Data Validity
An independent check of our data validity/accuracy is provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This federal agency arranges for independent audits of some of the data that some adult hospitals report. (CMS explains the technical details under Hospitals Data Validation at: www.qualitynet.org.) For these audits, nurses not associated with Methodist Medical Center of Illinois review several hundred individual data elements to see how often their answers are the same as ours.
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Lower than national benchmark |
# = too few eligible cases to calculate a reliable statistic
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Same as national benchmark |
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Above national benchmark |
Please be sure to click on the data for additional detail regarding our data validity. CMS considers a passing grade to be 80% or more.
Last Updated: December 2009
What does this mean to me? Our data is audited by people outside of our organization to ensure its accuracy. This shows that our data meets or exceeds 90%.
For more information regarding this report, please contact Cindy Hale at (309) 672-5986.
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