Newly Enhanced Quality Check Helps Americans Choose Health Care Services

June 28, 2006

Fresh out of the National Press Club conference in Washington D.C. is news that of 4,579 accredited hospitals in the United States, Americans can now log on to www.qualitycheck.org and find out how their local hospitals are performing in four key areas. Today, Quality Check, from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, provides a new generation of on-line information about the quality and safety of care provided at health care organizations nationwide. This website makes it easy for people to compare hospitals in the care of: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, pregnancy and related conditions.