Business & Finance homework help

1.2 Discussion

Comparative Data: Clinical Indicators

Visit one of the following sites and look for hospitals or healthcare facilities in your area (Baltimore Maryland):

• https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html (Links to an external site.)
• https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html (Links to an external site.)
• https://www.medicare.gov/homehealthcompare/search.html (Links to an external site.)

Create a report card for two healthcare facilities of your choice and provide an overall summary. Then consider the following:

• If you were trying to make a decision about which hospital to use for healthcare for yourself or a family member, would you find this information useful? Why or why not?
• How might this information be useful if you worked for a healthcare facility yourself?
• What are some challenges of obtaining patient satisfaction/experience data? Do you think the survey questions are useful?
• Is there other data or information that you would add to the report card? What would it be?

Response parameters:

• Initial posts should be 300 words minimum
• Initial posts should include at least two peer-reviewed article/journal/book citations (not including the course textbook)
• Use APA formatting to cite all of your sources:
  • https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html (Links to an external site.)
• You can access the databases of peer-reviewed journals here:
  • https://libguides.lib.fit.edu/business (Links to an external site.)
  • https://libguides.lib.fit.edu/healthcare (Links to an external site.)
  • https://libguides.lib.fit.edu/InformationTechnology