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Contact: Mary Kay Grasmick
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PO Box 259038
Madison, WI 53725-9038
News Releases and Articles
June 13, 2007
Wisconsin Ranks in Top Ten on State Health System Scorecard
June 12, 2007
Federal Agency Ranks Wisconsin #1 in Health Care Quality
March 20, 2007 Wisconsin Ranks Among Top States in Hospital Quality, Safety
March 30, 2006
WHA Hospital Public Reporting Reaches Two Year Mark in Wisconsin -- New information added as consumer need for data increases
January 13, 2006
WHA Receives Planning Grant to Develop Health Care Consumer Education
January 4, 2006 News Release: National Quality Measures Show Decline in Mortality Rates in Wisconsin Hospitals
November, 2005
Hospitals and Health Networks: WISCONSIN Ahead of the Pack
October 28, 2005
New Employer Toolkit Added to CheckPoint Web Site to Guide Employees in Health Care Choices
September 9, 2005
IHI's 100K Lives Campaign Launches with Media Event
September 8, 2005
Wisconsin Hospitals Part of National Campaign to Save 100,000 Lives; 6,000 LIves in Wisconsin
August 5, 2005
Help Your Community Find Quality, Safety, Pricing Information
March 18, 2005
CheckPoint Program Celebrates One Year Anniversary -- "Wisconsin hospitals stepped up and assumed the lead in public reporting"
September 23, 2004
Information on Wisconsin Hospitals Continues to Grow: 85% Now Report Safety Data, 4 New Quality Measures Added to CheckPoint
2004 -- article from Wisconsin Medical Journal
CheckPoint: Wisconsin hospitals sign on and publish quality, safety data
June 22, 2004
Wisconsin Hospitals Promote Surgical Safety - CheckPoint Makes Information About Hospital Safety Easy to Find
March 30, 2004
121 Wisconsin Hospitals Report Quality, Safety Information -- CheckPoint Among Most Promising Hospital Reporting Programs in Nation
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Lauds Health Care Quality and Safety Reporting - Information Helps Consumers Make Good Choices
October 15, 2003
Wisconsin Hospitals to Share Quality, Safety Information
How to Report Quality in Health Care
AHA - A New Era of Care, Quality and Accountability (3/04)
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