Huntington Community Health Library

Comparing Hospitals

CalHospitalCompare.org - Created by California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Taskforce (CHART).Allows Californians to compare the performance of more than 200 hospitals statewide on a variety of quality measures from maternity services to cardiac treatment. Search for hospitals by location, name, or medical condition. Hospitals are rated on 50 performance indicators, including patient satisfaction measures and specific conditions, such as heart disease, maternity, and pneumonia. It offers exclusive information on hospital performance, including measures on patient experience that are not included in other sites.

Hospital Information (National Network of Libraries of Medicine) - Information about US and international hospitals.

Hospital Compare - From the US Dept of Health and Human Services. This federal website uses Medicare and Medicaid data to assess the track records of more than 4,000 hospitals around the country. Results show how often a hospital provides recommended treatment for heart attacks, heart failure, pneumonia and surgery, as well as mortality data on a limited number of conditions.