Experts Weigh CHA’s Exit From Quality Rating Program

On Tuesday, KQED's "Forum" examined the decision by the California Hospital Association to withdraw its support from a program that provides consumers with data on hospitals' quality of care. The segment includes comments from Adams Dudley, professor of medicine and health policy at UC-San Francisco; Betsy Imholz, special projects director for Consumers Union; and David Perrott, chair of CHA's Quality Committee, and senior vice president and chief medical officer for Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System.

• "Rating Hospitals" (Krasny, "Forum," KQED, 12/6).