Monday, November 23, 2009

Avery Comarow

America's Best Health Insurance Plans: the Honor Roll

These health plans are adept at satisfying members and preventing and treating illness. more >>

Uncooperative Health Insurance Plans

Here is a list of the largest plans that kept performance data confidential. more >>

America's Best Health Insurance Plans: How They Were Ranked

Data from 135 measures showed how well plans satisfy their members and prevent and treat illness. more >>

America's Best Health Plans Rankings: Definitions

The glossary of terms for the Best Health Plan rankings. more >>

Hospital Patients Speak Their Mind in Satisfaction Surveys

Nursing, pain relief, and whether they would recommend the hospital to others are among the questions. more >>

These Best Hospitals Are Best at Satisfying Patients

Of 154 centers that U.S. News ranked in America’s Best Hospitals, patients surveyed liked these most. more >>

Which Best Hospitals Are Best (and Worst) at Pain Management

It's no surprise that all facilities aren't equal at keeping pain under control. more >>

Which Best Hospitals Have Great (and Not So Great) Nurses

Patient satisfaction surveys weigh responses to requests, courtesy, and more. more >>

They May Excel, But They're the Worst Hospitals for Patient Satisfaction

Patients surveyed give these hospitals, some of America’s best, a poor score overall. more >>

America's Best Nursing Homes: How We Decide

Finding a good, caring home is no trivial matter. We've taken government data and made it easier to use more >>

Best Nursing Homes: the U.S. News Honor Roll

The nursing homes on this elite list rated a perfect five stars on all key government yardsticks. more >>

America's Best Hospitals Rankings: Definitions

The meaning of reputation, patient safety index, and other factors that weighed into the rankings more >>

America's Best Hospitals: the 2009–10 Honor Roll

They're the best of the best—the 0.4 percent of all hospitals with high scores in 6 or more specialties more >>

America's Best Hospitals: Here's How We Selected Them

Deaths, reputation, and patient safety were among the factors the rankings took into account. more >>

How Some Bad Nursing Homes Get Special Treatment

And why you'll probably want to steer clear of these 'Special Focus Facilities.' more >>

Behind the Best Children's Hospitals Rankings

A 65-page hospital survey and the opinions of thousands of specialists went into the scoring. more >>

Best Children's Hospitals Honor Roll

Of 160 hospitals surveyed, only 56 ranked in any specialty, and merely 10 of them ranked in every one. more >>

Do the Best Nursing Homes Have to Be Expensive?

Surprise—rates of bedsores and other problems don't seem to have much to do with price. more >>

To Find a Good Hospital Near You, Look Online

If a community has a good hospital, websites that rate, rank, or report on hospitals can identify it. more >>

Electronic Medical Records: Hazardous to Your Health?

Obama wants to spend billions on the adoption of health information technology. Let's think about that. more >>

Best Hospitals May Not Match Other Top Hospital Ratings

Different perspectives produce different results. That's fine—there's room for more than 1 approach. more >>

Best Hospitals, Rating Docs, a 'Healthier Web'

Health blogs and provider ratings—those who love and hate them got together last week. more >>

How Much Should Patients Pay for Medical Care?

Healthcare Blue Book claims to list a "fair price" for operations. Hospitals will balk. more >>

Primary-Care Docs and Specialist Care

Most doctors don't keep track of specialist visits as well as they should, say researchers. I disagree. more >>

How Hospitals Can Be Nice to Patients

Get the small things right so that patients won't lose confidence in the big ones. more >>

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