2005 Hospital Report Card
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In 2003, the Vermont Legislature passed Act 53, “An Act Relating to Hospital and Health System Accountability…” Under this new law, each hospital in Vermont will produce an annual community report to show community members how the hospital performs on a variety of quality, safety and financial measures. The report also will describe ways that community members can learn about and become involved in hospital activities.
This is a summary of the quality, safety and financial measures contained in the first Act 53 Hospital Community Reports, published in January of 2005. In 2001, the Institute of Medicine outlined six key goals for improving American health care. The Institute’s book, Crossing the Quality Chasm, states that health care should be:
Hospitals organized their Act 53 reports around these goals.