Saturday, August 27, 2011

Veterans Health Care - Veterans Beat: Veterans Affairs medical centers now releasing outcome data on patient care

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Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers are now included in the Centers for Medicaid and hospital quality based on what matters most to patients -- the outcomes of care.

CMS is reporting 30-day measures for three common and high-cost conditions: about myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF), and pneumonia to the public through its Web site, www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/.
This year CMS is reporting results for patients treated in VA's health care system. The inclusion of VA data on CMS Hospital Compare is indicative of VA's commitment to transparency, accountability and quality. Annual reporting on these measures furthers the goal of measuring and rewarding quality as a strategy for improving health care outcomes for veterans and for patients overall.

Results of VA medical centers' risk-adjusted mortality and readmission are available to the public on the CMS Hospital Compare Web site that started Aug. 5.

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