Patient & Hospital Guides to Improve Quality and Save You $$

The following links will direct you to web sites containing information regarding the quality of various providers or services. This information is offered to assist you as you face decisions regarding where to spend your healthcare dollars.

  • Michigan Health and Safety Coalition - a collaborative quality improvement effort focused on improving patient safety in Michigan.
  • Hospital Safety Survey - click here to see how Michigan Hospital safety scores related to coalition safety guidelines.
  • Consumer Guides - click here for tips to receive safer health care and reduce medical errors, patient guides for improving quality, and more!
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - A public web site that compares hospitals against state and national averages and against their peers using 17 quality measures.

Prescription - reports and information to guide consumers and doctors in making more cost-effective prescription drug choices

  • Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs - contains information to identify the most effective, safe, and lowest cost drugs for many common health conditions ( click on Drug Reports at the top of the Best Buy web site)
  • 15 Ways to Cut Your Prescription Drug Costs
  • Michigan Drug Prices - An online tool developed and maintained by the Michigan Department of Community Health to help Michigan citizens compare prices for 30 of the most commonly used drugs.  The site provides drug prices as reported by various retail pharmacies in a particular Michigan zip code or city.

CMU does not endorse these organizations and the information is provided as a customer service.