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American Hospital Directory
Search for hospitals nationwide

Facility Locator
Search for Florida health care facilities. Facility Locator allows you to find a facility on a map and get driving directions to the facility. To locate a facility, begin by selecting a facility type using the drop down menu. From Florida Healthstat

Florida Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers
From the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration. You can view performance and outcome data and information on selected medical conditions and procedures in these types of health care facilities

Palm Beach County Hospitals
From the Palm Beach County Medical Society


Hospital Quality and Rating

America's Best Hospitals 2011-2012
From U.S. News and World Report. You can also search for hospitals nationwide by specialty and/or location using the advanced search

Consumer Complaint, Publication and Information Call Center
From Florida's Agency for Healthcare Administration

Florida Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers
From the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration. You can view performance and outcome data and information on selected medical conditions and procedures in these types of health care facilities

Florida Professional Liability Closed Claims
Click on search to find closed claims against doctors, dentists, hospitals, HMO's, abortion clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, crisis stabilization units. Provided by the Florida Department of Insurance

Hospital Compare
From the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This tool provides you with information on how well the hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions. This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide

Leapfrog Group Hospital Quality and Safety Survey Results
Information on health care quality so that you can compare hospitals and make an informed choice about where you receive care

Public Record Search
From the Florida
Agency for Health Care Administration. This site provides inspection results of Florida health care providers and organizations. Information available on this site should be interpreted carefully and used in conjunction with other sources of information. When considering a facility or health care service provider please also view consumer brochures and guides available from the Agency. The Final Orders made available through this web page may not always reflect the final disposition of a matter since they may have been appealed and the appeal may not yet be finalized. If you need more information on the status of a particular matter, please contact the Agency Clerk’s Office at (850) 412-3630.

Quality Check
Search By Type of Provider and Service. Information and performance reports on accredited health care organizations...includes hospitals, assisted living facilities, laboratories and more...From the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare

Report a Complaint About a Health Care Organization
Do you have a complaint about the quality of care at a health care organization? The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations wants to know about it


How to Select a Hospital

15 Steps You Can Take to Reduce Hospital Infection
Most of us will have to go into the hospital some day. Here are specific steps you can follow to protect yourself from deadly hospital infections. From The Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths
Hospital Hints
From the National Institute on Aging

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