The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ recent Hospital Compare ratings have designated 12 regional large health system hospitals as five star facilities. Hospital Compare rankings track and analyze hospital data from more than 4,000 facilities nationwide— including efficiency and timeliness of care and patient experience data as well as reported incidents of complications, deaths, and unplanned hospital visits — to score hospitals’ overall performance on a five-star system. Depending on the metric, data is collected either quarterly or annually.
Though not all facilities within each DFW-area hospital system are listed (many lack enough data to qualify), several of North Texas’ larger systems performed well overall in recent ratings. Baylor Scott & White boasted six five-star facilities and five four-star winners, while UT Southwestern’s University Hospital was awarded five stars and its Zale Lipshy hospital three stars. Parkland and JPS were among few DFW facilities to earn two stars.
Hospital Compare ratings aim to incentivize hospitals to provide higher-quality care while assisting prospective patients with choosing a hospital care location. The competitive push to score well seems to be working hospitals such as Texas Health Resources: the system touted four five-star earners and five four-star-rated hospitals in Hospital Compare’s latest ratings.
“These scores are just one reflection of the data we look at to continue to improve and better serve our patients,” said Kirk King, Hospital Channel chief operating officer for Texas Health, in a release. “The ratings help us serve our patients on a more personal level, while validating that the high-reliability work we’re doing to advance clinical care is truly improving outcomes.”
Peruse ratings for some of North Texas’ hospital facilities below, or review the whole list here.
Baylor Scott & White
Baylor University Medical Center — 4 stars
Heart and Vascular Hospital — 5 stars
Medical Center Sunnyvale — 3 stars
Baylor Medical Center at Irving — 4 stars
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano — 5 stars
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano — 5 stars
Medical Center Carrollton — 3 stars
Medical Center Lake Pointe — 3 stars
Medical Center Grapevine — 5 stars
Medical Center Frisco — 4 stars
Medical Center Centennial — 3 stars
Medical Center Waxahachie — 5 stars
Medical Center McKinney — 4 stars
Heart Hospital Baylor Denton — 5 stars
All Saints Medical Center — 4 stars
UT Southwestern
University Hospital — 5 stars
Zale Lipshy — 3 stars
Parkland Health and Hospital System — 2 stars
JPS Health Network- 2 stars
Methodist Health System
Medical Center Dallas — 3 stars
Charlton Medical Center — 2 stars
Richardson Medical Center — 2 stars
Medical City Healthcare
Dallas — 5 stars
Las Colinas — 3 stars
Plano — 2 stars
Arlington — 3 stars
McKinney — 2 stars
Alliance (Fort Worth) — 4 stars
Denton — 3 stars
Fort Worth — 3 stars
Texas Health Resources
Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas — 5 stars
Texas Health Presbyterian Plano — 3 stars
Texas Health Presbyterian Rockwall — 5 stars
Texas Health Arlington Memorial — 2 stars
Texas Health Heart and Vascular — 5 stars
Texas Health Presbyterian Allen — 4 stars
Texas Health Presbyterian Flower Mound — 3 stars
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance — 4 stars
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth — 2 stars
Texas Health Harris Methodist Southwest Fort Worth — 5 stars
Texas Health Huguley Fort Worth South — 4 stars
Texas Health Presbyterian Denton — 3 stars
