The following hospitals have the highest proportion of patients who reported they were given information about how to care for themselves after hospital discharge, according to their HCAHPS survey results.
The data is from CMS' Hospital Compare website and was collected between July 2013 and June 2014. For reference, the national average rate of discharge information provision is 86 percent, according to Hospital Compare.
Hospitals with fewer than 100 completed patient surveys were excluded from the data sorting process.
The following hospitals had at least 94 percent of patients say they were given information about what to do during their recovery at home.
Westlake Regional Hospital (Columbia, Ky.) — 100 percent
Sterling (Colo.) Regional MedCenter — 95 percent
UHHS Memorial Hospital of Geneva (Ohio) — 95 percent
Whitman Hospital and Medical Center (Colfax, Wash.) — 95 percent
Texas Institute for Surgery at Presbyterian Hospital (Dallas) — 95 percent
Unity Medical and Surgical Hospital (Mishawaka, Ind.) — 95 percent
Advanced Surgical Hospital (Washington, Pa.) — 95 percent
Richland Memorial Hospital (Olney, Ill.) — 95 percent
Regional Medical Center (Manchester, Iowa) — 95 percent
Oakleaf Surgical Hospital (Altoona, Wis.) — 95 percent
Lincoln (Neb.) Surgical Hospital — 95 percent
Millinocket (Maine) regional Hospital — 94 percent
Page Memorial Hospital (Luray, Va.) — 94 percent
Bluffton (Ohio) Hospital — 94 percent
Orthopaedic Hospital at Parkview North (Fort Wayne, Ind.) — 94 percent
Tomah (Wis.) Memorial Hospital — 94 percent
Sparta (Ill.) Community Hospital — 94 percent
Union Hospital Clinton (Ind.) — 94 percent
Sugar Land (Texas) Surgical Hospital — 94 percent
Eastland (Texas) Memorial Hospital — 94 percent
Community Medical Center (Falls City, Neb.) — 94 percent
Mayo Clinic Health System Northland (Barron, Wis.) — 94 percent
United Regional Medical Center (Manchester, Tenn.) — 94 percent
Bridgton (Maine) Hospital — 94 percent
Pullman (Wash.) Regional Hospital — 94 percent
Spectrum Health Zeeland (Mich.) Community Hospital — 94 percent
New England Baptist Hospital (Boston) — 94 percent
OSS Orthopaedic Hospital (York, Pa.) — 94 percent
Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital (Omaha, Neb.) — 94 percent
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin (Glendale) — 94 percent
Surgical Institute of Reading (Wyomissing, Pa.) — 94 percent
Orem (Utah) Community Hospital — 94 percent
St. Clare Hospital (Baraboo, Wis.) — 94 percent
Hendricks Regional Health (Danville, Ind.) — 94 percent
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