The following is a list of hospitals with the highest proportion of patients who reported their physicians "always" communicated well. Data is taken from CMS' Hospital Compare. Hospitals with insufficient patient survey data were excluded from the data sorting process. For reference, the national average rate for physicians "always" communicating well is 81 percent, according to Hospital Compare.
Hospitals with the highest percentage of patients who said their physicians "always" communicated well:
Westlake Regional Hospital (Columbia, Ky.) — 100 percent
East Texas Medical Center Gilmer — 99 percent
Lawrence County Hospital (Monticello, Miss.) — 98 percent
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Columbia, La.) — 97 percent
East Carroll Parish Hospital (Lake Providence, La.) — 97 percent
Richland Parish Hospital-Delhi (La.) — 97 percent
Webster General Hospital (Eupora, Miss.) — 96 percent
Falls Community Hospital and Clinic (Marlin, Texas) — 96 percent
Tyler County Hospital (Woodville, Texas) — 96 percent
W. J. Mangold Memorial Hospital (Lockney, Texas) — 96 percent
Lawrence Medical Center (Moulton, Ala.) — 95 percent
Hill Hospital of Sumter County (York, Ala.) — 95 percent
Healthmark Regional Medical Center (Defuniak Springs, Fla.) — 95 percent
Green Clinic Surgical Hospital (Ruston, La.) — 95 percent
Vidant Bertie Hospital (Windsor, N.C.) — 95 percent
Cherokee Medical Center (Centre, Ala.) — 94 percent
Jane Todd Crawford Hospital (Greensburg, Ky.) — 94 percent
McDowell (Ky.) Hospital — 94 percent
Tishomingo Health Services (Iuka, Miss.) — 94 percent
Beacham Memorial Hospital (Magnolia, Miss.) — 94 percent
South Sunflower County Hospital (Indianola, Miss.) — 94 percent
Magee (Miss.) General Hospital — 94 percent
Abbeville (S.C.) Area Medical Center — 94 percent
Lewis and Clark Specialty Hospital (Yankton, S.D.) — 94 percent
Haywood Park Community Hospital(Brownsville, Tenn.) — 94 percent
Central Valley Medical Center (Nephi, Utah) — 94 percent
Spooner (Wis.) Health System — 94 percent
Fayette (Ala.) Medical Center — 93 percent
Clay County HospitalAshland (Ala.) — 93 percent
Union County Hospital Anna (Ill.) — 93 percent
Orange City (Iowa) Area Health System — 93 percent
Homer (La.) Memorial Hospital — 93 percent
Sabine Medical Center (Many, La.) — 93 percent
Lady of the Sea General Hospital (Cut Off, La) — 93 percent
Bigfork (Minn.) Valley Hospital — 93 percent
Boone County Health Center(Albion, Neb.) — 93 percent
Mercy Willard (Ohio) Hospital — 93 percent
Northwest Surgical Hospital (Oklahoma City) — 93 percent
East Texas Medical Center Pittsburg — 93 percent
Crenshaw Community Hospital (Luverne, Ala.) — 92 percent
Elmore Community Hospital (Wetumpka, Ala.) — 92 percent
Patients' Hospital of Redding(Calif.) — 92 percent
Emanuel Medical Center (Swainsboro, Ga.) — 92 percent
Coffey County Hospital (Burlington, Kan.) — 92 percent
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital (Irvine, Ky.) — 92 percent
Casey County Hospital (Liberty, Ky.) — 92 percent
Oakdale (La.) Community Hospital — 92 percent
Desoto Regional Health System (Mansfield, La.) — 92 percent
Cox Monett (Mo.) Hospital — 92 percent
Memorial Hospital (Aurora, Neb.) — 92 percent
Nor-Lea Hospital District (Lovington, N.M.) — 92 percent
Surgical Hospital at Southwoods (Youngstown, Ohio) — 92 percent
Integris Marshall County Medical Center (Madill, Okla.) — 92 percent
Jellico (Tenn.) Community Hospital — 92 percent
Seton Smithville (Texas) Regional Hospital — 92 percent
Pecos County Memorial Hospital (Fort Stockton, Texas) — 92 percent
Yoakum (Texas) Community Hospital — 92 percent
Skyline Hospital (White Salmon, Wa.) — 92 percent
Grant Regional health Center(Lancaster, Wis.) — 92 percent