The CMS Hospital Compare website found at the Medicare website allows you to compare performance at hospitals throughout the United States. Go to this site and search for three hospitals in your state North Carolina. Which hospitals rate highest in each of the following measurement categories?
- Process of care measures
- Outcome of care measures
- Patients' hospital experiences
Which performance measures in these categories are most important to consumers of healthcare services? Why?
Type your responses in a one to two page Word document and submit it to your instructor via the dropbox "LP1.1 Assignment: Websites that Influence Healthcare." This assignment is worth 30 points; grading will be based on the following Scoring Guide.