Consider quality-of-care issues

Wisconsin hospitals are committed to sharing information about the quality and safety of the health care services that they deliver in their communities. CheckPoint provides reliable data on 14 interventions that medical experts agree should be taken to treat heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia, eight surgical services measures and five error prevention goals. The 128 hospitals reporting to CheckPoint provide care to more than 99 percent of the state's patient population.
http://www.wicheckpoint.org

Other Resources
2004 Wisconsin Inpatient Quality Indicators Report
http://www.whainfocenter.com/data_resources/2004_QI/2004_QI_Report_2004.pdf

State of Wisconsin Consumer Guide to Health Care
http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/guide/

Federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
http://www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/

The Employer Health Care Alliance Cooperative
http://www.alliancehealthcoop.com

Hospital Compare - A quality tool for adults, including people with Medicare
http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/index.htm

MetaStar
http://www.metastar.com

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov

Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative
http://www.rwhc.com

Wisconsin Medical Society
http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org

Health and Safety Fact Sheets and Brochures Available on the Internet from the National Patient Safety Foundation
http://www.npsf.org/html/online_resources.html