Misconceptions Of The Center For Medicare And Medicaid Websites

Out of all the websites that I have reviewed, the most interesting one was the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Website to compare the hospitals in your home area. It shows how each hospital does on treating several different diseases and shows what the national average is in our country. I found this extremely helpful because it helped confirm some of my beliefs in the Oakwood system, but also showed the misconceptions of the Oakwood system. I had always known that they had an issue with giving patients infections, but I did not realize it was not as bad as I had originally thought. Once more, the website helped to inform me that my hospital does not do well with stroke victims, but Garden City is one of the best in the state. I was amazed at this information because everyone has nasty remarks about Garden City, but they seem unreasonable because they have glowing remarks on the website. My aunt suffered …show more content…
The facility could have all these special certifications, but if the people treating the patients are not caring, then the people will not be back. In addition, they will let their family know and so on. The word of mouth is still an effective tool in this country. I do not care about what the website says about the facility, it helps do not get me wrong, but if people are talking badly about the facility that compels me more not to go to the facility. One must take the information gleaned off the websites and question the results. I ask myself the following questions: Who conducted this study? Would this study benefit the group that conducted the study? How was the information calculated? Were there any variables that could affect the study to lean a particular way? These are just some of the questions that I ask myself when reviewing statistics from the