strategies

Explanatory Text:	Yes
Decision Support:	No

Additional Information

Site includes links to detailed information on the measures and the medical conditions. Site includes information on both health plans, and hospitals.