 Kaiser Health News | Hospital Reporting Initiative Does Not Reduce Mortality Medscape March 7, 2012 — Hospital Compare, Medicare's public reporting initiative for hospitals, which was initiated in 2005, appears to have had little effect on patient mortality caused by heart attack and pneumonia, and only a modest effect on heart failure ... Reporting on Quality Hasn't Cut Mortality Health Affairs: Does publicly reporting hospital data miss the mark? Public quality reporting does not affect morality |
