Thursday, May 24, 2007

CMS to publish hospital survival rates - USATODAY.com

CMS to publish hospital survival rates - USATODAY.com: "The CMS is on track to post the first broad comparison of death rates for heart attack and heart failure on its Web site this June. An exclusive USA TODAY analysis shows that just 17 of 4,477 hospitals had heart attack death rates that were better than the national rate."