The Dallas Morning News reports a growing number of hospitals in the US that reports care quality measures online open for the care consumer.

One of the most popular websites is Medicares (health insurance program for the elderly and disabled in the USA) that show how well 4 200 hospitals are doing in different treatments such as treating heart attacks, pneumonia or preventing surgical infections.

"indiviual consumers will be deciding where to go for surgery, and they´ll be looking at hospital infection rates" sais Adonica Benesh, director of hospital quality improvement at the TMF Healh Quality Insitute in Austin.

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