CMS certification 100113
Uf Health Shands Hospital
1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32610
Uf Health Shands Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. 78% 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 9 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 8 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.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 3,034 completed surveys, 19% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
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 · 380 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 4 h 8 min | 2 h 36 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 12 visits sampled | 5 h 47 min | 3 h 40 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 143,263 patients | 4% | 1% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 108 patients | 61% | 73% | 65% |
How Uf Health Shands Hospital 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uf Health Shands HospitalThis hospital | 5/5 | 78% | 4 h 8 min | 9 better 2 worse |
| VA North Florida/South Georgia Healthcare System - GainesvilleSame city | 4/5 | 75% | — | 3 better 2 worse |
| HCA Florida North Florida HospitalSame city | 3/5 | 60% | 1 h 39 min | 3 better 2 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 Gainesville.
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 7,753 cases | Too few cases | 2.5% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 220 cases | Too few cases | 10.9% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 643 cases | Too few cases | 9.7% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 916 cases | Too few cases | 10.3% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 522 cases | Too few cases | 10.9% | 11.9% |
| COPD 273 cases | Too few cases | 6.5% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 47 cases | Too few cases | 1.8% | 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | No different | 1.1 likely 0.93 – 1.27 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 163 cases | Too few cases | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 430 cases | Better | 113.22 per 1,000 likely 85.47 per 1,000 – 140.97 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 15,608 cases | Better | 0.14 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.48 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 16,288 cases | No different | 0.2 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.37 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 17,469 cases | No different | 0.2 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.36 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 4,663 cases | No different | 2.6 per 1,000 likely 1.62 per 1,000 – 3.59 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 2,563 cases | Worse | 3.03 per 1,000 likely 1.95 per 1,000 – 4.1 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 2,494 cases | No different | 9.6 per 1,000 likely 6.5 per 1,000 – 12.71 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 5,167 cases | No different | 4.37 per 1,000 likely 3.07 per 1,000 – 5.67 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 2,469 cases | Worse | 8.67 per 1,000 likely 6.52 per 1,000 – 10.82 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 1,249 cases | No different | 2.2 per 1,000 likely 0.99 per 1,000 – 3.42 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 3,798 cases | Worse | 2 per 1,000 likely 1.28 per 1,000 – 2.73 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | Better | 0.42 likely 0.29 – 0.6 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.17 likely 0.09 – 0.3 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | Better | 0.23 likely 0.07 – 0.55 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 0.56 likely 0.03 – 2.76 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 1.17 likely 0.83 – 1.62 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.32 likely 0.25 – 0.42 | 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after a heart attack 338 cases | Too few cases | 15.1% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 1,281 cases | Too few cases | 21.7% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 1,425 cases | Too few cases | 18% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 713 cases | Too few cases | 20% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 82 cases | Too few cases | 11.6% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 142 cases | Too few cases | 7.6% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 226 cases | Too few cases | 1.4 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 768 cases | Too few cases | -3.1 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 1,023 cases | Too few cases | 41.3 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 2,297 cases | No different | 14.8 per 1,000 likely 11.8 per 1,000 – 18.5 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 461 cases | No different | 12.3 per 100 likely 9.8 per 100 – 15.2 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 461 cases | No different | 5.7 per 100 likely 4.2 per 100 – 7.7 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 1,608 cases | No different | 0.9 likely 0.8 – 1.1 | — |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
3,439 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 586 residents and trainees. 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 |
|---|---|
| Anesthesiology | 262 |
| Physician Assistant | 223 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 183 |
| Internal Medicine | 163 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 149 |
| Pediatrics | 149 |
| Emergency Medicine | 130 |
| Pharmacist | 102 |
| Family Medicine | 88 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 84 |
| Family | 75 |
| Psychiatry | 69 |
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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.
- 2019 $196,615
- 2020 $70,604
- 2021 $501,090
- 2022 $148,906
- 2023 $225,408
- 2024 $175,512
- 2025 $488,175
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $92,864 | 11 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $87,819 | 5 |
| Consulting fees | $10,800 | 3 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $6,150 | 2 |
| Gifts | $5,321 | 2 |
| Grants | $2,500 | 1 |
| Education | $2,279 | 2 |
| Food and beverage | $744 | 5 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $340,141 | 127 |
| AngioDynamics, Inc. | $78,333 | 3 |
| Sterilmed, Inc. | $14,500 | 2 |
| National Marrow Donor Program | $14,070 | 4 |
| Elekta, Inc. | $10,800 | 3 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | $10,000 | 4 |
| MED-EL Corporation | $9,090 | 1 |
| Scientia Vascular | $5,300 | 1 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| A STUDY OF TAK-330 FOR REVERSAL OF DIRECT ORAL FACTOR XA INHIBITOR-INDUCED ANTICOAGULATION Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $100,378 |
| STUDY TO CHECK THE SAFETY OF FAZIRSIRAN AND LEARN IF FAZIRSIRAN CAN HELP PEOPLE WITH LIVER DISEASE AND SCARRING (FIBROSIS) DUE TO AN ABNORMAL VERSION… Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $71,333 |
| A Study in Adults to Learn About Inherited Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) and AATD Related Liver Problems Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. · NCT06512454 | $37,333 |
| PHASE 3, PROSPECTIVE, MULTI-CENTER, OPEN LABEL STUDY TO INVESTIGATE SAFETY, IMMUNOGENICITY, AND HEMOSTATIC EFFICACY OF PEGYLATED FACTOR VIII (BAX 855… Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. · NCT02615691 | $22,413 |
| HEPATIC IMPAIRMENT Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $17,212 |
| A PHASE 3, PROSPECTIVE, MULTICENTER, UNCONTROLLED, OPEN-LABEL CLINICAL STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFICACY, SAFETY, AND TOLERABILITY OF RVWF WITH OR WITH… Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $12,480 |
| EVALUATION OF LONG-TERM SAFETY OF ADYNOVI/ADYNOVATE (ANTIHAEMOPHILIC FACTOR [RECOMBINANT] PEGYLATED, RURIOCTOCOG ALFA PEGOL) IN PATIENTS WITH HAEMOPH… Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $12,285 |
| A PROSPECTIVE, MULTI-CENTER REGISTRY FOR PATIENTS WITH SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. · NCT01990040 | $6,264 |
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.
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Common questions about Uf Health Shands Hospital
Is Uf Health Shands Hospital a good hospital?
Uf Health Shands Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Of the 27 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 9 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Uf Health Shands Hospital?
78% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 3,034 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Uf Health Shands Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 8 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. 4% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Uf Health Shands Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $488,175 in payments to Uf Health Shands Hospital for 2025, most of it research funding, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.