About Us
February 03, 2011 02:13am EST
MISSION STATEMENT
A Hospital Rating System and Informational Resource Focused Solely on the Quality of Patient Care provided by Individual Hospitals, as well as the provision of the most current news and advancements in the medical field
Our Company
Hospital.com is a privately-funded company, which is owned and operated by Hospital.com, Inc
What is Quality Patient Care?
At Hospital.com, our methodology of focusing on quality patient care is simple; we not only strive to provide hospitals with a forum to illustrate the vast expanses of demonstrating a commitment to quality patient care offered, but we also provide prospective patients with an avenue to remove the guesswork from choosing a hospital - at Hospital.com, hospitals are strictly ranked according to the level of the quality patient care that they provide. Although any measures of improvements taken by individual hospitals existing outside of quality patient care are factored into our overarching rating system, they are not supplemented in lieu of innate quality patient care; this includes factors ranging from the median amount of time patients spend in the waiting room to the exploration of the respective staff's medical background and experience. Following our extensive research, we had noticed a disturbing trend of fundamental flaws latent in a majority of traditional hospital rating systems. While the quality of patient care was factored into a rating schematics consisting of vague and ambiguous '5-star' traditional hospital rating systems, extraneous details outside of patient care - such as private donations and the inventory of an individual hospital's gift shop - were all contributory to a hospital's final rating. Our rating system is rooted in an individual hospitals degree of quality care provided to patients.
*Remember: At Hospital.com, the provision of quality patient care is held in the highest esteem
Our Information and Resources
Any and all claims submitted Hospital.com with regard to individual hospital profiles is required to be substantiated through the presentation of officiated documentation, authenticated reports, and provable testimony:
Our Goal
A hospital visit - be it an emergency or routine treatment - has the potential to be both a frightening experience, as well as an intimidating one, which can span the emotional spectrum; it can be one that ranges from unfamiliarity with medical terms and procedures to a general 'fear of the unknown'. - and yet, the vast array of potential difficulties do not end there. Vague and ambiguous '5-star' traditional hospital rating systems coupled with subjective, open-sourced hospital rating websites can allow for your experience of choosing the right hospital to be a daunting task. Oftentimes, hospital rating parameters are not specified - how do you really know which fields and values are contributory to a final hospital rating? Hospital.com's rating system is stringent in its assessment of the quality of the patient care offered by individual hospitals. We are committed to the provision of a means to connect patients in need of quality patient care with hospitals that are devoted to their patients, creating a rating system that is mutually beneficial to patients and hospitals alike.
*Remember: A large majority of visitors to an individual hospital's website do not know the significance of the number of 'stars' received!
How it Works
Hospital.com's innovative rating system, which is committed to the provision of information regarding the quality of patient care offered by individual hospitals, values and analyzes individual statistics and information commensurate on an individual hospital's size, facility, capacity, and location; we are sensitive to the fact that a metropolitan or city hospital cannot - and should not - share a rating system with a hospital that is smaller in size. Furthermore, all data is weighed according to appropriate variables such as the types of hospitals being under review; non-profit, publicly-funded, privately-funded, for-profit and every imaginable parameter in between. We believe that each individual hospital should be provided with a forum to communicate their respective benefits, and as a result, our rating algorithm provides the opportunity for hospitals to include information highlighting the degree of quality patient care provided existing outside of out rating system - we aim to assist hospitals in expressing every aspect of quality patient care provided to prospective patients to the fullest extent. The content of Hospital.com's rating system is absent of standard and generalized 'form-type questionnaires' found in a majority of vague and ambiguous '5-star' traditional hospital rating systems, allowing each rating to be extensively tailored to each individual hospital.
*Remember: The award for 'Top 100 Hospitals in The United States is an impressive award, but Hospital.com strives to illustrate why this award is important to patients!
The Hospital.com Quality Patient Care Rating System
Upon the reception of countless emails from prospective patients inquiring about the "best" hospitals, we were inspired to create the Hospital.com quality patient care rating system. In response to the multitude of vague and ambiguous '5-star' traditional hospital rating systems currently in existence - many of which are not focused on the quality of patient care - we created a hospital rating system that was directly focused on the very people inquiring about the best hospitals - prospective patients and patients currently undergoing treatment. Rather than attempting to simply "estimate" the value of the data reflecting quality patient care that we have received from individual hospitals, our commitment to quality patient care inspired us to create a unique and comprehensive rating system absent of generalizations, vague questioning, and limitations. We aspire to give individual hospitals the opportunity to expand on their respective accolades and achievements in the provision of quality patient care; simply put, our pursuit is the collection and disbursement of accounts demonstrating the strides that individual hospitals are taking in the mastery of quality patient care.
