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Patient Satisfaction 
Patients are partners in improving the quality of care we provide at St. Francis Hospital & Health Services. How? By completing inpatient surveys after their visits to our hospital. The results of those surveys are used by our caregivers to determine what we need to improve on and how we compare with other hospitals nationwide and in their respective states.

Our results appear below. In March 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) began posting the results of these patient satisfaction surveys known as Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems. These surveys ask patients about their experiences with care during recent overnight stays in our hospitals.

This table shows eight aspects of care considered most important by patients, plus "overall rating of care" and "willingness to recommend the hospital to others." Survey questions have response options ranging from "never" to "always." The percentages reported in the table reflect the highest rating possible or the percent of patients who said "always.”

 

 

Percent of Patients Giving
Most Positive Response

  Composite

Avg for
St. Francis Hospital,
Maryville, MO

Avg for all reporting hospitals in the US

Avg for all reporting hospitals in Missouri

Nurses "always"
communicated well

81

77

77

Doctors "always"
communicated well

85

81

81

"Always" received help
as soon as they wanted

75

65

64

Pain was "always" well controlled

71

70

69

Staff "always" explained about medicines before giving it to them

66

62

60

Room and bathroom were "always" clean

90

72

71

Area around room was
"always" quiet at night

68

59

58

"Yes" were given information about what to do during recovery at home

81

83

84

Gave hospital rating of 9 or 10 on scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)

74

68

68

Would "definitely" recommend the hospital to family and friends

73

68

68


These results are from patients who had overnight hospital stays from October 2010 through September 2011.

Numbers highlighted in blue show where the hospital scores "higher" than the national norm.

  Data Source:
  www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov

  


 
 
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