After you watch the video, follow these steps: Access the Care Compare tool on the Medicare.gov website. Select the hospital provider feature and choose 3 hospitals you are interested in comparing. For example, you might choose to compare your local hospitals or an academic medical center, a rural hospital, and sole community provider to see how they compare. Or you could choose hospitals in different parts of the country for a regional comparison. Follow the website’s instructions to compare your 3 chosen hospitals and review the results. Expand the results categories, such as patient survey rating, timely and effective care, and complications and deaths, and to review the data for each hospital.

After you watch the video, follow these steps: Access the Care Compare tool on the Medicare.gov website. Select the hospital provider feature and choose 3 hospitals you are interested in comparing. For example, you might choose to compare your local hospitals or an academic medical center, a rural hospital, and sole community provider to see how they compare. Or you could choose hospitals in different parts of the country for a regional comparison. Follow the website’s instructions to compare your 3 chosen hospitals and review the results. Expand the results categories, such as patient survey rating, timely and effective care, and complications and deaths, and to review the data for each hospital.