Government measurements of health-care providers
If you want to check up on your hospital, nursing home or doctor, there are government Web sites that can help.

Hospitals

Compare hospitals - Quality ratings, using Medicare criteria.

Nursing homes

Nursing homes without violations - Annual survey of nursing homes without violations.

Nursing home violations - Quarterly reports on violations.

Nursing homes in Illinois - State statistics.

Doctors

Physician profile search - Illinois database offering license, education and discipline information.