Health care reform bill includes requirement for more disclosure

Democratic plans for health care reform include new requirements for hospitals to report on health care-associated infections that develop in hospitals and demographic information associated with such infections.

The secretary of Health and Human Services is also authorized to make the information publicly available over the Internet. The secretary should also make an annual report to Congress with recommendations for reducing such infections.

This proposed new authority is a concrete step toward fulfilling this promise. So we rate it In the Works.