title: Two states, two stories.
abstract: Pennsylvania and Tennessee took different paths to publicly reporting hospital quality data. Hospitals elsewhere can learn how such policies should and shouldn't be set up.
authors.forename: Dagmara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scalise
mesh_terms: D054598:Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D030881:Disclosure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D011643:Publishing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012954:Societies, Hospital; D013714:Tennessee