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VA hospitals in Washington

The Department of Veterans Affairs runs 2 hospitals in Washington that CMS lists. CMS rated 2 of them for .

For context, CMS rated 60 hospitals of every kind in Washington, VA included, from the same file.

VA hospitals CMS lists
2
Rated by CMS
2
At 5 stars
0
Moved since
0 up 2 down

Star ratings in Washington: VA hospitals and all hospitals

A chart of the figures in the table that follows.

Star ratings in Washington: the number of VA hospitals and of all rated hospitals at each CMS star level
CMS starsVA hospitalsAll rated hospitals
5 stars06
4 stars218
3 stars021
2 stars014
1 star01

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 Washington

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 WashingtonER 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
Seattle VA Medical Center (VA Puget Sound Healthcare System) SeattleState rank 1, tied with 1 other4 of 5
  1. : 4 stars
  2. : 4 stars
  3. : 5 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Down from 572%123 low-volume ED
Spokane VA Medical Center SpokaneState rank 1, tied with 1 other4 of 5
  1. : not rated
  2. : 5 stars
  3. : 5 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Down from 584%Not available

Washington figures CMS publishes, for comparison

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

Washington figures CMS publishes for comparison with its VA hospitals
MeasureWashingtonPeriod
Would definitely recommend the hospital71% (footnote 21) to
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 1070% (footnote 21) to
Nurses always communicated well78% (footnote 21) to
Median time in the emergency department before leaving, excluding transferred and mental health patients151 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 step60% (footnotes 25, 26) to
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ICU and select wards0.681 to
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), ICU and select wards0.570 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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