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This tool provides you with information on how well the hospitals care for all their adult patients with certain conditions or procedures. This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide as the measures show how often hospitals provide some of the care that is recommended for patients being treated for a heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia, or patients having surgery. This tool also displays the Survey of Patients’ Hospital Experiences, using data collected from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Survey. Information on inpatient hospital payment information and the number of Medicare patients treated (volume) for certain illnesses are also displayed.

"Invisible" war wounds could overwhelm military facilities and bring community health care into the mix.

Studies indicate that the way heart health markers are lowered may be as important as getting them down.

Alliance Community Hospital wants to see what other area facilities charge and what insurers reimburse, then post that information online.

When family members ask you to finance a business venture, it's an emotional and financial risk. Here is how to survive with minimal damage.

The Joint Commission recommends ways to decrease adverse events.

Physicians say the move will give them more leverage with the insurer.

A Congressional Gold Medal has been awarded to Michael E. DeBakey, MD, whose medical career spans 60 years.

Although individual physicians have embraced electronic medical record systems, the nation is far from an interconnected, interoperable network. Costs, hassle and a lack of congressional action are among the factors slowing health IT development.