The Medical Freedom Channel

“What do former patients think about the care they received at your local hospitals? The government wants to make it easier for you to find out. Federal health officials in recent years have made strides to improve transparency in health care. But measuring how well hospitals do their job can be technical. New patient satisfaction scores, which went online Friday, cover basic premises that just about every hospital patient and their family members can understand. For example: * Did doctors treat patients with courtesy and respect? * How often were the room and bathroom cleaned? * Was the area around the room quiet? * Did the patient get immediate help after pressing a call button? Those questions were included in a survey used to evaluate more than 2,500 hospitals around the country.” (03/31/08)