The Chicago Tribune writes: This fall Illinois will start publishing data about hospitals’ performance on a public Web site, according to officials from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
The data will include rates of hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA, the ratio of nurses to patients, and information about the cost and volume of 30 leading procedures performed by hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. Illinois’ site will also report about MRSA and Clostridium difficile infections acquired in hospitals.