The Joint Commission Click to read our COMPLETE Gold Seal of Approval online report from The Joint Commission.The Joint Commission has had a longstanding commitment to providing meaningful information about the comparative performance of accredited organizations to the public. In 1994, The Joint Commission first published organization-specific Performance Reports. In 1996, Quality Check®, a directory of Joint Commission accredited organizations and performance reports, became … [Read more...]

Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council Click to read online our Reports from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council is an independent state agency responsible for addressing the problem of escalating health costs, ensuring the quality of health care, and increasing access for all citizens regardless of ability to pay.In the first of its kind, PHC4's new report expands to include heart bypass, valve and … [Read more...]

D2B: An Alliance for Quality Click to read the COMPLETE list of participating United States Hospitals in the D2B Alliance.D2B: An Alliance for QualityTM is a new Guidelines Applied in Practice (GAP) program launched by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) to save time and save lives by reducing the door-to-balloon times in U.S. hospitals performing primary PCI. A growing list of other organizations, including the American Heart Association (AHA) and the National Heart Lung and Blood … [Read more...]

United States Department of Health & Human Services Click to read our COMPLETE online report from the United States Department of Health & Human Serivces. The Hospital Compare website was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), along with the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA). The HQA is a public-private collaboration established to promote reporting on hospital quality of … [Read more...]