The Communications and Engineering Branch of the National Library of Medicine is developing a "Web 2.0" interface to information about American nursing homes. The goal is to offer the public a timely and easy to use site for the rapid location and comparison of nursing homes, thus identifying those most worth further review or a personal visit. Use by healthcare professionals involved in nursing home placement is also envisioned.
Currently in prototype form, our "Nursing Home Screener" locates homes on a Google Map (see figure). It allows nursing home quality, indicated by map icons, to be surveyed in any of four major categories, based on information provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS):
http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/screener.php
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