by Clive Riddle, MCOL President
 
What are Featured Lists? They are lists provided by a sponsoring organization. The organization logo, name and link are clearly indicated below the title of the list.
 
For example, a Featured List just posted is C-Section Rates For Eight Selected California Hospitals which is sponsored by the Payers & Providers California Edition. The list is part of a story from the California Edition's April 21st 2011 issue, which discusses new data from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development that indicates that the rate of C-Sections continues to climb at California’s hospitals, while angioplasties and cardiac bypass surgeries continue their years-long decline.