Illuminate The Path to Quality Healthcare in Your Community

With CareLuminate’s Revolutionary Hospital Quality Measurements

The Power of Safe Harbors

Hospital Care Can Be Affordable and High Quality

Despite growth in ambulatory and post-acute care, hospitals are still by far the largest and one of the fastest-growing expenses in healthcare (https://bit.ly/4bkkyfr).  

Many excellent hospitals across the country show it is possible to deliver excellent care at sustainable prices. Unfortunately, the quality of care delivered in these hospitals, as well as the value they provide, is too often unknown to patients and employers. 

For hospital markets to function correctly, employers and patients must be able to dynamically react to changes in hospital costs and quality. 

 

Storms on the Horizon

Some Hospitals are Expensive and Dysfunctional

'Go to the Wrong Hospital and You Are 3x More Likely to Die'

According to a comprehensive study quoted by the New York Times, hospital risk varies dramatically from hospital to hospital, with some hospitals tied to a 3x higher risk of death (https://bit.ly/4bBVL71). According to ongoing research by the National Institute of Health, medical errors are likely the third leading cause of death in the United States, possibly accounting for 251,000 deaths annually, much higher than other countries and largely centered in hospitals (https://bit.ly/3SoHku0).

Healthcare Takes Up 3X Larger Share of US Pay

Healthcare costs are squeezing US wages, taking up a 3X larger share than 40 years ago. Over half (54%) of the increase in US pay is going towards benefits increases, creating a perception of economic stagnation (http://bit.ly/3HMs0CC). Hospitals are by far the largest share of healthcare expenses (44%) and one of the fastest growing (https://bit.ly/4bkkyfr).

In Hospitals Quality and Cost Are Not Connected

In most local hospital markets, there is no correlation between hospital cost and quality (https://bit.ly/3vVDzog). Differences in hospital costs are 'mind boggling' (https://bit.ly/3UkQ4nE) and are largely explained by differences in hospitals' pricing power in negotiations with insurance companies (https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1144-1.html).

Lighting the Path to a Safe Harbor

Addressing Failures in Hospital Markets

New Measurement of Hospital Quality

CareLuminate’s measurement of hospital care comes directly from the voices of frontline nurses and their opinions of hospital safety and quality.

These inside-out perspectives are economical, impactful, timely, strongly correlated with other quality measurements, and independent of hospital manipulation.

 

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Direct Employer and Broker Engagement

Employers, through their brokers, are the gateway to patient choice engagement for better care.

Through passage of the 2021 CAA, employers are expected to act as fiduciaries in the purchase of healthcare for their employees.

CareLuminate is working with employers in local healthcare markets to help employers architect incentives for better healthcare value.

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Community for Nursing Transparency

CareLuminate is building a community that will grow to tens of thousands of nurses, reporting on their confidence in the quality of care in their hospitals and care locations.

This transparency is critical for helping keep nurses from leaving direct care, helping them find organizations that reflect their dedication to quality care.

 

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Mapping All Safe Fairways

Expanding Across the US

CareLuminate is working to expand its measurements across the US into every local healthcare market. Our vision includes yearly participation by over 100,000 nurses and caregivers across the US, giving insights into the quality of care delivered in every hospital, skilled nursing facility, and even nursing home across the US and then the world. 

While CareLuminate is working with employers and brokers to finance this important research, local governments or special interest groups can also commission a local healthcare quality study. 

 

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