WhyNotTheBest.org has been updated with new types of hospital performance data through an improved comparison tool. Users can search for hospitals by name, region, and various characteristics, including health system and hospital referral region; choose from an expanded list of relevant benchmarks; and save their performance reports for future visits.
In addition to the process-of-care “core” measures and patient experience measures, the site now includes new hospital performance data—on readmission rates, mortality rates, and reimbursement, all as reported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Users of the site can conduct side-by-side comparisons of 4,500 hospitals nationwide, track performance over time, and find case studies of top-performing hospitals and improvement tools.