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At New York Hospitals, Heart Patients' Death Rates Are an Open Book
Tweet Share on Facebook October 18, 2012 CommentSeveral weeks ago we set out our intent to create new hospital ratings that will accompany the Best Hospitals rankings. They will differ by focusing not on the sickest patients, as Best Hospitals does, but on more typical consumers who need relatively routine procedures such as heart bypass surgery and hip replacement. Since some such procedures frequently involve patients younger than 65, federal Medicare data alone won't take us as far as we'd like to go. We will have to find other resources and, of course, develop a credible methodology. Your thoughts on both are encouraged.
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Hospital Leaders, U.S. News Editors Hold Summit on Best Hospitals Rankings
Tweet Share on Facebook October 2, 2012 Comment"These rankings are not static." The affirmation by U.S. News & World Report editor and chief content officer Brian Kelly underscored the point of a summit on hospital rankings that U.S. News and Mount Sinai Medical Center co-hosted at Mount Sinai on September 27. The summit convened medical thought leaders from around the country for a four-hour discussion about the methodology behind the U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings. At the summit, hospital presidents and clinical leaders shared ideas, suggestions, and critiques of the U.S. News rankings. There seemed to be a consensus that the U.S. News methodology is as sound as any in existence. Multiple panelists and participants referred to its "face validity"; several called it the "gold standard."
"No methodology is perfect," said Kenneth Davis, president and CEO of Mount Sinai Medical Center, who delivered the summit's opening and concluding remarks. "This [U.S. News] methodology is certainly superior." And he saluted U.S. News for being "open to feedback."
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