*Remember: Individual hospital membership has no bearing on that hospital's rating; if there exists a hospital that is esteemed for its quality of patient care, we are eager to provide patients with that valuable information!
A Hospital Rating System and Informational Resource Focused Solely on the Quality of Patient Care provided by Individual Hospitals, as well as the provision of the most current news and advancements in the medical field
Our Company
Hospital.com is a privately-funded company, which is owned and operated by Hospital.com, Inc
What is Quality Patient Care?
At Hospital.com, our methodology of focusing on quality patient care is simple; we not only strive to provide hospitals with a forum to illustrate the vast expanses of demonstrating a commitment to quality patient care offered, but we also provide prospective patients with an avenue to remove the guesswork from choosing a hospital - at Hospital.com, hospitals are strictly ranked according to the level of the quality patient care that they provide. Although any measures of improvements taken by individual hospitals existing outside of quality patient care are factored into our overarching rating system, they are not supplemented in lieu of innate quality patient care; this includes factors ranging from the median amount of time patients spend in the waiting room to the exploration of the respective staff's medical background and experience. Following our extensive research, we had noticed a disturbing trend of fundamental flaws latent in a majority of traditional hospital rating systems. While the quality of patient care was factored into a rating schematics consisting of vague and ambiguous '5-star' traditional hospital rating systems, extraneous details outside of patient care - such as private donations and the inventory of an individual hospital's gift shop - were all contributory to a hospital's final rating. Our rating system is rooted in an individual hospitals degree of quality care provided to patients.
*Remember: At Hospital.com, the provision of quality patient care is held in the highest esteem
Our Information and Resources
Any and all claims submitted Hospital.com with regard to individual hospital profiles is required to be substantiated through the presentation of officiated documentation, authenticated reports, and provable testimony:
- We are committed to the provision of accessible, informed, fact-checked, and officiated information with regard to Hospitals for a vast-array of individuals ranging from medical-laypeople to medical professionals; a guideline for the use of Hospital.com does not exist. We strive to provide the most current, relevant, and authenticated information involving hospitals, as well as medical development(s)
- Medical information with regard to medical news, developments, and medical specialties are derived from the following sources and references; all references and resources are federally-mandated and accredited by the American Medical Association - please see our ‘References’ section for further details
Our Goal
A hospital visit - be it an emergency or routine treatment - has the potential to be both a frightening experience, as well as an intimidating one, which can span the emotional spectrum; it can be one that ranges from unfamiliarity with medical terms and procedures to a general 'fear of the unknown'. - and yet, the vast array of potential difficulties do not end there. Vague and ambiguous '5-star' traditional hospital rating systems coupled with subjective, open-sourced hospital rating websites can allow for your experience of choosing the right hospital to be a daunting task. Oftentimes, hospital rating parameters are not specified - how do you really know which fields and values are contributory to a final hospital rating? Hospital.com's rating system is stringent in its assessment of the quality of the patient care offered by individual hospitals. We are committed to the provision of a means to connect patients in need of quality patient care with hospitals that are devoted to their patients, creating a rating system that is mutually beneficial to patients and hospitals alike.
*Remember: A large majority of visitors to an individual hospital's website do not know the significance of the number of 'stars' received!
How it Works
Hospital.com's innovative rating system, which is committed to the provision of information regarding the quality of patient care offered by individual hospitals, values and analyzes individual statistics and information commensurate on an individual hospital's size, facility, capacity, and location; we are sensitive to the fact that a metropolitan or city hospital cannot - and should not - share a rating system with a hospital that is smaller in size. Furthermore, all data is weighed according to appropriate variables such as the types of hospitals being under review; non-profit, publicly-funded, privately-funded, for-profit and every imaginable parameter in between. We believe that each individual hospital should be provided with a forum to communicate their respective benefits, and as a result, our rating algorithm provides the opportunity for hospitals to include information highlighting the degree of quality patient care provided existing outside of out rating system - we aim to assist hospitals in expressing every aspect of quality patient care provided to prospective patients to the fullest extent. The content of Hospital.com's rating system is absent of standard and generalized 'form-type questionnaires' found in a majority of vague and ambiguous '5-star' traditional hospital rating systems, allowing each rating to be extensively tailored to each individual hospital.
