Employers Health Ohio Hospital Compare Guide : Page 2Health conditions and measurements used as the basis for hospital evaluations include: HEART ATTACK HEART FAILURE HEART SURGERY* KNEE SURGERY STROKE PNEUMONIA SURGICAL CARE* INFECTION* INFECTION PREVENTION PATIENT SAFETY PATIENT SATISFACTION* CHILDRENS ASTHMA PREGNANCY/DELIVERY* * Indicates the conditions rated in this snapshot report, to view all the condition ratings, please go to http://ohiohospitalcompare.ohio.gov/ W HAT I S O HIO H OSPITAL C OMPARE? In November 2006, a bill was passed requiring Ohio to form the Hospital Measures Advisory Council (HMAC) to make recommendations to the Director of Health on hospital performance measures and a publically available website. The website, Ohio Hospital Compare, allows consumers to compare the quality of care provided by Ohio hospitals to patients for certain services. In addition to performance measures, consumers are able to see charge and utilization data for the top sixty diagnoses and procedure codes for inpatient and outpatient services provided by each hospital. W HICH H OSPITALS A RE I NCLUDED? All hospitals in the state of Ohio are required to report except for hospitals operated by the Ohio Department of Mental Health, long-term acute care hospitals and veteran’s hospitals. If you are not able to find a hospital it may be that some smaller hospitals report their data as part of a larger hospital. W HY S HOULD IC ARE A BOUT Q UALITY? Hospitals differ in how well they provide care to patients. The quality of the care provided by your doctor and hospital may influence your health. H OW I S T HE I NFORMATION C OLLECTED? Performance measure data is collected from hospitals through an electronic data collection system twice a year by April 1st and October 1st. The data is collected at an aggregate level for each hospital. Hospitals or their vendors are responsible for collecting and calculating each measure. Charge and utilization data is collected annually by May 1st. Why were the selected measures chosen? Measurements shown pertain to conditions for which the HMAC determines to be the set of measures that should be displayed to Ohio consumers. The specific measures shown are those that, by broad consensus within the health care community, are considered reliable indicators of health care quality. H OW O FTEN I S T HE D ATA U PDATED? The Ohio Hospital Compare website is updated twice annually on January 1st and July 1st. O HIO H OSPITAL M EASURES Detailed specifications for the measures Ohio hospitals are reporting can be found at the following agencies: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Joint Commission National Quality Forum 2 Publication List |
