California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Taskforce (CHART)

Description/Mission:

The California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Taskforce (CHART) was created to address consumer concerns during healthcare decisions by investigating the feasibility of producing a statewide hospital report card through a collaborative process. The investigative phase of the CHART project, led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco's Institute for Health Policy Studies and supported by the California HealthCare Foundation, ran from May 2004 to July 2005. A broad group of stakeholders, working collaboratively, served as a steering committee and participated in advisory groups. Participants included representatives from hospitals, health plans, health care purchasers and the business community, consumers, the research community, and government. To support their work, especially the selection of complex quality measures, a number of smaller workgroups were also formed.

Website: http://www.chcf.org/topics/hospitals/index.cfm?itemID=111065

Category: QI (General)