At the websites below, you can get information from independent sources that may be helpful in comparing our hospital with other hospitals.
Hospital Compare
This site allows you to access data on the quality of care at our hospital and other hospitals.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
This national organization sets quality-of-care standards for hospitals and regularly evaluates compliance with on-site visits.
Health Care Consumer Initiative
This site allows you to see local and national data about hospital costs for common elective procedures and other hospital admissions.
Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration
WVUH is one of 260 hospitals in the U.S. participating in the first national pay-for-performance demonstration of its kind, designed to determine if economic incentives are effective at improving the quality of inpatient care. This site allows you to see data gathered from hundreds of hospital visits.
Regulatory Information
West Virginia Health Care Authority - This state agency regulates hospital rates, new services, etc.
