The hospital compare website allows users to compare hospitals side-by-side based in key quality indicators, such as evidence-based care, patient experience, readmission, mortality rates and costs, and other information, according to the news report. The website now includes information on central line-associated bloodstream infections and county-level data on hospital quality.
Read the report on WhyNotTheBest.org.
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