December, 2011

• Added new health care-associated infection data on surgical site infections associated with coronary artery bypass and total knee replacement surgeries, based on data from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. Included data in a statewide aggregate report.
• Added information on the percentage of hospital visits by major categories of insurance provider, with private pay and charity included where no insurance coverage exists.
• Added new information on the Services page to include conditions and procedures for specific pediatric services for number of patients, median length of stay and median charge for each, based on data from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. Updated the adult conditions and procedures for hospitals to include data from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. 
• Updated the Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) "Inpatient Quality", "Patient Safety", and Pediatric Quality” measures to report data from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. Performed risk adjustment procedures on AHRQ Mortality, Patient Safety and Pediatric Quality measures.
• Updated composite "Process of Care Measures" from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare performance measure data from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010. Updated all Process of Care measures that are used to calculate the composite data and provided state/national average.
• Updated "Thirty Day Mortality Rates" and Readmission Rates" from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare data from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.
• Updated "Satisfaction Survey Responses" data to report the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare satisfaction measure data from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010. 
• Updated Surgical Care Improvement measure data from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
• Updated nurse staffing data for the intensive care units, medical -surgical units, and maternal - child care units for hospitals to report data January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. Also updated data on hospital employed and contract nurse staffing for each of the three unit types.
• Updated data on the total volume of hospital emergency department visits, including the volume of patient visits admitted to hospital as well as those treated as outpatients only from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. Updated the percentage of emergency department visits where patients left before being seen or against medical advice as well for January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.
• Updated ambulatory surgical treatment centers outpatient conditions and charges on the Services page from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010.
• Updated breast feeding measures data reporting February 1, 2011 through July 31, 2011.
• Updated the Illinois annual Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection report in Illinois hospitals for year 2010.
• Updated the Illinois annual C-difficile infection report in Illinois hospitals for year 2010.

July, 2011

• Updated the Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) "Inpatient Quality", "Patient Safety", and Pediatric Quality” measures to report data from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010. Performed risk adjustment procedures on AHRQ Mortality, Patient Safety and Pediatric Quality measures.
• Updated composite "Process of Care Measures" from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare performance measure data from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. Updated all Process of Care measures that are used to calculate the composite data and provided state/ national average.
• Included "Thirty Day Mortality Rates" and Readmission Rates" from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare data from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2009.
• Updated "Satisfaction Survey Responses" data to report the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare satisfaction measure data from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.
• Updated Surgical Care Improvement measure data from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.
• Updated nurse staffing data for the intensive care units, medical -surgical units, and maternal-child care units for hospitals to report data from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010. Added data on hospital employed and contract nurse staffing for each of the three unit types.
• Updated data on the total volume of hospital emergency department visits, including the volume of patient visits admitted to hospital as well as those treated as outpatients only from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010. Updated the percentage of emergency department visits where patients left before being seen or against medical advice as well for October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.
• Updated the conditions and procedures for hospitals on the Services page to include data from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010, for number of patients, median length of stay and median charge for each.
• Updated ambulatory surgical treatment centers outpatient conditions and charges on the Services page from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010.
• Updated health care-associated infection data on central-line associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) to include data from January 1, 2010 through December 30, 2010 for adult, neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. Included data in a statewide aggregate report, which includes information about involved organisms.
• Updated breast feeding measures data reporting January 1, 2010 through January 31, 2011.

February, 2011

• Updated composite "Process of Care Measures" from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare performance measure data from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010. Updated all Process of Care measures that are used to calculate the composite data and provided state/national average.
• Updated "Satisfaction Survey Responses" data to report the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare satisfaction measure data from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.
• Included breast feeding measures data reporting January 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010. 
• Included infection prevention nurse staffing data, reporting data from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.

October, 2010

• Updated "Inpatient Quality" and "Patient Safety" measures (AHRQ Inpatient Quality and Patient Safety Indicators) data to report data from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. Added "Pediatric Quality" measures (AHRQ Pediatric Quality Indicators) data to report data from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. Performed risk-adjustment procedures on AHRQ Mortality, Patient Safety and Pediatric Quality measures
• Updated composite "Process of Care Measures" from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare performance measure data from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. Updated all Process of Care measures that are used to calculate the composite data and provided state/national average.
• Included "Thirty Day Mortality Rates" and Readmission Rates" from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare data from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 30 2009.
• Updated "Satisfaction Survey Responses" data to report the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare satisfaction measure data from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009.
• Updated Surgical Care Improvement measure data from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009.
• Updated nurse staffing data for the intensive care units, medical -surgical units, and maternal-child care units for hospitals to report data from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. Pie charts displaying nurse staffing ratios have been added
• Updated nurse staffing turnover rates, reporting data from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009.
• Updated data on the volume of hospital emergency department visits and emergency department bypass hours. Included data on volume of emergency department visits admitted to hospital as well as those treated as outpatients only.  Added percentage  of visits where patients left before being seen or against medical advice.
• Updated the conditions and procedures on the Services page to include data from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009, for number of patients, median length of stay and median charge for each
• Updated ambulatory surgical treatment centers and outpatient conditions and charges for hospitals on the Services page.
• Updated state hospital designations.
• Updated Health Care-associated Infection data on central-line associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) to include more complete data from adult intensive care units for 2009.  Added central line associated blood stream infections occurring in the neonatal intensive care and pediatric intensive care units for January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010, together with a statewide aggregate report.
• Updated the Illinois annual Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection report in Illinois hospitals for year 2009.
• Updated the Illinois annual C-difficile infection report in Illinois hospitals for year 2009.

April 5, 2010

• Added a User Survey to get feedback from the public for improving the relevance and usefulness of the web site.
• Updated “Inpatient Quality” and “Patient Safety” measures (AHRQ Inpatient Quality and Patient Safety Indicators) data to report data from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.  Performed risk-adjustment procedures on the AHRQ Mortality and Patient Safety measures.
• Updated composite “Process of Care Measures” from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare performance measure data from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.  Added all Process of Care measures that are used to calculate the composite data and provided state/national average.
• Updated Health Care-associated Infection data on central-line associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) to include data from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009.  Included a state-wide report on CLABSI.
• Included nurse staffing data for the intensive care units, medical -surgical units, and maternal-child care units for hospitals.  Updated existing nurse staffing data to report data from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.
• Included nurse staffing turnover rates, reporting data from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008.
• Included nurse staffing vacancies, reporting a snapshot of vacancies on January 1, 2009.
• Updated “Satisfaction Survey Responses” data to report the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare satisfaction measure data from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.  Added state and national averages for the Satisfaction Survey measures.
• Included data on the volume of hospital emergency department visits and emergency department bypass hours.
• Updated the conditions and procedures on the Services page to include data from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, for number of patients, median length of stay and median charge for each.
• Added outpatient conditions and charges for hospitals on the Services page.
• Added additional procedures and charges for ambulatory surgical treatment centers on the Services page.
• Updated state hospital designations.  Included the Emergency Medical System for Children designation.