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Leapfrog Responses to Public Comments on the 2010 Leapfrog Hospital Survey Number Category Theme of Public Comment Leapfrog Response 1 General We appreciate that The Leapfrog Group has Leapfrog actively encourages hospitals to provide listened to recent hospital feedback and is not feedback on the survey at various points throughout the making substantial changes to the 2010 survey. survey cycle, including debriefing calls, the public comment period, and pilot testing the new survey. Through these opportunities to provide feedback, hospitals have indicated the importance of having a year to focus on existing survey standards; Leapfrog also recognizes that many hospitals participate in reward programs which also require at least two years of measures. . 2 CPOE Evaluation Tool Imposing a potential $5,000 fee for hospitals to For the initial 2010 survey reporting period, Leapfrog use the CPOE Evaluation Tool might be budget has decided to hold-off on implementing a fee for prohibitive to hospitals in 2010. 2010 budgets are hospital use of the CPOE Evaluation Tool. Leapfrog will already developed and approved. Leapfrog would continue to assess the need for a fee as the CPOE need to wait until the 2011 Survey cycle to move Evaluation Tool is further developed. forward with this initiative. 3 CPOE Evaluation Tool How would a $5,000 fee to use the CPOE Charging a fee for use of the CPOE Evaluation Tool Evaluation Tool be beneficial to hospitals? In ...