8 O.C. hospitals among 'top performers'

Are heart attack patients given aspirin at arrival and discharge? The Joint Commission is funded by hospitals, which pay annual fees. Aside from CHOC, the top performing hospitals in Orange County were recognized for heart attack care and were each recognized as a top performer in at least three other service areas. "There is a lot of noise out there in the hospital quality measurement field. We encourage hospitals to tune out the noise and focus on measures that are most important to their pati