title: Mortality, costs still declining in HQID demo.
abstract: Average improvement of 17.3% seen across all areas since beginning of initiative. All areas of a hospital must make quality a high priority. Reliability is a critical factor in measuring quality performance.
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States