Hospital Compare
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
This 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). Hospital Compare has quality measures on how often hospitals provide some of the recommended care to get the best results for most patients. You will see some of the recommended care that an adult should get if being treated for a heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia, or having surgery.

This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide. It also encourages hospitals to improve the quality of heath care they provide.

JCAHO - Quality Reports 
www.qualitycheck.org

• Joint Commission accreditation decision and the effective dates of the accreditation award. For Provisional, Conditional, and Preliminary Denial of Accreditation decisions, the reports will list the standards cited for Requirements for Improvement.
• Programs accredited by the Joint Commission, and programs or services accredited by other accrediting bodies.
• Compliance with the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals, as applicable to the organization. 
• Performance on National Quality Improvement Goals (hospitals only). These goals allow hospitals to report on key quality of care indicators in up to five treatment areas: heart attack, heart failure, community acquired pneumonia, pregnancy and related conditions, and surgical infection prevention. This performance data is updated quarterly. As more measures are approved and endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF), the Joint Commission will explore ways to incorporate that data in Quality Reports.
• Special quality awards, including recognition such as Disease-Specific Care Certification, Ernest A. Codman Award, Eisenberg Patient Safety Award, Franklin Award, and Magnet status (awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center), Medal of Honor for Organ Donation and others approved by the Joint Commission Board of Commissioners

For additional information on quality reporting please call Quality Management at (859) 301-3857.

HealthGrades
www.healthgrades.com

HealthGrades helps hospitals understand, improve and market the quality of care they deliver through a suite of products and physician-led clinical-advisory services. Visitors to HealthGrades.com find quality ratings of the nation's 5,000 hospitals and 16,000 nursing homes as well as in-depth profiles of the nation's 650,000 physicians.