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Halifax Health Medical Center

303 N Clyde Morris Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL 32114

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services Birthing-friendly

Halifax Health Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 65% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 27 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 45 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.

CMS overall rating 2/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 65% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 2/5 2,175 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 1 worse 5 better of 27 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 2,175 completed surveys, 19% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
65%
FL 69% · US 71% · 3 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
65%
FL 68% · US 72% · 2 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
77%
FL 76% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
76%
FL 75% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
59%
FL 58% · US 62% · 2 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
83%
FL 83% · US 86% · 2 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
70%
FL 72% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
55%
FL 56% · US 60% · 3 of 5 stars

This hospital Florida average US average

Emergency department

How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as very high; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Measure This hospital FL US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 343 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min 2 h 45 min 2 h 36 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 24 visits sampled 4 h 9 min 3 h 40 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 85,895 patients 2% 1% 2%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 258 patients 61% 73% 65%

How Halifax Health Medical Center compares with nearby hospitals

The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.

Hospital CMS stars Would recommend ER median time Vs the nation
Halifax Health Medical CenterThis hospital2/565%2 h 45 min5 better 1 worse
Adventhealth Daytona BeachSame city5/575%2 h 29 min4 better
Adventhealth New Smyrna BeachSame county · New Smyrna Beach4/569%2 h 21 min4 better
Adventhealth DelandSame county · Deland4/568%2 h 39 min2 better 1 worse
Halifax Health /Uf Health Medical Center of DeltonSame county · DeltonaNot rated76%2 h 19 min1 better
Adventhealth Fish MemorialSame county · Orange City5/575%2 h 23 min4 better 1 worse

Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict. All hospitals in Daytona Beach.

Deaths

How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.

Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
All patients, hospital-wide 4,321 cases Too few cases 3.4% 3.9%
Heart attack 162 cases Too few cases 12.2% 11.9%
Heart failure 231 cases Too few cases 10.1% 11.1%
Pneumonia 434 cases Too few cases 16.5% 15.2%
Stroke 455 cases Too few cases 9.6% 11.9%
COPD 128 cases Too few cases 10.2% 8.6%
Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 83 cases Too few cases 2% 2.4%

Complications

How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.

1 worse than the nation 11 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 1.23 likely 0.92 – 1.54 1
After hip or knee replacement 85 cases Too few cases 4.7% 4.1%
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 121 cases No different 173.59 per 1,000 likely 128.46 per 1,000 – 218.73 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 6,375 cases Worse 1.55 per 1,000 likely 0.93 per 1,000 – 2.16 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 7,349 cases No different 0.25 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.45 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 7,287 cases No different 0.21 per 1,000 likely 0.02 per 1,000 – 0.4 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 1,681 cases No different 1.8 per 1,000 likely 0.37 per 1,000 – 3.22 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 567 cases No different 1.81 per 1,000 likely 0.22 per 1,000 – 3.41 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 585 cases No different 6.48 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 13.06 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,728 cases No different 4.49 per 1,000 likely 2.47 per 1,000 – 6.52 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 541 cases No different 5.48 per 1,000 likely 1.68 per 1,000 – 9.28 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 235 cases No different 1.63 per 1,000 likely 0.16 per 1,000 – 3.11 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,172 cases No different 1.09 per 1,000 likely 0.11 per 1,000 – 2.07 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

Infections caught in the hospital

Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

2 better than the nation 4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 0.8 likely 0.41 – 1.43 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) Better 0.43 likely 0.2 – 0.81 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 0.84 likely 0.14 – 2.78 1
Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy No different 0 1
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 1.16 likely 0.63 – 1.97 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.64 likely 0.45 – 0.87 1

Readmissions and return visits

How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.

4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 357 cases Too few cases 14.5% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 551 cases Too few cases 25.3% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 842 cases Too few cases 19.3% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 397 cases Too few cases 20.4% 20%
Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 174 cases Too few cases 11.8% 11%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 87 cases Too few cases 6% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 179 cases Too few cases -20.1 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 272 cases Too few cases -0.9 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 467 cases Too few cases 35.3 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 45 cases No different 12.9 per 1,000 likely 9.5 per 1,000 – 17.5 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 182 cases No different 12.4 per 100 likely 9.6 per 100 – 15.8 per 100 10.7 per 100
ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 182 cases No different 4.7 per 100 likely 3.2 per 100 – 6.8 per 100 5.4 per 100
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 620 cases No different 0.9 likely 0.7 – 1.1 —

1 more measure had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

295 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.

Specialty Clinicians
Emergency Medicine 41
Hospitalist 30
Family 22
Physician Assistant 20
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 17
Nurse Practitioner 17
Pediatrics 12
Family Medicine 11
Critical Care Medicine 10
Medical 10
Hematology & Oncology 8
Emergency Medical Services 7

First 12 alphabetically

Money from drug and device companies

Drug and device makers have to report what they pay teaching hospitals to CMS's Open Payments program. At many teaching hospitals most of it is research funding, or royalties for inventions the hospital licensed to a company. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.

2025 total $21,345 general $19,595 · research $1,750
All years, 2019–2025 $283,660 113 reported payments
Studies funded, 2025 1 7 companies paid in total
  • 2019 $52,948
  • 2020 $49,298
  • 2021 $36,728
  • 2022 $23,926
  • 2023 $77,191
  • 2024 $22,224
  • 2025 $21,345

General payments Research payments

What the 2025 general payments were for

Type of payment Amount Payments
Consulting fees $11,200 13
Gifts $4,675 1
Debt forgiveness $2,988 2
Education $629 2
Food and beverage $103 1

Largest paying companies, 2025

Company Amount Payments
MIMEDX Group, Inc. $11,200 13
Scientia Vascular $4,675 1
Aesculap, Inc. $2,902 1
Celgene Corporation $1,750 1
Ecs Opco 1 LLC $629 2
NeuroLogica Corporation, a Samsung Company $103 1
Medline Industries LP $86 1

Largest research studies funded here, 2025

Study Amount
Connect Myeloid: The Myelofibrosis (MF), Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Disease Registry. The purpose of the Connec… Celgene Corporation $1,750

Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026. Full record on CMS Open Payments.

How to read this page

  • Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
  • “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
  • Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
  • Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
  • These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.

CMS Care Compare data retrieved 4 Oct 2026, refreshed weekly. Where this data comes from and how we handle it · Report an error

Common questions about Halifax Health Medical Center

Is Halifax Health Medical Center a good hospital?

Halifax Health Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 27 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Halifax Health Medical Center?

65% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 2,175 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Halifax Health Medical Center emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 45 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with very high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 21 min. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Does Halifax Health Medical Center receive money from drug and device companies?

Drug and device makers reported $21,345 in payments to Halifax Health Medical Center for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.