The Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care Web site (healthcarereportcard.illinois.gov) has been updated with new and additional information about pediatric care, healthcare-associated infections and emergency room data. The Web site includes inpatient and outpatient data with comparison information related to volume of cases, average charges, mortality rates, complications and hospital associated infections.
The Hospital Report Card Act requires all Illinois hospitals to report nurse staffing numbers, infection prevention measures and hospital acquired infections data to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). The Consumer Guide to Health Care contains information from hospitals and ambulatory surgical treatment centers about conditions, procedures, variations in charges and quality of care.