North Baldwin Infirmary in Bay Minette, AL, along with
Monroe County Hospital in Monroeville, AL, are the only two hospitals out of 23 within 50 miles that have a 4- or 5-star rating in each of care transition, cleanliness, communication about medicines, discharge information, doctor communication, nurse communication, overall patient rating, quietness, recommendation of hospital, and staff responsiveness (these 10 include the entire set). Nationwide there are 304 such hospitals.
North Baldwin Infirmary has these rating standings
among those 23 hospitals:
- care-transition rating = 4 stars (the highest, tied)
- cleanliness rating = 4 stars (2nd-highest, tied)
- communication-about-medicines rating = 4 stars (3rd-highest, tied)
- discharge-information rating = 4 stars (the highest, tied)
- doctor-communication rating = 4 stars (3rd-highest, tied)
- nurse-communication rating = 4 stars (2nd-highest, tied)
- overall patient rating = 4 stars (the highest, tied)
- quietness rating = 4 stars (4th-highest, tied)
- patient recommendation rating = 4 stars (the highest, tied)
- staff-responsiveness rating = 5 stars (the highest, tied)