Top 25 hospitals where medications were always explained upon discharge

The figures are from the CMS Hospital Compare website and represent HCAHPS scores collected from April 1, 2018 until March 31, 2019. 

Editor’s note: Hospitals with fewer than 100 completed surveys were excluded from consideration for this list.

1. Healthmark Regional Medical Center (Defuniak Springs, Fla.) — 92 percent
2. Casey County Hospital (Liberty, Ky.) — 88 percent
3. Menlo Park (Calif.) Surgical Hospital — 87 percent
4. Columbus (Texas) Community Hospital — 87 percent
5. Baptist Health Stuttgart (Ark.) Medical Center — 86 percent
6. Keller Army Community Hospital (West Point, N.Y.) — 86 percent
7. Eaton Rapids (Mich.) Medical Center — 85 percent
8. Pocahontas Memorial Hospital (Buckeye, W.V.) — 85 percent
9. Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital (Alexandria) — 84 percent
10. Black River Memorial Hospital (Black River Falls, Wis.) — 84 percent
11. Oakleaf Surgical hospital (Altoona, Wis.) — 83 percent
12. Saginaw (Mich.) VA Medical Center — 83 percent
13. Physicians Medical Center (Houma, La.) — 83 percent
14. VA Black Hills Healthcare System (Fort Meade, S.D.) — 83 percent
15. Iowa Specialty Hospital (Belmond) — 83 percent
16. Banner Goldfield Medical Center (Apache Junction, Az.) — 83 percent
17. Iron Mountain (Mich.) VA Medical Center — 82 percent
18. The Physicians Centre Hospital (Bryan, Texas) — 82 percent
19. Park Place Surgical Hospital (Lafayette, La.) — 82 percent
20. Lafayette (La.) General Surgical Hospital — 82 percent
21. Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) Heart Hospital South — 82 percent
22. Crossridge Community Hospital (Wynne, Ark.) — 82 percent
23. Advanced Surgical Hospital (Washington, Pa.) — 81 percent
24. Arizona Specialty Hospital (Chandler) — 81 percent
25. South Texas Surgical Hospital (Corpus Christi) — 81 percent  

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