Updated Outcomes Books Available

Quality counts when referring patients to hospitals and physicians, so Cleveland Clinic has created a series of Outcomes Books for many of its institutes. Designed for a healthcare provider audience, the Outcomes books contain a summary of our surgical and medical trends and approaches, data on patient volume and outcomes, and a review of new technologies and innovations.

Outcomes books – Data Sources:

Cleveland Clinic supports transparent public reporting of healthcare quality data and participates in the following public reporting initiatives. Each is a source for certain indicators (and benchmarks) that are included in Cleveland Clinic outcomes books:

• Joint Commission Performance Measurement Initiative
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Hospital Compare
• Ohio Department of Health Service Reporting
• National specialty society databases
• Internal clinical databases