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Health Composite Scoring
Newman Regional Health is among the 5,200 hospitals participating in the Hospital Quality Alliance, a quality assessment program managed by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS is a Federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Participating hospitals voluntarily agree to publicly report process of care measures on CMS’s Hospital Compare Web site.
What are the Hospital Process of Care Measures?
A process of care measure is medical information from patient records converted into a rate or percentage that shows how well hospitals care for their patients. Process of care measures give you information about how well a hospital provides care for some but not all of their patients. You can use this quality information to help you compare hospitals.
The hospital process of care measures include:
- Eight measures related to heart attack care
- Four measures related to heart failure care
- Seven measures related to pneumonia care
- Five measures related to surgical care improvement
For more information or to compare hospital scores, please go to the United States Department of Health and Human Services web site.
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