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I am happy to participate within Manchester Analytics Team in SRII Hackathon. at SRII 2014 Health Care Analytics + Hackathon Day - http://www.sriihackathon.com .

From April 23-25 the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California will be the site of the SRII 2014 Global Conference, which will host a special Health Care Analytics + Hackathon Day on April 24 to explore different approaches to health care analytics, as we attempt to answer the question:

What factors are associated with high or low patient satisfaction?

Here are some resources used to collect data and understand the situation.

MEDICARE

People with Medicare, family members, and caregivers should visit Medicare.gov, the Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare, for the latest information on Medicare enrollment, benefits, and other helpful tools.

http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare.html

HOSPITAL COMPARE

Hospital Compare- Opens in a new window has information about the quality of care at over 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals- Opens in a new window across the country. You can use Hospital Compare to find hospitals and compare the quality of their care.

The information on Hospital Compare:

-> Can help you make decisions about where you get your health care.

-> Encourages hospitals to improve the quality of care they provide

http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/Resources/Glossary.html

HCAHPS - SURVEY FROM PATIENTS

The HCAHPS survey contains 21 patient perspectives on care and patient rating items that encompass nine key topics: communication with doctors, communication with nurses, responsiveness of hospital staff, pain management, communication about medicines, discharge information, cleanliness of the hospital environment, quietness of the hospital environment, and transition of care. The survey also includes four screener questions and seven demographic items, which are used for adjusting the mix of patients across hospitals and for analytical purposes. The survey is 32 questions in length.

http://www.hcahpsonline.org/SummaryAnalyses.aspx

Composite topics

   Nurse communication (questions 1, 2, 3)
   Doctor communication (questions 5, 6, 7)
   Responsiveness of hospital staff (questions 4, 11)
   Pain management (questions 13, 14)
   Communication about medicines (questions 16, 17)
   Discharge information (questions 19, 20)

Individual topics

   Cleanliness of hospital environment (question 8)
   Quietness of hospital environment (question 9)

Global topics

   Overall rating of hospital (question 21)
   Willingness to recommend hospital (question 22)