- Overall Star Rating
- A summary score from CMS (1 to 5 stars) that combines several quality measures, including mortality, safety, readmissions, patient experience, and timely care. More stars generally indicate better performance on the available measures.
- Patient Experience
- How patients rated their recent hospital stay. This information comes from a national patient survey that asks about communication with doctors and nurses, staff responsiveness, cleanliness, quietness, and whether patients would recommend the hospital.
- Birthing-Friendly
- A CMS designation for hospitals that have taken specific steps to improve care for mothers and newborns. It does not by itself guarantee the best outcomes, but it signals a focus on maternity quality.
- Safety
- How the hospital compares to others on measures related to patient safety, such as certain complications and preventable events during a hospital stay.
- Infections
- How the hospital compares to others on infections that patients can get while receiving care in the hospital.
- Government-owned
- The hospital is owned by a government entity, such as a hospital district, county, or state.
- Non-profit
- The hospital is organized as a not-for-profit organization. Any surplus is generally reinvested in the organization or community rather than distributed to private owners.
- For-profit
- The hospital is owned by a private company or investors and is operated to generate a return for its owners.
- Not reported
- The hospital did not have enough data, or the data was not available, for this measure in the public files.