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Measuring PerformanceQ 1 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare website (https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html allows you to compare performance at hospitals throughout the United States. Go to this site and search for hospitals within 25 miles of your location (zip code – where you live/reside). Pick three hospitals that appear to be closest to where you live and compare their performance. Which hospitals rate highest in each of these measurement categories?. Note: Provide the names of these hospitals and include the zip code used in your homework response. If data is missing, please report it as missing in your responses. (5 points )Survey of patients’ experiencesTimely and effective careComplicationsReadmissions and deathsUse of medical imagingPayment and value of careQ2: Which performance categories AND measures in these are most important to you to influence your decision as a consumer or patient? Why? (5 points)Q 3 Are consumers/patients using the data on the CMS Hospital Compare website to select a hospital? If not, what other f

actors might influence consumer choice? (5 points)Q 4: You are the director of a laboratory that tests specimens like blood, urine and other body fluids. Provide an example of a measure for each of IOM’s 6 domains for quality. (hint – recollect class exercise). Do indicate the numerator, denominator and what you will be measuring. ( 5 points) REQUIREMENTS health care mangament  health qulityAnswer Preview…………….Survey of patient’s experience: Regarding patients experience, John Hopkins hospital rates above the national average, Greater Baltimore Medical Center rates same as the national average while Bon Secours Hospital rates below the national average. Survey of patient’s experience: Regarding patients experience, John Hopkins hospital rates above the national average, Greater Baltimore Medical Center rates same as the national average while Bon Secours Hospital rates below the national average.  Timely and effective care: There is no data concerning timely and effective care for the above three identified hospitals…………..APA 709 words
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