When you select "compare these" from the "My Providers" box, the first page shown includes the results for the first measure listed for all bookmarked providers. If you clear all bookmarked providers from "My Providers" box while viewing results for a particular measure, all results for all New York State are displayed.

For any given measure, the providers are ordered according to their score. If available, the national and statewide averages are highlighted in pink.

The figure below shows a 30-day readmission measure that includes the state and national averages for a selection of hospitals.

1. The highlighted areas represent the national average and the state average for the measure currently displayed.
2. Hospitals scoring at or above the state average for the measure.
3. Hospitals scoring below the state average for the measure.

For all measures, a performance symbol (green triange, yellow circle, or red triangle) is displayed alongside a provider's name to indicate if the provider is a high (green triangle), average (yellow circle), or poor (red triangle) performer for this particular measure. The actual measure result is also displayed.

The image below shows the Performance Measure Legend including green, yellow and red symbols in the legend.

A high-performing provider performs significantly better than the statewide average. For an average-performing provider, there is no significant difference between their performance and the average score for the state as a whole. A poor-performing provider performs significantly worse than the average score for the state as a whole for that measure. 

The measures result for a hospital is displayed as

Results for providers without available data for a particular measure are displayed as a grey circle indicating no comparison is available.

Below the measure results table, a line chart is displayed that plots each provider's performance for a measure (numeric value) using lines. To see the exact value, move your mouse over a colored dot representing a provider. The provider name and performance (value) are displayed in the hover box. The image below shows the measure results for three hospitals plotted on the line chart.

Top Performers

Hospitals: For each measure in the following hospital measure sets (30-day Readmission Rates, Appropriate Care, Deaths - 30 Days After, Emergency Department and Patient Safety), the best 10 hospitals in New York are displayed.

Nursing Homes: For each nursing home quality measure, the best 10 nursing homes in New York are displayed.

Home Care: For each home health quality measure, the best 10 home health agencies in New York are displayed.