The proliferation of different and sometimes contradictory hospital report cards is confusing patients. People want reliable information to make informed decisions about their care. Instead, they find a cacophony of contradictory reports and ratings.
Rankings and Ratings
IBM Watson Health released its annual study of the top 50 hospitals for cardiovascular care Nov.19.
Humana is the highest-ranked commercial health plan on customer satisfaction in 2019, according to a report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
The United States spends more than twice as much as the average Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development country on healthcare, yet it lags in many health indicators, according to a recently published OECD report.
While star ratings may help ACA exchange health plans identify areas of improvement, it's unclear how much weight consumers will give to the ratings, according to Kaiser Health News.
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West Virginia has the highest obesity rate in the U.S., according to a study from the personal finance website WalletHub.
Dallas has the highest uninsured rate among large cities in the U.S., according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website.
The American College of Emergency Physicians honored 13 emergency medicine physicians at its annual meeting, according to a Nov. 4 news release.
Despite ranking as the second "best hospital city" in the U.S., Los Angeles has a relatively low rate of nurses per capita at 29.47, according to Medbelle, a digital healthcare company based in London.
The nine healthcare CEOs who made Harvard Business Review's annual ranking of the top chief executives lead companies in biotech, biopharma, diagnostics and medical devices.