"Hospitals Launch Landmark Quality Information Initiative" 12/12/2002
Washington, D.C.
This press conference features the announcement of a methodology and timetable for a planned public disclosure of hospital quality performance information. Hospitals, government leaders, accrediting and quality organizations and consumer groups participate in the announcement.
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Participants include: Tommy Thompson, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; Tom Scully, Administrator, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services; Dick Davidson, president - American Hospital Association; George Sheldon, M.D., 2000-2001 board chair, Association of American Medical Colleges and professor, department of surgery at the University of North Carolina Hospitals; Chip Kahn, president, Federation of American Hospitals; Dennis O’Leary, M.D., president, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; Carolyn Clancy, M.D., acting director, Agency for Health Research and Quality; Elaine Power, vice president, programs, National Quality Forum;
Gerry Shea, chief policy adviser, AFL-CIO; and John Rother, director of policy and strategy, AARP.
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