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CMS Compare Data  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a federal government organization, publicly reports information on hospitals and nursing homes. Locate the Hospital Compare and the Nursing Home Compare sections of the CMS Web site.  Select one hospital and one nursing home, preferably ones you are familiar with or have worked at. Review the information posted for each facility at the Compare Web sites.  • Compare the information available for the hospital versus the nursing home. Do you consider the information to be about structure, process, and outcome? Or would you describe it as inputs, conversion process, and output?  • Summarize the results for each facility. What have they done well? In what areas could they improve? Would you recommend this facility to a family member?  • Assess the usefulness of each Compare Web site.  o Did you find the information helpful in forming an opinion about the quality of the facility?  o Is this information likely to help the general public (i.e. someone without a healthcare background)?  o What suggestions would you make for improving the Web site?  Write a 3-page report in a Word document formatted in APA style.  Assignment Criteria  Determined whether the information is about structure, process, and outcome, or about inputs, conversion process, and output.  Summarized results for each facility, identifying strengths and areas for improvement.  Evaluated the usefulness of the sites for healthcare professionals and for the general public.  Recommended improvements to the sites XXXXXXXXXXHospital Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Albany, GA  Palmyra Nursing Home Albany, GA  The link to access the information is below:    Website for the hospital Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Albany, GA  http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/hospital-profile.aspx?pid=110007&lat= XXXXXXXXXX&lng= XXXXXXXXXX&    Palmyra Nursing Home Albany, GA  http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/include/datasection/resultssummary/onehome_allresults.asp?dest=NAV|Home|Search|OneHomeAllResults|Home+Page~ProximitySearch~HomeSelect&OneHomeNHC=115628%7CPALMYRA+NURSING+HOME&SortField=#TabTop

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The information provided about the Putney Memorial Hospital and Palmyra Nursing Home is about structure, process and outcome. This is because it is on customer feedback on how the service providers can rate the quality of services received. The information is about how the service providers serve their customers and the feedback from their clients.
Strengths and areas of improvement.
The Phoebe Putney memorial Hospital has considerably recommendable staff. The feedback rating as per the patient response is positive. A large percentage of the patients responded that both the nurses and doctors communicated well. The patients confirm that they received help from the staff as soon as they wanted. In areas of concern such as patient safety, the hospital ranks average with the national rankings. However, the average process of care measures rank relatively below the national rankings as the hospital scores below both regional and national average. The hospital should improve in areas such as pre and post surgery services such as, giving patients antibiotics to prevent infections after surgery, and preventing blood clots after surgery (US Department of Health and human Services, 2012)
The Palmyra Nursing Home also has dedicated staff. This is because few patients had any complains about assistance in their personal hygiene as well as being provided with care which respected their dignity and individuality.

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