Research methods of health DB 3

Check out Hospital Compare ... https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/about/what-is-HOS.html

Be sure to read ABOUT THE DATA sections.

Professionals who work in hospitals: health information management + clinical professionals + administration all collect data (primary) and report that data to CMS.

Then, other professionals can use these results, shown on this website, for benchmarking, while patients can use it to determine which provider to use.

In your own words, explain how you might perform Primary Research to collect data...in your future job position.

In your own words, explain how you might use Secondary Research in your future job position to benchmark some of these outcomes.