States ranked by nurse communication

States ranked by nurse communication 
Becker's Hospital Review; by Mackenzie Bean; updated 12/13/24 
Hospitals in Louisiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska and South Dakota have the highest nurse communication scores, while hospitals in the District of Columbia have the lowest, CMS data shows. CMS collects and publicly reports data on nurse communication as part of its HCAHPS survey data. The nurse communication measure assesses the percentage of patients who reported that their nurses "always" communicated well. The data was collected in 2023 and published in CMS' Provider Data Catalog Oct. 30. Nationwide, 80% of patients reported nurses always communicated well, up one percentage point from the year prior, according to CMS data. [Click on the title's link for this ranked list.]