Health & Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt announced the arrival of the Hospital Compare website on his blog, inviting comment.

Hospital Compare website recently updated by federal health officials reveals that a significant amount of patients are not receiving proper care.

CMS officials discussed HCAHPS survey data after patient experience data was added to the Hospital Compare website. The addition of the data is seen as a substantial upgrade to previous methods used to compare facilities.

Many physicians aren't fond of online rating's websites that they feel are misleading or inaccurate, but they still value patient surveys.

Microsoft entered the Health Records maintenance market with its product HealthVault.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a release describing the new features of the Hospital Compare website that features HCAHPS data. In addition to the promised data, new information is provided about elective services.