CMS certification 120011
Kaiser Foundation Hospital
3288 Moanalua Rd, Honolulu, HI 96819
Kaiser Foundation Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 83% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 14 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 1.
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: 416 completed surveys, 26% 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. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | HI | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 863 patients | 85% | 78% | 65% |
How Kaiser Foundation 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation HospitalThis hospital | 4/5 | 83% | — | 1 worse |
| Kuakini Medical CenterSame city | 4/5 | 58% | 2 h 29 min | 3 better 1 worse |
| Straub Clinic and HospitalSame city | 4/5 | 75% | 2 h 2 min | 3 better 3 worse |
| The Queens Medical CenterSame city | 3/5 | 76% | 3 h 11 min | 4 better 4 worse |
| Tripler AMC (FT Shafter)Same city | Not rated | 69% | 3 h 11 min | — |
| Adventist Health CastleSame county · Kailua | 4/5 | 78% | 2 h 36 min | 2 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 Honolulu.
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 2,310 cases | Too few cases | 3.2% | 3.9% |
| Heart failure 33 cases | Too few cases | 10.5% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 54 cases | Too few cases | 13.1% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 248 cases | Too few cases | 10.3% | 11.9% |
3 more measures 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 | 1 likely 0.58 – 1.43 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 52 cases | Too few cases | 5.4% | 4.1% |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 929 cases | No different | 0.79 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.81 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 1,204 cases | No different | 0.19 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.42 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 1,271 cases | No different | 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.47 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 298 cases | No different | 2.1 per 1,000 likely 0.46 per 1,000 – 3.75 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 126 cases | No different | 1.58 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.27 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 136 cases | No different | 9.17 per 1,000 likely 0.39 per 1,000 – 17.96 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 310 cases | No different | 3.52 per 1,000 likely 1.04 per 1,000 – 5.99 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 128 cases | No different | 4.66 per 1,000 likely 0.56 per 1,000 – 8.76 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 75 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 263 cases | No different | 0.99 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 0.31 likely 0.05 – 1.01 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0.5 likely 0.13 – 1.36 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 1.22 likely 0.39 – 2.93 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.34 likely 0.02 – 1.69 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.25 likely 0.09 – 0.56 | 1 |
1 more measure 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 223 cases | Too few cases | 13.6% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 436 cases | Too few cases | 20.2% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 715 cases | Too few cases | 17.6% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 156 cases | Too few cases | 19.6% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 60 cases | Too few cases | 10.9% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 38 cases | Too few cases | 6% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 36 cases | Too few cases | -8.6 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 59 cases | Too few cases | 98.9 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 61 cases | No different | 13.3 per 1,000 likely 9.7 per 1,000 – 17.9 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 30 cases | No different | 1 likely 0.7 – 1.5 | — |
4 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
626 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 |
|---|---|
| Pharmacist | 78 |
| Hospitalist | 56 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 49 |
| Emergency Medicine | 37 |
| Internal Medicine | 32 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 20 |
| Physician Assistant | 20 |
| Physical Therapist | 16 |
| Anesthesiology | 14 |
| Family | 13 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 12 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 11 |
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.
- 2019 $641,658
- 2020 $455,710
- 2021 $347,507
- 2022 $128,925
- 2023 $286,451
- 2024 $29,024
- 2025 $92,859
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $7,761 | 2 |
| Education | $78 | 2 |
| Debt forgiveness | $62 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Abbvie INC. | $43,800 | 2 |
| BioNTech SE | $22,542 | 4 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $18,436 | 1 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $4,461 | 1 |
| Teleflex LLC | $3,300 | 1 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | $180 | 1 |
| Ecs Opco 1 LLC | $78 | 2 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $62 | 1 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| A Study to Assess Adverse Events and How Intravenously (IV) Infused Telisotuzumab Vedotin (ABBV-399) Moves Through the Body as a Monotherapy in Adult… ABBVIE INC. | $43,800 |
| BNT327-02 BioNTech SE | $22,542 |
| A Multicenter, Open-label, Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Long-term Safety and Efficacy in Participants who are Currently on Treatment or in Follow-up… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $18,436 |
| DS8201-A-U201 Daiichi Sankyo Inc. · NCT03248492 | $180 |
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 Kaiser Foundation Hospital
Is Kaiser Foundation Hospital a good hospital?
Kaiser Foundation Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 14 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 Kaiser Foundation Hospital?
83% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 416 completed HCAHPS surveys.
Does Kaiser Foundation Hospital have an emergency room?
Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Kaiser Foundation Hospital.
Does Kaiser Foundation Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $92,859 in payments to Kaiser Foundation 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.