Choosing a Provider

For more information on a New York State provider including education, board certifications or disciplinary actions, go to the official Web site of the New York State Physician Profile: www.nydoctorprofile.com

The New York State Hospital Profiles Web site allows you to search for hospitals, view hospital details, including quality of care measurements and other information, compare hospitals' quality of care with each other and with the state average. To check a hospital's quality rating go to: http://hospitals.nyhealth.gov.

To obtain information on a hospital's quality indicators or for free information on a hospital's rating by procedure, go to the official Web site Center for Medical Consumers: www.medicalconsumers.org.

To obtain (for a small fee) a comprehensive report on any hospital nationwide or for information on a hospital's rating by procedure, go to www.healthgrades.com.

To learn about the performance of any New York hospital in the areas of heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical infection, go to the United States Department of Health and Human Services official Web site: www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov.

HIP supports patient safety and the goals of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). To see if a hospital has been accredited, or for a quality check on a hospital's performance results, go to the Joint Commission Web site: www.jointcommission.org.

For JCAHO's patient safety goals go to the Joint Commission Web site: www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/.