How does NHPGH determine which hospitals rank highest in quality?
NHPGH uses the following methodology to determine the order in which hospitals will display when the “Highest Rated” sort option is chosen: • First, the hospitals are arranged highest to lowest based on the number of Blue Ribbons they have earned. Hospitals with three Blue Ribbons will always rank higher than hospitals with two or one Blue Ribbon. • If more than one hospital has the same number of Blue Ribbons, the hospital’s Pie Score is used to determine its ranking. Each hospital’s Pie ratings are assigned a numeric value from 0 through 4; a full Pie equals 4, ¾ of a Pie equals 3, ½ of a Pie equals 2, ¼ of a Pie equals 1, and “did not report” or “too few cases” are equal to zero. The Pie rankings are added together to determine that hospital’s Pie Score. • After ordering the hospitals by the number of Blue Ribbons, the hospitals are then arranged highest to lowest by Pie Score. For example, a hospital with three Blue Ribbons and the highest Pie Score will be ranked first when using
