Informed Health Choices enables individuals to compare and select the best hospital for their individual needs. These unique, side-by-side comparisons are based on crucial evidence-based measures such as patient volume, mortality rates and unfavorable outcomes. In just 2-3 minutes, Informed Health Choices generates an individualized report that compares hospitals according to factors they select as important to them such as:

• Patient Volume compares how many patients that each hospital has treated for a particular illness or procedure
• Mortality Rate compares the percentage of patients who died while being treated
• Complications identifies specific problems that may be related to the quality of care at a specific hospital and compares the percentage of patients who experienced those problems
• Length of Stay compares the average number of days patients stayed in the hospital for that procedure or treatment
• Cost compares the average hospital charges for a procedure or illness

PMCS is pleased to offer this medical quality decision support tool to Administrators, Human Resources, Medical Management, Benefits, and other employer groups.