The following is a list of hospitals with the highest percentages of patients who reported that staff "always" explained about medication before administering it, as determined by data from Hospital Compare.
The national average for how often staff explain medication before administering it to patients is 63 percent, according to Hospital Compare.
Data was excluded for hospitals with no data for the measure, too short a collection time, too small a number of cases or discrepancies in the data collection process.
Westlake Regional Hospital (Columbia, Ky.) — 90 percent
Doctors Hospital at Deer Creek (Leesville, La.) — 85 percent
Lady of The Sea General Hospital (Cut Off, La.) — 85 percent
Patients' Hospital of Redding (Calif.) — 83 percent
Illini Community Hospital (Pittsfield, Ill.) — 83 percent
Advanced Surgical Hospital (Washington, Pa.) — 83 percent
Surgical Hospital at Southwoods (Youngstown, Ohio) — 83 percent
Fayette (Ala.) Medical Center — 82 percent
P & S Surgical Hospital (Monroe, La.) — 82 percent
Mariners Hospital (Tavernier, Fla.) — 81 percent
Helen Newberry (Mich.) Joy Hospital — 81 percent
Sugar Land (Texas) Surgical Hospital — 81 percent
Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital (Alexandria, La.) — 81 percent
Quail Creek Surgical Hospital (Amarillo, Texas) — 81
Gunnison (Colo.) Valley Hospital — 80 percent
Treasure Valley Hospital (Boise, Idaho) — 80 percent
East Carroll Parish Hospital (Lake Providence, La.) — 80 percent
Lafayette (La.) Surgical Specialty Hospital — 80 percent
Ouachita Community Hospital (West Monroe, La.) — 80 percent
Doctors Hospital of Nelsonville (Ohio) — 80 percent
W J Mangold Memorial Hospital (Lockney, Texas) — 80 percent
USMD Hospital at Fort Worth (Texas) — 80 percent
Heritage Park Surgical Hospital (Sherman, Texas) — 80 percent
Physicians Medical Center (Houma, La.) — 79 percent
Green Clinic Surgical Hospital (Ruston, La.) — 79 percent
Surgical Institute of Reading (Wyomissing, Pa.) — 79 percent
St. Elizabeth Hospital (Enumclaw, Wash.) — 79 percent
Oak Leaf Surgical Hospital (Eau Claire, Wis.) — 79 percent
Cherokee Medical Center (Centre, Ala.) — 78 percent
Jay (Fla.) Hospital — 78 percent
University Hospitals Conneaut (Ohio) Medical Center — 78 percent
Southwest Surgical Hospital (Hurst, Texas) — 78 percent
Texas Health Center for Diagnostics & Surgery-Plano — 78 percent
Flambeau Hospital (Park Falls, Wis.) — 78 percent
Black River Memorial Hospital (Black River Falls, Wis.) — 78 percent
St. Joseph's Hospital (Breese, Ill.) — 78 percent
Heart Hospital of Lafayette (La.) — 78 percent
Central Valley Medical Center (Nephi, Utah) — 78 percent
Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital (Prairie Du Sac, Wis.) — 78 percent
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin (Glendale) — 78 percent
Mountain View Regional Hospital (Casper, Wyo.) — 78 percent
North Central Surgical Center (Dallas) — 78 percent
Jackson (Ala.) Medical Center — 77 percent
Banner Lassen Medical Center (Susanville, Calif.) — 77 percent
Appling Hospital (Baxley, Ga.) — 77 percent
Calais (Maine) Regional Hospital — 77 percent
Clinton (Mass.) Hospital Association — 77 percent
Tishomingo Health Services (Iuka, Miss.) — 77 percent
Delaware Valley Hospital (Walton, N.Y.) — 77 percent
Hardin Memorial Hospital (Kenton, Ohio) — 77 percent
Williamsburg Regional Hospital (Kingstree, S.C.) — 77 percent
Jellico (Tenn.) Community Hospital — 77 percent
Covenant Hospital-Levelland (Texas) — 77 percent
Columbia Center (Mequon, Wis.) — 77 percent
Fairview Hospital (Great Barrington, Mass.) — 77 percent
Columbus Regional Healthcare System (Whiteville, N.C.) — 77 percent
Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery (Lima, Ohio) — 77 percent
Oklahoma Spine Hospital (Oklahoma City) — 77 percent
Bucks County Specialty Hospital (Bensalem, Pa.) — 77 percent
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (Franklin, Wis.) — 77 percent
Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Hospital at Arlington (Texas) — 77 percent
