Medical errors in the news

The Hearst chain of newspapers is syndicating a story about medical errors. The link to the story in the Houston Chronicle is here.

Consumer Reports to rate hospitals

Consumer Reports Health has launched a patient satisfaction based hospital rating interface on their Web site. The new system will add Consumer Reports' familiar quality scoring system to hospitals' HCAHPS scores. Hospitals should understand that this is not new data. CR is simply repackaging the federal HCAHPS data.

Hospital IT news

David Lieb of the Associated Press has penned an article on the federal economic stimulus for rural hospitals' health information technology adoption. Sac Osage Hospital in Osceola is featured.