Pittsburg Post Gazette reports Pennsylvania Health Care Alliance recently launched a Web site (www.phcqa.org) to assist the public in making more informed health care choices.
The site includes information on quality measures related to heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and health care-associated infections. The information is drawn from several sources, including Medicare, the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
The Pennsylvania Health Care Quality Alliance comprises mainly of groups representing doctors, hospitals and insurers.