The following is a list of hospitals for which 79 percent or more of patients reported on their HCAHPS surveys that staff always explained a medication before giving it to them.
Data come from Hospital Compare and were collected from Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2015.
For reference, the national average rate of patients reporting hospital staff always explained medications is 65 percent.
Note: Hospitals with fewer than 100 completed surveys were excluded from consideration for this list.
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Patients' Hospital of Redding (Calif.) — 91 percent
T.J. Health Columbia (Ky.) — 90 percent
Larkin Community Hospital (South Miami, Fla.) — 88 percent
Advanced Surgical Hospital (Washington, Pa.) — 88 percent
Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital (Luling, Texas) — 88 percent
Henry County Hospital (Napoleon, Ohio) — 86 percent
Crossing Rivers Health Medical Center (Prairie du Chien, Wis.) — 85 percent
Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital (Alexandria) — 84 percent
Marion Regional Medical Center (Hamilton, Ala.) — 84 percent
Crossridge Community Hospital (Wynne, Ark.) — 84 percent
Bigfork (Minn.) Valley Hospital — 84 percent
Surgical Hospital at Southwoods (Youngstown, Ohio) — 84 percent
St. James Parish Hospital (Lutcher, La.) — 83 percent
Mariners Hospital (Tavernier, Fla.) — 83 percent
Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Hospital-Northwest (San Antonio) — 83 percent
Park Place Surgical Hospital (Lafayette, La.) — 82 percent
Lady of the Sea General Hospital (Cut Off, La.) — 82 percent
Black Hills Surgical Hospital (Rapid City, S.D.) — 82 percent
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin (Glendale) — 82 percent
The Medical Center at Franklin (Ky.) — 81 percent
Heart Hospital of Lafayette (La.) — 81 percent
Fairview Hospital (Great Barrington, Mass.) — 81 percent
Sutter Surgical Hospital-North Valley (Yuba City, Calif.) — 81 percent
Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery (Lima, Ohio) — 81 percent
Sauk Prairie Hospital (Prairie du Sac, Wis.) — 81 percent
Oakleaf Surgical Hospital (Altoona, Wis.) — 81 percent
Stoughton (Wis.) Hospital — 81 percent
Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital at Sherman (Texas) — 81 percent
Premier Surgical Institute (Galena, Kan.) — 81 percent
The Spine Hospital of Louisiana (Baton Rouge) — 81 percent
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital (Montpelier, Idaho) — 80 percent
Cibola General Hospital (Grants, N.M.) — 80 percent
Sioux Falls (S.D.) Specialty Hospital — 80 percent
Sugar Land (Texas) Surgical Hospital — 80 percent
Welch (W.Va.) Community Hospital — 80 percent
Nebraska Spine Hospital (Omaha) — 79 percent
Jay (Fla.) Hospital — 79 percent
North Canyon Medical Center (Gooding, Idaho) — 79 percent
Community Hospital Association (Fairfax, Mo.) — 79 percent
Midwest Surgical Hospital (Omaha, Neb.) — 79 percent
Ohio Valley Medical Center (Springfield) — 79 percent
University Hospitals Memorial Geneva (Ohio) Medical Center — 79 percent
Physician's Care Surgical Hospital (Royersford, Pa.) — 79 percent
Eastland (Texas) Memorial Hospital — 79 percent
The Physicians Centre Hospital (Bryan, Texas) — 79 percent
Quail Creek Surgical Hospital (Amarillo, Texas) — 79 percent
Houston Physicians' Hospital (Webster, Texas) — 79 percent