CMS certification 100267
HCA Florida Englewood Hospital
700 Medical Blvd, Englewood, FL 34223
HCA Florida Englewood Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 68% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 18 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 36 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
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What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 537 completed surveys, 36% 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 medium; 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 · 386 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min | 2 h 36 min | 2 h 36 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 11 visits sampled | 2 h 31 min | 3 h 40 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 21,467 patients | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 103 patients | 77% | 73% | 65% |
How HCA Florida Englewood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCA Florida Englewood HospitalThis hospital | 3/5 | 68% | 2 h 36 min | 1 worse |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors HospitalSame county · Sarasota | 4/5 | 68% | 1 h 48 min | 2 better 2 worse |
| Sarasota Memorial HospitalSame county · Sarasota | 5/5 | 77% | 3 h 18 min | 10 better 2 worse |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital - VeniceSame county · North Venice | 5/5 | 86% | 3 h 55 min | 5 better |
| HCA Florida Blake HospitalSame ZIP area · Bradenton | 2/5 | 56% | 2 h 7 min | 2 better 4 worse |
| Manatee Memorial HospitalSame ZIP area · Bradenton | 3/5 | 59% | 2 h 16 min | 2 better 3 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.
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 1,729 cases | Too few cases | 4% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 162 cases | Too few cases | 11.9% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 221 cases | Too few cases | 11.3% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 287 cases | Too few cases | 13.5% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 78 cases | Too few cases | 12.3% | 11.9% |
| COPD 83 cases | Too few cases | 8.6% | 8.6% |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
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 | 0.83 likely 0.4 – 1.26 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 38 cases | Too few cases | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 2,134 cases | No different | 0.34 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.33 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 3,322 cases | No different | 0.18 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.41 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 3,218 cases | No different | 0.25 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.45 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 478 cases | No different | 2.18 per 1,000 likely 0.5 per 1,000 – 3.85 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 88 cases | No different | 1.64 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.36 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 92 cases | No different | 8.31 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 17.9 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 503 cases | No different | 2.86 per 1,000 likely 0.47 per 1,000 – 5.25 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 86 cases | No different | 4.91 per 1,000 likely 0.7 per 1,000 – 9.11 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 112 cases | No different | 1.7 per 1,000 likely 0.2 per 1,000 – 3.21 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 410 cases | No different | 0.97 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.01 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0 | 1 |
3 more measures had too few cases here to report.
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 175 cases | Too few cases | 14.1% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 314 cases | Too few cases | 20.7% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 451 cases | Too few cases | 17.6% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 146 cases | Too few cases | 19.4% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 36 cases | Too few cases | 6% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 135 cases | Too few cases | -11.5 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 230 cases | Too few cases | -18.3 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 320 cases | Too few cases | 5.6 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 79 cases | No different | 12.7 per 1,000 likely 9.4 per 1,000 – 17 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 303 cases | No different | 1 likely 0.7 – 1.3 | — |
4 more measures had too few cases here to report.
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 HCA Florida Englewood Hospital
Is HCA Florida Englewood Hospital a good hospital?
HCA Florida Englewood Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 18 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend HCA Florida Englewood Hospital?
68% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 537 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the HCA Florida Englewood Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 36 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with medium patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 45 min. 0% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.