New Hospital Inspection Report Database by AHJC

A few months ago, I blogged about ProPublica's new tool for searching nursing home inspection reports.  Now, the Association of Health Care Journalists has launched a new website that makes federal hospital inspection reports easier to access, search and analyze.  



The new site includes details about deficiencies cited during complaint inspections at acute-care and critical access hospitals throughout the United States since Jan. 1, 2011.  This effort follows years of advocacy by AHCJ to encourage federal officials to publish this information electronically. Until now, this information has only been available through Freedom of Information Act requests – and only in paper form.