CMS certification 140117
Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center
7435 W Talcott Avenue, Chicago, IL 60631
Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 66% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 6 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: 1,047 completed surveys, 25% 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 | IL | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 405 visits sampled | 3 h 6 min | 2 h 42 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 28 visits sampled | 4 h 59 min | 4 h 48 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 150 patients | 32% | 63% | 65% |
How Amita Health Resurrection 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterThis hospital | 3/5 | 66% | 3 h 6 min | 1 better 1 worse |
| Holy Cross HospitalSame city | 2/5 | 44% | 2 h 53 min | 2 better 1 worse |
| Community First Medical CenterSame city | 2/5 | — | 3 h 55 min | 1 better 1 worse |
| Roseland Community HospitalSame city | 1/5 | 42% | 4 h 6 min | 1 worse |
| Swedish HospitalSame city | 3/5 | 59% | 4 h 14 min | 3 better 2 worse |
| The University of Chicago Medical CenterSame city | 4/5 | 73% | 4 h 55 min | 7 better 5 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 Chicago.
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 2,775 cases | Too few cases | 3.7% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 145 cases | Too few cases | 11.8% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 551 cases | Too few cases | 10.1% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 488 cases | Too few cases | 13.8% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 151 cases | Too few cases | 10.1% | 11.9% |
| COPD 86 cases | Too few cases | 7.4% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 47 cases | Too few cases | 2.2% | 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | No different | 1.3 likely 0.99 – 1.6 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 29 cases | Too few cases | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 83 cases | No different | 155.06 per 1,000 likely 109.58 per 1,000 – 200.54 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 5,295 cases | No different | 0.61 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.23 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 5,584 cases | No different | 0.19 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.39 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 5,789 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 1,202 cases | No different | 1.95 per 1,000 likely 0.46 per 1,000 – 3.43 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 387 cases | No different | 2.1 per 1,000 likely 0.55 per 1,000 – 3.64 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 401 cases | Worse | 17.64 per 1,000 likely 11.09 per 1,000 – 24.2 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,308 cases | No different | 3.55 per 1,000 likely 1.54 per 1,000 – 5.57 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 407 cases | No different | 7.99 per 1,000 likely 4.52 per 1,000 – 11.47 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 263 cases | No different | 1.62 per 1,000 likely 0.15 per 1,000 – 3.08 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,024 cases | No different | 0.81 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.78 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) | No different | 0.4 likely 0.07 – 1.31 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.25 likely 0.04 – 0.83 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 1.14 likely 0.29 – 3.1 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.48 likely 0.08 – 1.59 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.57 likely 0.32 – 0.93 | 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 143 cases | Too few cases | 13.2% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 572 cases | Too few cases | 22% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 560 cases | Too few cases | 17.3% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 96 cases | Too few cases | 19.6% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 36 cases | Too few cases | 11.4% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 28 cases | Too few cases | 6.6% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 153 cases | Too few cases | 11.3 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 590 cases | Too few cases | -0.9 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 500 cases | Too few cases | 11.6 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 740 cases | No different | 13.6 per 1,000 likely 10.3 per 1,000 – 17.8 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 109 cases | No different | 1.1 likely 0.8 – 1.5 | — |
3 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
298 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 43 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 |
|---|---|
| Emergency Medicine | 179 |
| Physical Therapist | 19 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 11 |
| Anesthesiology | 10 |
| Speech-Language Pathologist | 7 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 6 |
| Family Medicine | 5 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 4 |
| Dietitian, Registered | 4 |
| Family | 4 |
| Internal Medicine | 4 |
| Occupational Therapist | 4 |
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 $65,406
- 2020 $3,130
- 2021 $3,064
- 2022 $30,282
- 2023 $4,856
- 2024 $28,741
Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026.
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 Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center
Is Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center a good hospital?
Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center?
66% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,047 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 6 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $28,741 in payments to Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center for 2024, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.