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Date	Document Title	PDF
08.4.2010	Hospital Pediatric Patient Safety Rated by HealthGrades for First Time
07.28.2010	HealthGrades, Inc. Agrees to be Acquired by Affiliate of Vestar Capital Partners V, L.P.
06.29.2010	Birth Complication Rates Vary Widely by Hospital: HealthGrades Study
06.22.2010	HealthGrades Evaluates Hospital Emergency Medicine for the First Time
06.8.2010	Top Hospitals in Patient Experience Announced by HealthGrades

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HealthGrades in the News

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  America's Least Deadly Hospitals

  HealthGrades estimates that if every hospital performed as well as those in the top 5%, it could potentially save 150,132 lives and prevent 13,104 complications in the Medicare population. 'There's huge variation in quality,' says Dr. Rick May, vice president of clinical consulting for HealthGrades. 'Patients need to be careful about evaluating their health care providers before handing over their lives and health.'" 

   - Forbes, January 26, 2010


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  Top Empowered Patient tips for 2010

  "If you are going to use the Web, search smart.
  According to research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 8 out of 10 Internet users have searched the Web specifically for health information... Web sites such as Hospital Compare, My Health Compare, HealthGrades... allow you to compare hospital quality and patient satisfaction."

   

  - CNN, January 1, 2010

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  CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta - House Call

  "There is some important news out this week that a hospital you choose could change your life. Pay attention to this one. A HealthGrades study shows that patients are twice as likely to die at lower rated hospitals versus the average hospitals. Now, there is such a thing as health grade ratings, they're determined by mortality and complication rates. For 28 common procedures, those ages 65 and older, these ratings are done continuously."

  - CNN, October 19, 2009


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  Mortality, Quality Gulfs Persist in Hospitals

  "Patients at highly-rated hospitals have a 52% lower chance of dying compared with the U.S. hospital average, a quality gulf that has persisted in the last 10 years, even as mortality rates have declined, a new HealthGrades study shows."

  - HealthLeaders Media, October 2009


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  It's time for that hospital checkup, complete with risk-of-dying test

  "Using Medicare discharge data, HealthGrades today offers up its annual analysis of healthcare quality at the nation's hospitals. In assessing mortality and complication rates for 27 procedures and diagnoses, the ratings organization aims to help consumers choose wisely when selecting a hospital."

  - LA Times, October 14, 2009

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