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In this series, we are exploring 5 key metrics that both drive a hospital towards high reliability but will also give an ROI on performance improvement initiatives beyond the initial financial investments.

Today, we are talking about HCAHPS star ratings, read the first installment of the series on readmission rates here, the second on HACs here and keep an eye out for these future topics: Value Based Purchasing scores, and CMS star ratings.