We focus mostly on local government productivity, but also include local "Institutions" like hospitals when relevant.
The US Dept. of Health & Human Services just published new hospital rating data on a website, and you can enter your zip code and compare three of your local hospitals. They show you data and percentage rankings for numerous questions of hospital patients around the country regarding service, and safety issues.
So, I entered my zip code for Tavares, FL and compared Waterman, Leesburg and the Villages hospitals. NONE of them rated higher than a 69% patient rating when asked if the patient would recommend the hospital to someone else.
My big issue is the billing and pricing of services received at the hospitals, and that is not covered in any of the survey questions.
So, click here for the DHHS website, enter your zipcode, pick some local hospitals and see if you really want to go there, or somewhere else...
However, this study is voluntary, and not all hospitals agreed to be in the study. So, if a hospital isn't even in this study, I might worry more about them than the ones that have low scores but DID volunteer to be in the study.
vj
