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American Hospital Directory
Search for hospitals nationwide

Facility Locator
Search for Florida health care facilities. Facility Locator allows you to find a facility on a map and get driving directions to the facility. To locate a facility, begin by selecting a facility type using the drop down menu. From Florida Healthstat

Florida Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers
From the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration. You can view performance and outcome data and information on selected medical conditions and procedures in these types of health care facilities

Palm Beach County Hospitals
From the Palm Beach County Medical Society


Hospital Quality and Rating

America's Best Hospitals 2009
From U.S. News and World Report. You can also search for hospitals nationwide by specialty and/or location using the advanced search

Consumer Complaint, Publication and Information Call Center
From Florida's Agency for Healthcare Administration

Florida Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers
From the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration. You can view performance and outcome data and information on selected medical conditions and procedures in these types of health care facilities

Florida Professional Liability Closed Claims
Click on search to find closed claims against doctors, dentists, hospitals, HMO's, abortion clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, crisis stabilization units. Provided by the Florida Department of Insurance

Hospital Compare
From the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This tool provides you with information on how well the hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions. This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide

Leapfrog Group Hospital Quality and Safety Survey Results
Information on health care quality so that you can compare hospitals and make an informed choice about where you receive care

Quality Check
Search By Type of Provider and Service. Information and performance reports on accredited health care organizations...includes hospitals, assisted living facilities, laboratories and more...From the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare

Report a Complaint About a Health Care Organization
Do you have a complaint about the quality of care at a health care organization? The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations wants to know about it


How to Select a Hospital

15 Steps You Can Take to Reduce Hospital Infection
Most of us will have to go into the hospital some day. Here are specific steps you can follow to protect yourself from deadly hospital infections. From The Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths
Hospital Hints
From the National Institute on Aging
Helping You Choose The Hospital For You
From the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare
America's Best Hospitals
From U.S. News and World Report.  See videos about the pediatric hospital experience and navigating a hospital for heart surgery

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