Public Reporting of Hospital-Level Cancer Surgical Volumes in California: An Opportunity to Inform Decision Making and Improve Quality [ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS]

Conclusion:
There is clear potential for more readily available information about hospital volumes to help patient, providers, and payers choose cancer surgery hospitals. Our successful public reporting of hospital volumes in California represents an important first step toward making publicly available even more provider-specific data regarding cancer care quality, costs, and outcomes, so those data can inform decision-making and encourage quality improvement.

Source: Journal of Oncology Practice - October 10, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Clarke, C. A., Asch, S. M., Baker, L., Bilimoria, K., Dudley, R. A., Fong, N., Holliday-Hanson, M. L., Hopkins, D. S. P., Imholz, E. M., Malin, J., Moy, L., OSullivan, M., Parker, J. P., Saigal, C. S., Spurlock, B., Teleki, S., Zingmond, D., Lang, L. Tags: Quality, Quality of care, Quality of Care ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Source Type: research