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Faith Health

2700 West Norfolk Ave, Norfolk, NE 68701

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services Birthing-friendly

Faith Health has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 69% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 19 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on none. Emergency patients spend a median of 1 h 41 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 3/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 69% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 4/5 436 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 0 worse 1 better of 19 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 436 completed surveys, 31% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
69%
NE 78% · US 71% · 4 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
72%
NE 79% · US 72% · 4 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
83%
NE 84% · US 80% · 4 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
77%
NE 84% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
63%
NE 66% · US 62% · 4 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
90%
NE 89% · US 86% · 4 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
75%
NE 78% · US 74% · 4 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
67%
NE 69% · US 60% · 4 of 5 stars

This hospital Nebraska 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 NE US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 382 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 3 min 1 h 41 min 1 h 53 min 2 h 42 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 14,407 patients 0% 1% 2%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 491 patients 74% 64% 65%

How Faith Health 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
Faith HealthThis hospital3/569%1 h 41 min1 better
West Holt Memorial HospitalSame ZIP area · AtkinsonNot rated93%1 h 50 min1 better
Antelope Memorial HospitalSame ZIP area · NelighNot rated91%1 h 57 minNo different
Avera St Anthony's HospitalSame ZIP area · O' Neill4/582%1 h 55 minNo different
Osmond General HospitalSame ZIP area · OsmondNot rated79%1 h 54 minNo different
Providence Medical CenterSame ZIP area · WayneNot rated78%2 h 1 min—

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 1,087 cases Too few cases 3.6% 3.9%
Heart attack 123 cases Too few cases 12.8% 11.9%
Heart failure 169 cases Too few cases 11% 11.1%
Pneumonia 206 cases Too few cases 17.5% 15.2%
Stroke 74 cases Too few cases 9.3% 11.9%
COPD 40 cases Too few cases 9.2% 8.6%
Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 34 cases Too few cases 2.5% 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.

12 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 1.11 likely 0.71 – 1.51 1
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 38 cases No different 190.62 per 1,000 likely 130.68 per 1,000 – 250.55 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 2,105 cases No different 0.65 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.57 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 2,607 cases No different 0.29 per 1,000 likely 0.08 per 1,000 – 0.51 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 2,601 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 454 cases No different 2.44 per 1,000 likely 0.78 per 1,000 – 4.1 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 126 cases No different 2.03 per 1,000 likely 0.34 per 1,000 – 3.71 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 133 cases No different 12.46 per 1,000 likely 4.11 per 1,000 – 20.82 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 558 cases No different 3.12 per 1,000 likely 0.79 per 1,000 – 5.45 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 118 cases No different 5.64 per 1,000 likely 1.49 per 1,000 – 9.78 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 71 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 541 cases No different 1.23 per 1,000 likely 0.19 per 1,000 – 2.28 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.

1 better than the nation 1 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 0 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.18 likely 0.01 – 0.88 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.

2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 128 cases Too few cases 14% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 213 cases Too few cases 20.6% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 231 cases Too few cases 16.9% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 29 cases Too few cases 19.7% 20%
Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 27 cases Too few cases 10.7% 11%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 134 cases Too few cases 10.6 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 187 cases Too few cases -52.5 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 216 cases Too few cases -17.8 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 49 cases No different 12.7 per 1,000 likely 9.2 per 1,000 – 17.1 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 270 cases No different 1.2 likely 0.9 – 1.6 —

4 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

100 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
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 21
Internal Medicine 12
Pharmacist 10
Dietitian, Registered 7
Emergency Medicine 7
Family 5
Acute Care 4
Family Medicine 4
Occupational Therapist 4
Physical Therapist 4
Anesthesiology 3
Physician Assistant 3

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 Faith Health

Is Faith Health a good hospital?

Faith Health has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 19 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on none. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Faith Health?

69% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 436 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Faith Health emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 1 h 41 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.