Supporting Information

Hospital Compare Navigation Help

There are several ways to move around this tool:

Grey buttons:  In general, to advance to the next step in the tool, you'll use the grey buttons. Depending on where you are in the tool, the buttons will say different things, like "Continue", "View Graphs", etc. Click on the button, and you will go to the next step.

Tabbed Menu Bar: In the upper portion of the pop-up windows you'll see different "tabs" with words on each tab, going horizontally across the page. If you see a tab, you can click on it to get more information on a particular topic. The tab that is white indicates the page you are on, while the other tabs are "faded" grey in the background. Links on the left side going vertically down the page will navigate you to the different sections on the page or to a new page within that tab. On the Hospital tool there are a total of 4 pop-up windows displaying tab sets.

An example of a tabbed menu bar appears below. This example tells you that you are at the "Quality Concerns" tab.

Back Links and Buttons:  To go back to the page you were on before you got to the current page, some (but not all) pages on this tool will have a link that you can use. Click on the link, and it will take you back a page. You can also use the back button on your browser to get back to the previous page.

Starting Over:  If you want to start over in the tool and return to the home page, you can use the "Hospital Home" link to get back to the Hospital Compare Home page. You can also use the "Medicare.gov" link to return to the Medicare.gov website.

Learning More:  At many points throughout the tool, you have the chance to learn more about a particular topic. You can get to this information by clicking on the link in the green "Learn More" box on the right side of the screen.