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Hospitals are getting another push toward public reporting.
The Leapfrog Group, along with the health care accreditation organization URAC, has created the Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency Best Practices Awards and Acknowledgement Program. The program, which was launched in April, recognizes hospitals that create the best websites for displaying their performance on quality measures to consumers.
Hospitals have until Sept. 30 to submit an application.
Applicants must meet criteria for design, credibility, literacy, connectivity, and reporting of safety and quality results. Hospitals that meet a minimum threshold will receive an Acknowledgement of Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency. Hospitals also have the option of applying for the Best Practices in Hospital Website Transparency Award. A panel of judges will review the best practice submissions and select the top three hospitals for recognition.
The Leapfrog Group and URAC will announce recipients of the Acknowledgement of Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency by the end of this year. Awards for the Best Practices in Hospital Website Transparency will be presented in March 2013.
The recognition program’s criteria are based on the guidelines on public reporting from the National Quality Forum and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The Leapfrog Survey’s former "transparency indicator" was also considered in designing the program.
Hospitals are getting another push toward public reporting.
The Leapfrog Group, along with the health care accreditation organization URAC, has created the Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency Best Practices Awards and Acknowledgement Program. The program, which was launched in April, recognizes hospitals that create the best websites for displaying their performance on quality measures to consumers.
Hospitals have until Sept. 30 to submit an application.
Applicants must meet criteria for design, credibility, literacy, connectivity, and reporting of safety and quality results. Hospitals that meet a minimum threshold will receive an Acknowledgement of Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency. Hospitals also have the option of applying for the Best Practices in Hospital Website Transparency Award. A panel of judges will review the best practice submissions and select the top three hospitals for recognition.
The Leapfrog Group and URAC will announce recipients of the Acknowledgement of Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency by the end of this year. Awards for the Best Practices in Hospital Website Transparency will be presented in March 2013.
The recognition program’s criteria are based on the guidelines on public reporting from the National Quality Forum and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The Leapfrog Survey’s former "transparency indicator" was also considered in designing the program.
Hospitals are getting another push toward public reporting.
The Leapfrog Group, along with the health care accreditation organization URAC, has created the Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency Best Practices Awards and Acknowledgement Program. The program, which was launched in April, recognizes hospitals that create the best websites for displaying their performance on quality measures to consumers.
Hospitals have until Sept. 30 to submit an application.
Applicants must meet criteria for design, credibility, literacy, connectivity, and reporting of safety and quality results. Hospitals that meet a minimum threshold will receive an Acknowledgement of Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency. Hospitals also have the option of applying for the Best Practices in Hospital Website Transparency Award. A panel of judges will review the best practice submissions and select the top three hospitals for recognition.
The Leapfrog Group and URAC will announce recipients of the Acknowledgement of Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency by the end of this year. Awards for the Best Practices in Hospital Website Transparency will be presented in March 2013.
The recognition program’s criteria are based on the guidelines on public reporting from the National Quality Forum and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The Leapfrog Survey’s former "transparency indicator" was also considered in designing the program.