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April 24, 2008

Updated hospital surveillance and complaints data to report citations and complaints from January 1, 2005 through June 30, 2007.
Updated "Quality Measures" data to report CMS Hospital Compare performance measure data from July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007
Updated "Procedures" data to report NYS DOH SPARCS data on procedures performed from October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007.
Updated hospital and extension clinic data on names, addresses, available services, and certified beds from latest HFMF data.
Updated maternity information to calendar year 2006 for New York City area hospitals.
Updated adult heart surgery and angioplasty mortality rates to reflect the period 2003 to 2005.

Updated hospital surveillance data to report citations and complaints from January 1, 2005 through March 31, 2007, and enforcement actions from January 2002 through November 2007.
Updated "Quality Measures" data to report CMS Hospital Compare performance measure data from April 1, 2006, to March 31, 2007; two new measures added under Surgical Infection Prevention: blood clot prevention treatment ordered and blood clot prevention treatment received.
Updated "Procedures" data to report NYS DOH SPARCS data on procedures performed from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007.
Updated hospital and extension clinic data on names, addresses, available services, and certified beds from latest HFMF data.
Updated hospital phone numbers, Web addresses, medical school affiliations and system affiliations from DOH survey data.
Updated maternity information to calendar year 2006 for upstate hospitals.

Updated hospital surveillance data to report citations and complaints from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2006, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2002 through August 1, 2007.
Updated "Quality Measures" data to report CMS Hospital Compare performance measure data from January 1 to December 31, 2006
Updated "Procedures" data to report NYS DOH SPARCS data on procedures performed from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007.
Updated hospital and extension clinic data on names, addresses, available services, and certified beds from latest HFMF data.

Added hospital surveillance data (citations, complaints, enforcement)
Updated "Quality Measures" data to report CMS Hospital Compare performance measure data from October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006, incorporating the new Surgical Infection Prevention measure (appropriate preventative antibiotic selected)
Updated "Procedures" data to report NYS DOH SPARCS data on procedures performed from January 1 to December 31, 2006.

Maternity information updated to calendar year 2005.
Financial aid information published and search functionality by primary service area added.

Added maternity information for each hospital with data from calendar year 2004, as well as a maternity information brochure.
Updated "Quality Measures" data to report CMS Hospital Compare performance measure data from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006.
Updated "Procedures" data to report NYS DOH SPARCS data on procedures performed from October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006.
Updated hospital telephone numbers and Web site addresses from NYS DOH survey data.
Updated hospital and extension clinic data on names, addresses, available services, and certified beds from latest HFMF data.

Updated "Quality Measures" data to report CMS Hospital Compare performance measure data from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006.
Updated cardiac mortality data collected by NYS DOH, reflecting up to the end of calendar year 2004.
Updated "Procedures" data to report NYS DOH SPARCS data on procedures performed from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006.
Updated hospital and extension clinic data on names, addresses, available services, and certified beds from latest HFMF data.

Updated "Quality Measures" data to report CMS Hospital Compare performance measure data from January 1 to December 31, 2005.
Updated "Procedures" data to report NYS DOH SPARCS data on procedures performed from January 1 to December 31, 2005.
Updated hospital telephone numbers and Web site addresses from NYS DOH survey data.
Updated hospital and extension clinic data on names, addresses, available services, and certified beds from latest HFMF data.

Added pediatric breakout of procedure volume data, including five age groups (0-27 days, 28 days to less than 1 year, 1-5 years, 6-10 years, and 11-14 years of age, each with its own "short list" of selected procedures.
Updated "Quality Measures" data to report CMS Hospital Compare performance measure data from October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005.
Updated "Procedures" data to report NYS DOH SPARCS data on procedures performed from October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005.
Updated hospital telephone numbers and Web site addresses from NYS DOH survey data.
Updated hospital and extension clinic data on names, addresses, available services, and certified beds from latest HFMF data.

Updated "Quality Measures" data to report CMS Hospital Compare performance measure data from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005.
Updated "Procedures" to report NYS DOH SPARCS data on procedures performed from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005.
Added ambulatory surgery data to "Procedures", so it now reports both inpatient and outpatient procedure volume from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005.
Added Operating Certificate number to all hospitals.
Added new filtering mechanism to "Procedures", default view now shows a "short list" of selected procedures, users can expand to view all procedures.
Updated home page to reflect new procedure search list.
Added 1,096 extension clinics to database.
Updated "Service" search to return extension clinics where applicable.
Updated "Available Care" to show main facility and extension facility available care.