The following hospitals in Tennessee received top marks on patients' HCAHPS surveys in the category of nurse communication.
At least 84 percent of patients at these five hospitals responded on their surveys that nurses always communicated well. In Tennessee, the average is 80 percent, the same as the national average.
The figures are from CMS' Hospital Compare website and represent HCAHPS scores collected from April 2015 through March 2016, the most recent data available.
Note: Hospitals with fewer than 100 completed surveys were excluded from consideration for this list.
1. Hardin Medical Center (Savannah) — 87 percent
2. Wellmont Hawkins County Memorial Hospital (Rogersville) — 86 percent
3. Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton (Covington) — 85 percent
4. Saint Thomas Hospital for Special Surgery (Nashville) — 85 percent
5. Sycamore Shoals Hospital (Elizabethtown) — 84 percent