ResQuality

For more information about hospital quality, visit the following websites:

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, along with other collaborators from the Hospital Quality Alliance, publish this website, which allows you to compare hospitals' performance on a number of quality indicators:

http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov

BlueCross and BlueShield of Illinois publish this report, which awards stars to Illinois hospitals based on their performance in ten areas:

http://www.bcbsil.com/member/blue_star_report.htm

U.S. News provides their hospital listings and guide to America's best hospitals here:

http://www.usnews.com/listings/hospitals/

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) publishes some general information about healthcare quality here:

http://www.ahrq.gov/data/

The Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety published their quality ratings here:

http://www.leapfroggroup.org/home

RN2RN is a network of hundreds of nurses from across Illinois who are committed to working for legislation that will improve patient care and nurse staffing in every hospital in the state.  Learn more about them here:

http://www.RN2RN.org