Not every hospital is made the same. Every decent-sized town is seeing the emergence of specialty and "boutique-type" hospitals, and those that used to be of the "general" variety have also undergone organizational changes, added or removed services, and found their place in the evolving landscape of hospital services. The proliferation of numerous free-standing surgery centers, 24-hour emergency facilities, and other ancillary service facilities only adds to the confusion. I can only imagine how hospital systems are battling to keep up and position themselves as the leaders with the most cutting-edge technology and services as a retired health care business development specialist. But how can a consumer be sure that the hospital they select is the best one for them? Any hospital that has a license to operate in India is covered by a huge amount of very clinical (and occasionally perplexing) information. Information such as mortality and morbidity statistics (che...
