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Expanding rating information on nursing Homes
The US federal government plans to identify some of the more troubled nursing homes in its public database to give consumers easier access to nursing home information online. Privately maintained quality-rating sites like Consumer Reports are also improving their offerings. The population of US nursing home residents, currently around 1.4 million, is expected to grow to around 2.7 million by 2040 according to estimates.
Consumers are becoming more comfortable with the idea that healthcare can be graded for quality. In a poll carried out by the Wall Street Journal, 60 % of respondents said medical care can be measured fairly and reliably. Consumers can turn to a number of online resources to find out if a nursing home has been underperforming. The federal site, Nursing Home Compare, is the most complete national resource, and offers summarized information from inspections performed by state agencies, as well as data that the nursing homes must compile and submit to regulators about residents.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which began making some of the information about troubled nursing homes public, believes that more tranparency will drive better quality care. The situation in India is quite different. Forget Nursing homes, even hospitals are not properly regulated. Just a handful of states even require hospitals to be registered. The recent trend of private hospitals obtaining accreditation is good, and some media companies have started ranking hospitals. Hopefully, this will gather momentum.
The US federal government plans to identify some of the more troubled nursing homes in its public database to give consumers easier access to nursing home information online. Privately maintained quality-rating sites like Consumer Reports are also improving their offerings. The population of US nursing home residents, currently around 1.4 million, is expected to grow to around 2.7 million by 2040 according to estimates.
Consumers are becoming more comfortable with the idea that healthcare can be graded for quality. In a poll carried out by the Wall Street Journal, 60 % of respondents said medical care can be measured fairly and reliably. Consumers can turn to a number of online resources to find out if a nursing home has been underperforming. The federal site, Nursing Home Compare, is the most complete national resource, and offers summarized information from inspections performed by state agencies, as well as data that the nursing homes must compile and submit to regulators about residents.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which began making some of the information about troubled nursing homes public, believes that more tranparency will drive better quality care. The situation in India is quite different. Forget Nursing homes, even hospitals are not properly regulated. Just a handful of states even require hospitals to be registered. The recent trend of private hospitals obtaining accreditation is good, and some media companies have started ranking hospitals. Hopefully, this will gather momentum.
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