Consumer Rankings and Health Care: Toward Validation and Transparency

The USNWR data set produced inaccurate PSI rates for RUMC, and false-positive event rates were more common among high-transfer and high-volume hospitals. More transparency and validation is needed for consumer-based benchmarking methods. In response to these findings and concerns raised by others, in 2016 USNWR made changes to its methodology and data sources and ­reported them in announcing its 2016-17 Best Hospitals.