In order to develop tools for improved Ohio health system data transparency, HPIO educates state policymakers and the people who influence them by providing concise, comprehensive and easy-to-understand information and analysis on the topic. HPIO is an objective source for unbiased analysis of data, research, and state/federal laws and regulations.
Note: A list of resources related specifically to all-payer claims databases can be found on HPIO's APCD collaborative page
Ohio Hospital Compare
Allows comparison of hospital performance measures for the following 12 health conditions:
heart attack, heart failure, heart surgery, stroke, pneumonia, surgical care, infection, infection prevention, patient safety, patient satisfaction, childhood asthma and pregnancy/delivery. All hospitals in the state of Ohio are required to report except for hospitals operated by the Ohio Department of Mental Health, long-term care hospitals and veteran’s hospitals. However, some smaller hospitals may report as part of larger hospital systems.
Ohio Hospital Patient Price List
In compliance with state law, each Ohio hospital provides a price list containing its charges for room and board, emergency department, operating room, delivery, physical therapy and the 60 most common inpatient procedures (called diagnosis-related groups)
Ohio Public Warehouse
A web-based, interactive data retrieval system that provides access to summarized health-related and vital statistics data for Ohio. The data is valuable for community assessments and community planning as well as for evaluating health practices.
Hospital Compare
An online tool for comparing the quality of care that hospitals provide. It also includes data on some Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.
Nursing Home Compare
An online tool for comparing the quality of care that nursing homes provide. It rates nursing homes based on health inspection reports, staffing data, and quality measures.
Home Health Compare
An online tool for comparing the quality of care that home health agencies provide. It provides a list of U.S. home health agencies, services provided and quality measures. The information comes from home health agencies that have voluntarily agreed to submit quality information.
Dialysis Facility Compare
An online tool for comparing the quality of care that dialysis facilities provide. It provides a list of U.S. dialysis facilities, services provided, quality measures, and resources.
CMS Dashboards
As part of the initiative to implement the open government principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration, dashboards are designed to improve public understanding of Medicare and Medicaid programs by simplifying and making data more accessible.
Health Care Consumer Initiatives
Contains service volumes and Medicare payment data for hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and physicians.
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS)
A comprehensive family of standardized surveys that ask consumers and patients to report on and evaluate their experiences with health care. It has become the focal point of a national effort to measure, report on, and improve the quality of health care from the perspective of consumers and patients.
Health Care Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
A family of longitudinal databases containing encounter-level information on inpatient stays, emergency department visits, and ambulatory care in U.S. hospitals. These databases are created by AHRQ through a Federal-State-Industry partnership. These databases enable research on a broad range of health policy issues, including cost and quality of health services, medical practice patterns, access to health care programs, and outcomes of treatments at the national, State, and local market levels.
The Uniform Data System (UDS)
Contains data reported by grantees of HRSA primary care programs: Community Health Center, Migrant Health Center, Health Care for the Homeless, Public Housing Primary Care. It tracks patient demographics, services provided, staffing, clinical indicators, utilization rates, costs, and revenues. UDS data are reported at the grantee, state, and national levels.
The Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS)
Includes records for some 1.5 million substance abuse treatment admissions annually. Facilities reporting TEDS data are those that receive State alcohol and/or drug agency funds (including Federal Block Grant funds) for the provision of substance abuse treatment
Health Indicators Warehouse (HIW)
Serves as the data hub for the HHS Community Health Data Initiative, a flagship open government initiative to provide access to high quality data that improves the understanding of a community’s health status and determinants, and facilitates the prioritization of evidence-based interventions.
Health Data Interactive (HDI)
Presents tables with national health statistics that can be customized by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and geographic location to explore different trends and patterns.
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
A secure, internet-based surveillance system that enables healthcare facilities to collect and use data about healthcare-associated infections, adherence to clinical practices known to prevent healthcare-associated infections, the incidence or prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms within their organizations, and other adverse events. Some states utilize NHSN as a means for healthcare facilities to submit data on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) mandated through specific state legislation.
HealthGrades
HealthGrades is a healthcare ratings company that compiles outcomes data from dozens of independent public and private sources and translates it into report card ratings on providers, including physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, and home health agencies. Quality and cost information is available to consumers, hospitals, employers, health plans and others.
Leapfrog
The Leapfrog Hospital Survey is an annual, voluntary public reporting initiative launched in to2001 to assess hospital performance based on four quality and safety practices that are proven to reduce preventable medical mistakes and are endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF). Consumers, health plans, and hospitals can use data to identify areas of improvement and to compare hospital performance locally, regionally, and/or nationally.
