Resources for You
Healthcare for All
Healthcare for All is a consumer advocacy group dedicated to increasing transparency in healthcare, particularly as it related to costs and quality.
On the website, you will find a Report Card on consumer costs for health care that provides transparency and comparison of the top three health insurers in Massachusetts
This report card was developed by Health Care For All (HCFA) to assess the effectiveness of the online cost estimation tools of the three largest health insurers in Massachusetts.
Learn more at its website: https://www.hcfama.org.
PatientCareLink
PatientCareLink is a resource that provides data about the quality and safety of hospital care. UMass Memorial Medical Center and other hospitals use the data measured by PatientCareLink to improve care and to demonstrate to the communities that they stand accountable for their performance and how they care for their patients.
Under the Healthcare Data tab, you will information on nursing staff ratios unit by unit for each hospital across the state. You can also track our hospital’s efforts to meet the measure standards and you can see how well our hospital compares to “peer” hospitals of the same size.