*Remember: The award for 'Top 100 Hospitals in The United States is an impressive award, but Hospital.com strives to illustrate why this award is important to patients!
The Hospital.com Quality Patient Care Rating System
Upon the reception of countless emails from prospective patients inquiring about the "best" hospitals, we were inspired to create the Hospital.com quality patient care rating system. In response to the multitude of vague and ambiguous '5-star' traditional hospital rating systems currently in existence - many of which are not focused on the quality of patient care - we created a hospital rating system that was directly focused on the very people inquiring about the best hospitals - prospective patients and patients currently undergoing treatment. Rather than attempting to simply "estimate" the value of the data reflecting quality patient care that we have received from individual hospitals, our commitment to quality patient care inspired us to create a unique and comprehensive rating system absent of generalizations, vague questioning, and limitations. We aspire to give individual hospitals the opportunity to expand on their respective accolades and achievements in the provision of quality patient care; simply put, our pursuit is the collection and disbursement of accounts demonstrating the strides that individual hospitals are taking in the mastery of quality patient care.
*Remember: Individual hospital membership has no bearing on that hospital's rating; if there exists a hospital that is esteemed for its quality of patient care, we are eager to provide patients with that valuable information!
Our Value
We are well-versed in the fact that within the scope of a
hospital visit, compassionate sentiments and attentive service account
for the difference between a positive experience and one left to be
desired. At Hospital.com offers expansive and comprehensive wealth of information
regarding the degree of quality patient care offered by individual
hospitals, this information may be available to all user.
*Remember: Individual hospitals taking measures that exist outside
of quality patient care , such as the choice to 'Go Green' or the
development of community programs, are encouraged to include these
details; everything has value!
Our Commitment
We will not only provide for the seamless, comprehensive presentation of an individual hospital's demonstration and commitment to excellence in the field of quality patient care, but also ensure its ease of access to any and all prospective and existing patients.
Our Commitment
We will not only provide for the seamless, comprehensive presentation of an individual hospital's demonstration and commitment to excellence in the field of quality patient care, but also ensure its ease of access to any and all prospective and existing patients.
Disclaimer
Hospital.com information does not replace the need for medical research or investigation undertaken by its visitors. In contrast, Hospital.com is committed to institute a complementary enhancement of the relationship shared between patients and physicians upon the provision of researched, factual, and officiated information that has undergone a stringent oversight process with regard to the integrity of any and all medically-related content produced.
Hospital.com information does not replace the need for medical research or investigation undertaken by its visitors. In contrast, Hospital.com is committed to institute a complementary enhancement of the relationship shared between patients and physicians upon the provision of researched, factual, and officiated information that has undergone a stringent oversight process with regard to the integrity of any and all medically-related content produced.
Resource Attribution
Hospital.com operates as an informational resource website that rooted in both the presentation of medical resources, as well as the provision of information with regard to Hospitals existing on both local and national levels; the information provided by our writing team is researched and sourced from a variety of credible, authorized, and officiated sources:
Hospital.com does not wish to replace the need for medical research or investigation undertaken by its visitors. In contrast, Hospital.com is committed to institute a complementary enhancement of the relationship shared between patients and physicians upon the provision of researched, factual, and officiated information that has undergone a stringent oversight process with regard to the integrity of any and all medically-related content produced.
Birth Control Gets a New Form
Article: http://news.hospital.com/Birth-Control-Gets-a-New-Form.html
Source URL: http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?id=23913
Citation: Elestrin™ Estradiol Gel. National Library of Medicine: National Institute of Health. September 2010: 1.
FDA Denies Diet Pill
Hospital.com operates as an informational resource website that rooted in both the presentation of medical resources, as well as the provision of information with regard to Hospitals existing on both local and national levels; the information provided by our writing team is researched and sourced from a variety of credible, authorized, and officiated sources:
The National Institute of Health (Government)
The Department of Health and Human Services (Government)
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Government)
The Federal Drug Administration (Government)
The Joint Commission (Scientific)
The American College of Physicians (Scientific)
The American College of Surgeons (Scientific)
The American Medical Association (Scientific)
The American Hospital Association (Scientific)
Hospital.com does not wish to replace the need for medical research or investigation undertaken by its visitors. In contrast, Hospital.com is committed to institute a complementary enhancement of the relationship shared between patients and physicians upon the provision of researched, factual, and officiated information that has undergone a stringent oversight process with regard to the integrity of any and all medically-related content produced.
