Web site shows Minnesota is weak in home health care
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[March 18, 2006]

Web site shows Minnesota is weak in home health care

(Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Mar. 18--HOUSTON, Texas -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced a new Web site comparing health-care quality that shows Minnesota scores strongly but is weak in home health care.



"The state has a strong performance on hospital care, and on ambulatory care and nursing-home care," said Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which released the report at the 2006 Association of Health Care Journalists conference Friday night.

Fifteen measures were used to compare the quality of state health care, including colorectal cancer deaths, diabetes, flu shots, dialysis, good urea reduction for end-stage renal disease and improved mobility after home health care.



Minnesota scored top in the nation among states in the category of providing pneumonia vaccinations to elderly residents. The data used to produce the Web site's information is from 2003 and 2004, but Clancy said more up-to-date data will become available as the site continues to be used.

"I can envision a quality report a couple years down the road where we'll be getting the last quarter's data. But we're not quite there yet," she said.

Clancy said some states, like Minnesota, did very well in some measures, but also performed poorly in some areas. Other states that performed poorly in almost all areas still performed well on certain measures. The goal, she said, is to give states comparative information so they can all improve.

"Minnesota clearly indicates a state can have a strong performance on some measures and a weak performance on others," she said.

To view the site, go to www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov.

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