CalHospitalCompare.org Praised as a National Model for Quality Reporting

The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) praised CalHospitalCompare as a “success story” for being “thoughtfully designed and implemented and presenting usable and useful quality information.” CalHospitalCompare is the centerpiece of the California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Taskforce’s (CHART) work to expand the availability of quality information to consumers and aid in their health care decisions.

HSC lauded CalHospitalCompare’s presentation of data, in a multi-tiered system, using “multiple benchmarks and a five-point rating scale helps to create enough distinct categories that consumers can identify superior and inferior performers for each measure.” HSC noted this breakthrough was possible because CHART worked with hospitals from the start to get their input and buy-in on a system that would report real differences in a fair, responsible manner.

HSC also praised CalHospitalCompare for providing hospitals with patient level spreadsheets on current public measures and others still in development, allowing hospitals the information they need to address their shortcomings and improve the quality of care in California.

As a co-founder and steering committee member of CHART, CHCC is greatly pleased with the progress of the program and the national recognition it is receiving. CHCC is committed to continue working with CHART to continue expansion and improvement of the measures it reports. We encourage more Californians to take advantage of its services.

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