References
Birth Control Gets a New Form
Article: http://news.hospital.com/Birth-Control-Gets-a-New-Form.html
Source URL: http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?id=23913
Citation: Elestrin™ Estradiol Gel. National Library of Medicine: National Institute of Health. September 2010: 1.
FDA Denies Diet Pill
Article: http://news.hospital.com/FDA-Denies-Diet-Pill.html
Source URL: http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/Drugs/EndocrinologicandMetabolicDrugsAdvisoryCommittee/UCM218824.pdf
Citation: Advisory Committee meeting for phentermine/topiramate. Department of Health and Human Services: Food and Drug Administration. 17 June 2010: 1-128.
Obesity Linked to Brain Size
Article: http://news.hospital.com/Obesity-Linked-to-Brain-Size.html
Source URL: http://psych.med.nyu.edu/news/2010/brain-size-may-be-blame-obesity-by-catherine-donaldson-evans
Citation: Brain Size May Be to Blame for Obesity. New York University Department of Medicine and Psychiatry. 29 October 2010: 1.
Smoking Leads to Alzheimer’s Disease
Article: http://news.hospital.com/Smoking-Leads-to-Alzheimer-s-Disease.html
Source URL: http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh25-4/299-306.htm
Citation: Anthony, J.C., and Echeagaray-Wagner, F. Epidemiologic analysis of alcohol and tobacco use: Patterns of co-occurring consumption and dependence in the United States. Alcohol Research & Health 24(4). 2000: 201–208
Birth Control Gets a New Form
Article: http://news.hospital.com/Four-Loko-Alcohol-Drink-Sickens-More-Students.html
Source URL: http://www.atg.wa.gov/uploadedFiles/Home/News/Press_Releases/2010/S45C-210102214080.PDF
Citation: Alcoholic Energy Drinks, Not Date-Rape Drugs, Linked to Roslyn Party Hospitalizations. Cle Elum Police Department Detail Incident Report. 8 October 2010: 1-16.
Whole Grains Help Waistlines
Article: http://www.hospital.com/Whole-Grains-Help-Waistlines1.html
Source URL: http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Abdominal-fat-and-what-to-do-about-it.htm
Citation: Abdominal Fat and What to Do About It. Harvard Medical School Journal. December 2006: 1.
Retracted MMR Vaccine Controversy Still Holds Weight with Parents
Article: http://www.hospital.com/Whole-Grains-Help-Waistlines1.html
Source URL: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/upload/autismMMR.pdf
Citation: Autism and the MMR Vaccine. National Institute of Health: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. June 2001: 1-8.
Recapitulation of Menses in Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Article: http://news.hospital.com/Recapitulation-of-Menses-in-Functional-Hypothalamic-Amenorrhea.html
Source URL: http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/jcem;84/6/1775
Citation: Amenorrheic Bone Loss. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 4 February 1999: 1.
Short Hospital Stays Common among Heart Failure
Article: http://news.hospital.com/Short-Hospital-Stays-Common-Among-Heart-Failure.html
Source URL: http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/303/21/2141.abstract
Citation: Trends in Length of Stay and Short-term Outcomes Among Medicare Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure, 1993-2006. The Journal of the American Medical Association. 26 January 2011: 1.
The New Jersey Hospital Association – Quality, Accessibility, Affordability
Article: http://www.hospital.com/new-jersey-hospital.html
Source URL: http://www.njcth.org/PublicInnerPage/NJCTH-News---Events-(1)/NJCTH-News/News/50-Most-Powerful-People-in-Health-Care-in-New-Jers.aspx
Citation: 50 Most Powerful People in Health Care in New Jersey. New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals. 6 April 2010: 1.
Florida Hospital: Orlando’s Most Preferred Hospital
Article: http://www.hospital.com/orlando-hospital.html
Source URL: http://www.fhchs.edu/about
Citation: About Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences. Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences. 2011: 1.
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