Running a Hospital’s blogging CEO Paul Levy challenges Avery Comarow, the editor in charge of ranking “America’s Best Hospitals” to use his social capital to force…encourage…hospitals to divulge meaningful statisitcs.
Why not add to your algorithm extra points for those hospitals that voluntarily publish clinical indicators of the degree to which they harm patients? I am not talking about the usual hodgepodge of outdated CMS data, which are available anyway. I am talking about substantive clinical metrics, like central line infections, ventilator associated pneumonia, and the like. Or the ultimate, the hospital standardized mortality rate calculated by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Amazingly enough, it worked. Avery quickly responded in the comment section that he will listen to opinions on the issue. Be sure to add your two cents and potentially influence the way hospitals are rated…
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