A new tool allows patients to check out the quality of their surgeon before agreeing to any procedure, but some surgeons are crying foul.
The nonprofit journalism organization ProPublica unveiled a tool Tuesday called Surgeon Scorecards that let patients evaluate a surgeon’s performance. The scorecard takes into account deaths while in a hospital and readmissions to the hospital within 30 days.
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