Here is a list of 50 hospitals with the highest percentage of patients who reported in the HCAHPS survey that their nurses "always" communicated well.
Note: The list is based on HCAHPS survey results reported in CMS' Hospital Compare database and covers the period of October 2011 through September 2012. Some hospitals were excluded from this list due to insufficient data, such as having fewer than 100 patients complete the HCAHPS survey.
Westlake Regional Hospital (Columbia, Ky.) — 99 percent
Surgical Hospital at Southwoods (Youngstown, Ohio) — 97 percent
Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital (Alexandria) — 94 percent
Advanced Surgical Hospital (Washington, Pa.) — 94 percent
Patients' Hospital of Redding (Calif.) — 93 percent
Physicians Medical Center (Houma, La.) — 93 percent
Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery (Lima, Ohio) — 93 percent
The Physicians Centre (Bryan, Texas) — 93 percent
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin (Glendale) — 93 percent
Oak Leaf Surgical Hospital (Eau Claire, Wis.) — 93 percent
Flambeau Hospital (Park Falls, Wis.) — 93 percent
Fayette (Ala.) Medical Center — 92 percent
Green Clinic Surgical Hospital (Ruston, La.) — 92 percent
Heart Hospital of Lafayette (La.) — 92 percent
Lady of the Sea General Hospital (Cut Off, La.) — 92 percent
Bigfork (Minn.) Valley Hospital — 92 percent
Hardin Memorial Hospital (Kenton, Ohio) — 92 percent
Surgical Institute of Reading (Wyomissing, Pa.) — 92 percent
Bucks County Specialty Hospital (Bensalem, Pa.) — 92 percent
Quail Creek Surgical Hospital (Amarillo, Texas) — 92 percent
USMD Hospital at Fort Worth (Texas) — 92 percent
St. Joseph's Hospital (Breese, Ill.) — 91 percent
Rochelle (Ill.) Community Hospital — 91 percent
Manhattan (Kan.) Surgical Hospital — 91 percent
P & S Surgical Hospital (Monroe, La.) — 91 percent
Fairway Medical Center (Covington, La.) — 91 percent
Fairview Hospital (Great Barrington, Mass.) — 91 percent
Oklahoma Heart Hospital (Oklahoma City) — 91 percent
Integris Seminole (Okla.) Medical Center — 91 percent
Dakota Plains Surgical Center (Aberdeen, S.D.) — 91 percent
The Center for Spinal Surgery (Nashville, Tenn.) — 91 percent
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (Franklin, Wis.) — 91 percent
Houston Physicians' Hospital (Webster, Texas) — 91 percent
Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf (Port Saint Joe, Fla.) — 90 percent
Illini Community Hospital (Pittsfield, Ill.) — 90 percent
Monroe (La.) Surgical Hospital — 90 percent
Ouachita Community Hospital (West Monroe, La.) — 90 percent
Doctors Hospital at Deer Creek (Leesville, La.) — 90 percent
Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital (Hammond, La.) — 90 percent
Clinton (Mass.) Hospital — 90 percent
Tishomingo Health Services (Iuka, Miss.) — 90 percent
Midwest Surgical Hospital (Omaha, Neb.) — 90 percent
Evendale Medical Center (Cincinnati) — 90 percent
Mercy Willard (Ohio) Hospital — 90 percent
Patewood Memorial Hospital (Greenville, S.C.) — 90 percent
Siouxland Surgery Center (Dakota Dunes, S.D.) — 90 percent
Sioux Falls (S.D.) Specialty Hospital — 90 percent
Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital (Dallas) — 90 percent
Columbia Center (Mequon, Wis.) — 90 percent
Heritage Park Surgical Hospital (Sherman, Texas) — 90 percent