S T A T E  O F  V E R M O N T
Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities
& Health Care Administration (BISHCA)
89 Main St.  Montpelier, VT 05620-3101    Main Phone:  802-828-3301  
Paulette J. Thabault, Commissioner

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Division of Health Care Administration

 
2007 BISHCA COMPARISON REPORT

BACKGROUND
 

In 2003, the Vermont Legislature passed Act 53, "An Act Relating to Hospital and Health Care System Accountability, Capital Spending, and Annual Budgets." One of the requirements of Act 53 is that Vermont hospitals publish annual hospital community reports containing information about quality, hospital infection rates and prevention measures, patient safety, nurse staffing levels, financial health, costs for services, and other hospital characteristics. The law also requires the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration to publish some of that same information in a comparative format on this website. 

The categories of information listed on this page collectively form the Department's "Act 53 Hospital Report Card," showing side-by-side data for all hospitals. (Please see facility reporting exceptions.) In addition, each hospital's individual data and related information can be found using the links to Vermont hospital websites provided in the menu below.

QUALITY OF CARE Click a category below to compare hospital scores for these measured areas:
	1. Heart Attack Care
	2. Heart Failure Care
	3. Pneumonia Care
	4. Infection Reporting:  (A) Surgical Infection Prevention (B) Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates
	5. Nurse Staffing
	6. Volume & Mortality for Selected Procedures Procedures compared include: Esophageal Resection, Pancreatic Resection, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (AAA), Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA), Pediatric Heart Surgery, and Carotid Endarterectomy.
PATIENT SATISFACTION Click Here for National Survey Results See Vermont hospital results from a national survey of how hospital patients rated their experiences during recent inpatient stays.
PRICING AND FINANCIAL REPORTS Click Here to learn about the cost of care, about cost shifting, to compare state averages, and to check hospital financial health.
Links to BISHCA Reports by Year Comparing Hospital Data