About IPI
- The Informed Patient Institute (IPI) is an independent nonprofit organization that provides credible online information about health care quality and patient safety for consumers.
- IPI rates the usefulness of online doctor, hospital, and nursing home report cards. We don't rate individual health facilities or practitioners — but we'll tell you who does.
- We also provide Tip Sheets about what to do if you have a concern about quality in a hospital, nursing home or physician's office — starting in California, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
- IPI also advocates for making more–and more useful–health care quality information available to consumers.
How We Rate Sites
- IPI staff rates websites that provide performance information about health care providers and professionals.
- Sites are assigned a grade of "A" (outstanding) to "F" (not worth your time).
- Sites that have unique content are given a "U" for Unique.
