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Blog: Report ranking hospitals on ‘unnecessary’ services lacks key data, details

A recent Lown Institute report ranking hospitals on what it deems as unnecessary services, tests and procedures attempts to make sweeping conclusions about hospital value based on data that are not only incomplete, but also not current, writes Ashley Thompson, AHA's senior vice president for public policy analysis and development.  

Puzzling Hospital Ranking Report on Unnecessary Services: Based on Incomplete Data, Omits Important Clinical Details

A recent report from the Lown Institute that ranks hospitals on what they deem to be unnecessary hospital services, tests and procedures attempts to make sweeping conclusions about hospital value based on data that are not only incomplete, but also not current. 

Taking Big Steps: Strategies to Improve Leapfrog Safety Scores

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