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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: National Studies on Hospital Quality and Cost
5110.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
National Studies on Hospital Quality and Cost
This session will review the results of four interrelated studies about Medicare's efforts to publicly report comparative hospital quality information and to promote its use by consumers and health professionals to stimulate quality improvement in hospitals. The first study describes tests of alternative presentation options for comparative hospital quality data with health professionals and consumers in preparation for the launch of Medicare's Hospital Compare web site in March 2005. The second study describes the development and testing a new survey for measuring patient perceptions of and experiences with hospital care. The third study describes how recent changes in physician group practices impacts the way physicians serve as information intermediaries for consumers. The fourth study presents initial finding from a nationally representative survey of hospital quality improvement directors and chief medical officers regarding the impact of public reporting on hospital QI programs.
Learning Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to list key issues that need to be addressed when developing similar quality reporting campaigns and to identify barriers to successfully implementing such campaigns.
Moderator(s):Myles Maxfield, PhD
12:30 PMNational efforts to publicly report hospital quality information: Results of four studies
Myles Maxfield, PhD
12:35 PMEngagement of top leadership in hospital quality improvement: Findings from the field  [ Recorded presentation ]
William G. Lehrman, PhD, Sunil Sinha, MD, MBA, Mark Koepke, Thomas E. Vaughn, PhD, Samuel Levey, PhD
12:55 PMImpact of public reporting on hospital quality improvement programs  [ Recorded presentation ]
Mary Laschober, PhD, Myles Maxfield, PhD, David Miranda, PhD
1:15 PMWhat do consumers to know about the quality of care at hospitals: Incorporating new quality measures into a Medicare Web site  [ Recorded presentation ]
Fiona D. Smith, MPH, David Miranda, PhD
1:35 PMRecent research findings on Hospital CAHPS (HCAHPS), the standardized national survey of patients' perspectives of their hospital care  [ Recorded presentation ]
William G. Lehrman, PhD, Elizabeth Goldstein, PhD, Marybeth Farquhar, MSN, Marc N. Elliott, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Health Administration
Endorsed by:Medical Care
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA