Purpose
•  Provide purchasers with information on the quality of care provided by hospitals
•  Provide consumers with information to facilitate their choice of provider
•  Provide hospitals with information for quality improvement

Guiding Principles of the Reporting System

The information should be:
•  Compliant with federal and state privacy and disclosure regulations and statutes
•  Composed of available, evidence-based measures
•  Capable of benchmarking
•  Provide national comparisons on quality indicators
•  Available in a timely manner
•  Capable of instilling confidence in consumers through the ethical distribution of reliable and valid data
•  Readily accessible to consumers on the Utah Hospitals & Health Systems Association's website
•  Available on a website that is interactive, providing consumers with flexibility in obtaining information
•  Used to advance the hospital field and not an organization

The system should be:
•  Cost effective
•  Voluntary and non-punitive