About Hospitals...

Choosing a hospital
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))

Information to help you select a hospital. Includes questions to ask about a hospital and links to helpful resources and Web sites.

http://archive.ahrq.gov/consumer/qnt/qnthosp.htm

Health Facilities
(MEDLINEplus)

Links to sites which have been reviewed by librarians at the National Library of Medicine. Topics include News, General/Overviews, Research, Specific Conditions/Aspects, Directories, Organizations, Statistics, Children, Seniors, Teens, and more. Read about how to choose quality healthcare, hospital hints from the National Institute on Aging, choosing medical transport, selecting a hospital, and more. Select espanol from the menu bar for Spanish links.

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthfacilities.html

Healthgrades
(Healthgrades, Inc.)

This commercial site has quality ratings for hospitals, nursing homes, and home health agencies. Hospital ratings are based mostly on Medicare data. Use information on this site with other rating services, such as Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

http://www.healthgrades.com/

Hospital Compare
(Department of Health & Human Services)

This site provides you with information on how well the hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions. This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide. Talk to your doctor about this information to help you, your family and your friends make your best hospital care decisions. There is a hospital checklist that wil help you choose a hospital and links to sites that have information about patients rights, Medicare, and more.

https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

This organization accredits healthcare organizations of all kinds: hsopitals,long term care facilities, laboratories, and others. To find out about the accreditation status of an organization, select General Public, then select Quality Check. You can search by type of organization, location, name, or accreditation status.

http://www.jointcommission.org/

Last Modified: Tuesday August 25, 2015 10:25 AM