Experience & Quality

When it comes to treating a particular disease, experience is an important indicator of quality. Studies show that physicians/hospitals that treat a high number of patients for a particular disease and perform large numbers of procedures/surgeries to treat it, have better results. Several independent organizations across the country make it their job to assess and rate quality in healthcare.

The following resources will help you learn how Sacred Heart Hospital measures up for experience and quality:

• American Hospital Association (AHA) Quality Center provides several resources for evaluating and comparing hospital quality and making informed decisions
• HealthGrades, an independent healthcare ratings service that provides quality ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes and physicians
• Hospital Compare, data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• The Joint Commission, an independent, not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits more than 16,000 healthcare organizations in the United States, provides an important Quality Check resource
• The Leap Frog Group, an initiative to improve safety, quality and affordability of healthcare, provides patient safety measure data to allow consumers to make informed hospital choices