What is the data source for the hospital quality information?
The quality data is based on information from Hospital Compare, a public Web site created by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) along with the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA). The HQA is a public-private collaboration established to promote reporting on hospital quality of care. The HQA consists of organizations that represent consumers, hospitals, physicians, nurses, employers, accrediting organizations and federal agencies. Hospital Compare displays rates for process of care measures that show how often hospitals provide the care that is recommended for patients being treated for a heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, or patients having surgery. Hospitals voluntarily submit medical data for all of their adult patients for these measures. CMS does not require CAHs to report these process measures; however some Michigan CAHs voluntarily report their data to CMS and other CAHs voluntarily submit their data directly to the MHA.
