The following is a list of hospitals for which 90 percent or more of patients reported on their HCAHPS surveys that their nurses "always" communicated well.
Data was pulled from Hospital Compare and is from July 2013 through June 2014, the most recent data available.
For reference, the national average rate for patients reporting their nurses "always" communicated well is 79 percent.
Note: Hospitals with insufficient data, such as having fewer than 100 completed surveys, were excluded.
Westlake Regional Hospital (Colombia, Ky.) — 100 percent
Citizens Medical Center (Colombia, Ky.) — 96 percent
Sugar Land (Texas) Surgical Hospital — 96 percent
Advanced Surgical Hospital (Washington, Pa.) — 95 percent
Tyler County Hospital (Woodville, Texas) — 95 percent
Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital (Alexandria) — 95 percent
Surgical Institute of Reading (Wyomissing, Pa.) — 95 percent
Physician's Care Surgical Hospital (Royersford, Pa.) — 95 percent
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin (Glendale) — 95 percent
Heritage Park Surgical Hospital (Sherman, Texas) — 94 percent
Heart Hospital of Lafayette (La.) — 94 percent
Quail Creek Surgical Hospital (Amarillo, Texas) — 94 percent
Oakleaf Surgical Hospital (Altoona, Wis.) — 94 percent
Fayette (Ala.) Medical Center — 93 percent
Patients' Hospital of Redding (Calif.) — 93 percent
P&S Surgical Hospital (Monroe, La.) — 93 percent
Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge (La.) — 93 percent
Unity Medical and Surgical Hospital (Mishawaka, Ind.) — 92 percent
Rockcastle County Hospital (Mount Vernon, Ky.) — 92 percent
Green Clinic Surgical Hospital (Ruston, La.) — 92 percent
Lady of the Sea General Hospital (Cut Off, La.) — 92 percent
Clinton (Mass.) Hospital Association — 92 percent
Bigfork (Minn.) Valley Hospital — 92 percent
United Regional Medical Center (Manchester, Tenn.) — 92 percent
Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital (Eagle River, Wis.) — 92 percent
Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery (Lima, Ohio) — 92 percent
Surgical Hospital at Southwoods (Youngstown, Ohio) — 92 percent
Wellspan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital (York, Pa.) — 92 percent
Physicians Medical Center (Houma, La.) — 91 percent
Doctors Hospital at Deer Creek (Leesville, La.) — 91 percent
Blue Hill (Maine) Memorial Hospital — 91 percent
Pender (Neb.) Community Hospital — 91 percent
Hardin Memorial Hospital (Kenton, Ohio) — 91 percent
Dakota Plains Surgical Center (Aberdeen, S.D.) — 91 percent
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital (Austin, Texas) — 91 percent
The Physicians Centre (Bryan, Texas) — 91 percent
Lafayette (La.) Surgical Specialty Hospital — 91 percent
The Neuromedical Center Hospital (Baton Rouge, La.) — 91 percent
Southern Surgical Hospital (Slidell, La.) — 91 percent
Midwest Regional Hospital (Omaha, Neb.) — 91 percent
Oklahoma Heart Hospital (Oklahoma City) — 91 percent
Sioux Falls (S.D.) Specialty Hospital — 91 percent
Black Hills Surgical Hospital (Rapid City, S.D.) — 91 percent
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (Franklin, Wis.) — 91 percent
Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital — 90 percent
Southeastern Regional Medical Center (Newnan, Ga.) — 90 percent
Treasure Valley Hospital (Boise, Idaho) — 90 percent
Wabash (Ind.) County Hospital — 90 percent
Manhattan (Kan.) Surgical Hospital — 90 percent
Fairway Medical Center (Covington, La.) — 90 percent
Millinocket (Maine) Regional Hospital — 90 percent
Grant Regional Health Center (Lancaster, Wis.) — 90 percent
St. Joseph's Hospital (Breese, Ill.) — 90 percent
Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital (Indianapolis) — 90 percent
Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital (Omaha) — 90 percent
Surgical Specialty Center at Coordinated Health (Allentown, Pa.) — 90 percent
Bucks County Specialty Hospital (Bensalem, Pa.) — 90 percent
OSS Orthopaedic Hospital (York, Pa.) — 90 percent
GHS Patewood Memorial Hospital (Greenville, S.C.) — 90 percent