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VA hospitals in Illinois

The Department of Veterans Affairs runs 5 hospitals in Illinois that CMS lists. CMS rated 4 of them for .

For context, CMS rated 136 hospitals of every kind in Illinois, VA included, from the same file.

VA hospitals CMS lists
5
Rated by CMS
4
At 5 stars
0
Moved since
1 up 1 down

Star ratings in Illinois: VA hospitals and all hospitals

A chart of the figures in the table that follows.

Star ratings in Illinois: the number of VA hospitals and of all rated hospitals at each CMS star level
CMS starsVA hospitalsAll rated hospitals
5 stars014
4 stars235
3 stars243
2 stars029
1 star015

Source: CMS Hospital General Information (dataset xubh-q36u), released .

A star is CMS's summary of up to five groups of measures, not a ranking of every hospital against every other. How the star rating works.

Every VA hospital in Illinois

Ordered by CMS star rating, then by name; hospitals with the same rating share a rank. Select a column heading to sort. How ranks are set.

VA hospitals in IllinoisER median is CMS measure OP-18b, which leaves out patients transferred to another facility and mental health patients. CMS measurement periods: Would definitely recommend, to ; ER median, to .Each row's four small tiles are its CMS stars for , , and .
CMS stars, to to to
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, VA Chicago Healthcare System ChicagoState rank 1, tied with 1 other4 of 5
  1. : 4 stars
  2. : 4 stars
  3. : 5 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Down from 568%Not available
North Chicago VA Medical Center North ChicagoState rank 1, tied with 1 other4 of 5
  1. : 5 stars
  2. : 3 stars
  3. : 4 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Same as 472%Not available
Hines VA Medical Center HinesState rank 3, tied with 1 other3 of 5
  1. : 3 stars
  2. : 2 stars
  3. : 2 stars
  4. : 3 stars
Up from 275%148 medium-volume ED
Marion VA Medical Center (Illinois) MarionState rank 3, tied with 1 other3 of 5
  1. : 4 stars
  2. : 3 stars
  3. : 3 stars
  4. : 3 stars
Same as 380%Not available
VA Illiana Healthcare System, Danville DanvilleNot rated
  1. : 5 stars
  2. : not rated
  3. : not rated
  4. : not rated
Not rated either year82% CMS footnote 10Not available
  • CMS footnote 10: Very few patients were eligible for the CAHPS survey. The scores shown reflect fewer than 50 completed surveys. Use these scores with caution, as the number of surveys may be too low to reliably assess facility performance.

Illinois figures CMS publishes, for comparison

Each hospital page compares its numbers with these; CMS's footnotes are quoted under the table.

Illinois figures CMS publishes for comparison with its VA hospitals
MeasureIllinoisPeriod
Would definitely recommend the hospital69% (footnote 21) to
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 1070% (footnote 21) to
Nurses always communicated well79% (footnote 21) to
Median time in the emergency department before leaving, excluding transferred and mental health patients162 minutes (footnotes 25, 26) to
Left the emergency department before being seen3% (footnotes 25, 26) to
Severe sepsis and septic shock care that met every step63% (footnotes 25, 26) to
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ICU and select wards0.686 to
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), ICU and select wards0.568 to
  • CMS footnote 21: Patient survey results for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals do not represent official HCAHPS results and are not included in state and national averages.
  • CMS footnote 25: State and national averages include Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospital data.
  • CMS footnote 26: State and national averages include Department of Defense (DoD) hospital data.

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