The following is a list of hospitals for which 79 percent or more of patients reported on their HCAHPS surveys that staff "always" explained medications before giving them to the patients.
Data were pulled from Hospital Compare and is from January 2014 through December 2014, the most recent data available.
For reference, the national average rate for patients reporting that staff "always" explained medications before giving them to the patients is 65 percent.
Note: Hospitals with insufficient data, such as having fewer than 100 completed surveys, were excluded.
Westlake Regional Hospital (Columbia, Ky.) — 97 percent
Citizens Medical Center (Columbia, La.) — 86 percent
Beacham Memorial Hospital (Magnolia, Miss.) — 86 percent
Sugar Land (Texas) Surgical Hospital — 86 percent
St. Luke's McCall (Idaho) Medical Center — 85 percent
OakLeaf Surgical Hospital (Altoona, Wis.) — 85 percent
Fayette (Ala.) Medical Center — 84 percent
Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital Kingwood (Texas) — 84 percent
Patients' Hospital of Redding (Calif.) — 83 percent
DeSoto Regional Health System (Mansfield, La.) — 83 percent
Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital (Alexandria) — 83 percent
Advanced Surgical Hospital (Washington, Pa.) — 83 percent
Quail Creek Surgical Hospital (Amarillo, Texas) — 83 percent
Lady of the Sea General Hospital (Cut Off, La.) — 82 percent
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin (Glendale) — 82 percent
Emanuel Medical Center (Swainsboro, Ga.) — 81 percent
Surgical Hospital at Southwoods (Youngstown, Ohio) — 81 percent
Marlboro Park Hospital (Bennettsville, S.C.) — 81 percent
Coleman (Texas) County Medical Center Company — 81 percent
East Texas Medical Center Quitman — 81 percent
St. Joseph's Hospital (Breese, Ill.) — 80 percent
Manhattan (Kan.) Surgical Hospital — 80 percent
Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care Center (Mount Vernon, Ky.) — 80 percent
Lafayette (La.) Surgical Specialty Hospital — 80 percent
Pender Memorial Hospital (Burgaw, N.C.) — 80 percent
Sioux Falls (S.D.) Specialty Hospital — 80 percent
Black Hills Surgical Hospital (Rapid City, S.D.) — 80 percent
Rollins Brook Community Hospital (Lampasas, Texas.) — 80 percent
Ladd Memorial Hospital (Osceola, Wis.) — 80 percent
Aspirus Medford (Wis.) Hospital & Clinics — 80 percent
Black River Memorial Hospital (Black River Falls, Wis.) — 80 percent
USMD Hospital at Fort Worth (Texas) — 80 percent
Heritage Park Surgical Hospital (Sherman, Texas) — 80 percent
Mariners Hospital (Tavernier, Fla.) — 79 percent
Abraham Lincoln (Ill.) Memorial Hospital — 79 percent
Union County Hospital (Anna, Ill.) — 79 percent
Saint Joseph Martin (Ky.) Hospital — 79 percent
Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge (La.) — 79 percent
Heart Hospital of Lafayette (La.) — 79 percent
The Spine Hospital of Louisiana (Baton Rouge, La.) — 79 percent
North Carolina Specialty Hospital (Durham) — 79 percent
Surgical Specialty Center at Coordinated Health (Allentown, Pa.) — 79 percent
Dakota Plains Surgical Center (Aberdeen, S.D.) — 79 percent
Wellmont Hawkins County Memorial Hospital (Rogersville, Tenn.) — 79 percent
Parkview Regional Hospital (Mexia, Texas) — 79 percent
Tyler County Hospital (Woodville, Texas) — 79 percent
Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital (Luling, Texas) — 79 percent
Crossing Rivers Health Medical Center (Prairie du Chien, Wis.) — 79 percent
Spooner (Wis.) Health System — 79 percent