n a blog post explaining the methodology change, Mr. Harder writes: “Most significantly, in 12 specialties, the weight assigned to patient safety will double to 10 percent of each hospital’s overall score. The weight given to hospital reputation will drop from 32.5 percent to 27.5 percent.”
According to Mr. Harder, who I spoke with yesterday about the change, the decision to increase weight for the patient safety indicators came, in part, due to the availability of “present on admission” data –- information that identifies patients that are at increased risk of adverse events upon admission. Before last year, patient safety indicator data did not include this important element, which is critical to the reliability of US News’ analysis.
Read the full article on Becker’s Hospital Review.
