Hospital Rating, Surgeon & Safety Grade Watch

Why this is recommended

The gap between an A and a D on infection rates is measured in lives, and a hospital cited for immediate jeopardy last month is public record most patients never see. Choosing the other hospital across town costs nothing and this Tab makes it a five-minute decision.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

Anyone facing surgery, a birth or a parent's admission, and the people who assume every hospital is the same.

When it runs

Rating publishers release mid-week and inspection reports post on a rolling basis; surgeries get scheduled weeks ahead

Scope

CMS Care Compare star ratings, Hospital Compare measures, Leapfrog grades, US News rankings and Lown rankings; CMS and state inspection reports, immediate jeopardy findings and corrective plans; infection, readmission, mortality and maternity outcome data; surgeon volume and outcome tools; Joint Commission and DNV accreditation actions; price transparency compliance and penalties; FDA and ECRI patient safety alerts; ambulatory surgery center, dialysis and nursing facility ratings; hospitals in the 100 largest metros and all critical access hospitals

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

CMS star rating, Leapfrog safety grade and US News ranking releases with the hospitals that moved most, immediate jeopardy and inspection findings, infection and readmission data releases, surgeon volume and outcome tools, hospital accreditation loss, price transparency compliance, patient safety alerts on procedures and devices and new public ratings for surgery centers and dialysis clinics, with the hospital, system or metro first, as information and never individual advice.

Track hospital quality and safety in the United States, as information for patients. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: CMS Care Compare star rating, Leapfrog safety grade, US News and Lown ranking releases with the hospitals that moved two or more levels; CMS and state inspection reports, immediate jeopardy findings and corrective action plans; new infection, readmission, mortality and maternity outcome data releases; surgeon volume and outcome tool launches and updates; Joint Commission and DNV accreditation losses or conditions; price transparency compliance actions and penalties; FDA and ECRI patient safety alerts on procedures and devices; and new public ratings for ambulatory surgery centers and dialysis clinics. Prefer CMS, state health departments, rating publishers, accreditors, FDA, ECRI and established health reporting; ignore hospital marketing and unverified reviews, and never give individual medical advice. Put the hospital, system or metro first in the title with the rating or finding. Use high severity for an immediate jeopardy finding, an accreditation loss, or a grade drop of two levels at a hospital serving a metro over 500,000 people. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what was found, who it affects, how to use it, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.