Federal health officials reversed course on a plan to withhold public disclosure of hospital infection and safety problems that are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., according to an article on the USA Today website.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it will publicly report the errors, injuries, and infections the agency proposed removing from one of the public reporting programs.
The information will now be published on the federal Hospital Compare site and in a downloadable database and will include the dates and details.
The Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, which contains the safety data that was at issue, was established in 2005 during the George W. Bush administration. That's also when Hospital Compare began disclosing some hospital safety measures, the article said.
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