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Midwestern Region Med Center, INC

2520 Elisha Avenue, Zion, IL 60099

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services

Midwestern Region Med Center has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 89% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 9 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 55 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 4/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 89% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 5/5 124 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 1 worse 0 better of 9 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 124 completed surveys, 27% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
89%
IL 69% · US 71% · 5 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
88%
IL 70% · US 72% · 5 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
89%
IL 79% · US 80% · 5 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
85%
IL 79% · US 80% · 4 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
64%
IL 61% · US 62% · 4 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
92%
IL 86% · US 86% · 5 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
83%
IL 73% · US 74% · 5 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
79%
IL 59% · US 60% · 5 of 5 stars

This hospital Illinois 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 low; 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 IL US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 262 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 3 min 2 h 55 min 2 h 42 min 2 h 42 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 1,744 patients 0% 3% 2%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 56 patients 80% 63% 65%

How Midwestern Region Med 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
Midwestern Region Med Center, INCThis hospital4/589%2 h 55 min1 worse
Vista Medical Center EastSame county · Waukegan2/530%3 h 9 min2 better 1 worse
North Chicago VA Medical CenterSame county · North Chicago4/572%—2 better 1 worse
Advocate Condell Medical CenterSame county · Libertyville4/566%3 h 34 min4 better 1 worse
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalSame county · Lake Forest5/578%3 h 41 min7 better 2 worse
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalSame county · Barrington5/577%3 h 14 min5 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.

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 67 cases Too few cases 3.9% 3.9%

6 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.

11 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 1 likely 0.52 – 1.48 1
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 237 cases No different 0.54 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.79 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 251 cases No different 0.21 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.44 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 314 cases No different 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.49 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 109 cases No different 2.55 per 1,000 likely 0.86 per 1,000 – 4.25 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 103 cases No different 1.61 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.32 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 76 cases No different 7.86 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 17.18 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 112 cases No different 4.24 per 1,000 likely 1.69 per 1,000 – 6.8 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 101 cases No different 6.28 per 1,000 likely 2.21 per 1,000 – 10.35 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 48 cases No different 1.74 per 1,000 likely 0.22 per 1,000 – 3.26 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 107 cases No different 1 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.06 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

2 more measures 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.

1 better than the nation 1 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 0.49 likely 0.02 – 2.41 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0 1

4 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.

4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 175 cases No different 13.5 per 1,000 likely 10 per 1,000 – 18.2 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 344 cases No different 10.4 per 100 likely 8.2 per 100 – 13 per 100 10.7 per 100
ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 344 cases No different 6.8 per 100 likely 5 per 100 – 9 per 100 5.4 per 100
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 99 cases No different 0.9 likely 0.7 – 1.3 —

10 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

84 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
Dietitian, Registered 8
Family 8
Physician Assistant 8
Hematology & Oncology 6
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology 4
Nurse Practitioner 4
Radiation Oncology 4
Surgical Assistant 3
Anesthesiology 2
Genetic Counselor, MS 2
Medical 2
Medical Oncology 2

First 12 alphabetically

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 Midwestern Region Med Center

Is Midwestern Region Med Center a good hospital?

Midwestern Region Med Center has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 9 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 Midwestern Region Med Center?

89% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 124 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Midwestern Region Med Center emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 55 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with low patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 3 min. 0% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.