Impact of 'wide differences in hospitals' performance'

This project changed the storyline about how consumers should read state data on hospital infections.  The Department of Public Health had warned consumers away from reading much of anything into the infections report.  In fact, as Deborah Schoch's reporting showed, strong findings could be drawn about hospitals' performance, in ways that could benefit consumers' understanding of which hospitals are doing a good job in warding off infections, and which aren't.

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