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John Randolph Medical Center

411 West Randolph Road, Hopewell, VA 23860

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services

John Randolph Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 65% 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 2 and worse on none. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 12 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 65% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 3/5 471 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 0 worse 2 better of 18 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 471 completed surveys, 18% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
65%
VA 70% · US 71% · 3 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
68%
VA 72% · US 72% · 3 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
78%
VA 81% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
76%
VA 80% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
59%
VA 62% · US 62% · 2 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
80%
VA 87% · US 86% · 2 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
68%
VA 74% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
62%
VA 60% · US 60% · 4 of 5 stars

This hospital Virginia 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 very high; 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 VA US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 408 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min 2 h 12 min 2 h 41 min 2 h 42 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 65,028 patients 2% 2% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 27 patients 78% 69% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 101 patients 61% 67% 65%

How John Randolph 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
John Randolph Medical CenterThis hospital3/565%2 h 12 min2 better
Bon Secours Southampton Memorial HospitalSame ZIP area · Franklin3/560%2 h 32 min3 worse
Bon Secours Southern Virginia Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Emporia4/564%1 h 59 min1 better
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Petersburg2/557%2 h 17 min1 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 1,091 cases Too few cases 4% 3.9%
Heart attack 47 cases Too few cases 11.4% 11.9%
Heart failure 203 cases Too few cases 9.5% 11.1%
Pneumonia 223 cases Too few cases 12.3% 15.2%
Stroke 68 cases Too few cases 12.1% 11.9%
COPD 72 cases Too few cases 9.2% 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.

11 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.94 likely 0.5 – 1.37 1
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 1,665 cases No different 0.36 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.37 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 2,334 cases No different 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.03 per 1,000 – 0.49 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 2,301 cases No different 0.25 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.46 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 262 cases No different 2.53 per 1,000 likely 0.84 per 1,000 – 4.23 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 83 cases No different 1.65 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.38 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 96 cases No different 10.65 per 1,000 likely 1.17 per 1,000 – 20.13 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 277 cases No different 3.08 per 1,000 likely 0.6 per 1,000 – 5.56 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 78 cases No different 4.97 per 1,000 likely 0.74 per 1,000 – 9.19 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 78 cases No different 1.71 per 1,000 likely 0.2 per 1,000 – 3.22 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 286 cases No different 1.27 per 1,000 likely 0.21 per 1,000 – 2.33 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 3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 0 1
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 0.12 likely 0.01 – 0.59 1

2 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 heart failure 305 cases Too few cases 22.2% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 264 cases Too few cases 17.9% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 148 cases Too few cases 19.3% 20%
Days back in hospital after heart failure 212 cases Too few cases -18.8 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 216 cases Too few cases 14.9 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 971 cases No different 14.6 per 1,000 likely 11.3 per 1,000 – 19.3 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 158 cases No different 1 likely 0.7 – 1.4 —

7 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

25 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
Emergency Medicine 8
Physician Assistant 4
Anesthesiology 2
Family 2
Nurse Practitioner 2
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology 1
Hospitalist 1
Internal Medicine 1
Medical 1
Occupational Medicine 1
Pharmacist 1
Psychiatric/Mental Health 1

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 John Randolph Medical Center

Is John Randolph Medical Center a good hospital?

John Randolph Medical Center 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 2 and worse on none. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend John Randolph Medical Center?

65% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 471 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the John Randolph Medical Center emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 12 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with very high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 21 min. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.