AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A new website has launched that aims to help consumers get a better sense of how good their doctor or hospital is.
The Maine Health Management Coalition, a group made up of major Maine employers, hospitals, health insurance companies, and physicians groups, has ranked health care providers on certain areas of care.
The website, www.getbettermaine.org, allows you to search for doctors close to your home and compare how often they give patients the care that experts recommend.
All Maine hospitals have given their data voluntarily, and about 60 percent of private practices are participating. The website only lists conditions for which there is a national consensus on how care should be delivered.
It doesn't yet have a comparison on cost of care, but plans to add it.
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