Eleven hospitals recognized for website transparency
URAC and The Leapfrog Group unveiled winners of their second annual 2013 Hospital Website Transparency Awards Program, which identifies hospital websites that promote transparency of safety and quality measures in a useful, user-friendly manner for consumers.
Eleven hospitals received the 2013 Hospital Website Transparency Award, with three hospitals receiving the award with distinction for going “above and beyond” in their transparency efforts. The awards criteria was developed in accordance with the National Quality Forum’s guidelines for consumer-oriented, online public reporting of health performance data as well as the Model Public Report Elements prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The winners are:
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
• Inova (Alexandria, Fair Oaks, Fairfax, Loudoun, Mount Vernon), Va.
• Harlem Hospital Center, New York, N.Y.
• Mercy Regional Medical Center, Durango, Colo.
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
• St. Mary Corwin Medical Center, Pueblo, Colo.
• Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
• WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, N.C.
• Baptist Health South Florida (with distinction), Miami
• JFK Medical Center (with distinction), Edison, N.J.
• Kaiser Permanente (with distinction), Oakland, Calif.
Award-winning hospitals will be identifiable by the award seal on the hospital website. More information can be found here.