<p><b>Falmouth Hospital</b> is a private medical center located in <a href="/pages/w/109138465772300">Falmouth, Massachusetts</a> founded in 1963. It has 95 beds. Falmouth Hospital is located just west of Palmer Avenue (Route 28) just south off of TerHeun Drive.</p><p>The Emergency Department is one of the busiest in Massachusetts, providing <a href="/pages/w/109365515748849">emergency services</a> to more than 40,000 patients on an annual basis.</p><p>In 1996 it merged with <a href="/pages/w/109525682400165">Cape Cod Hospital</a> to form the unified <i>Cape Cod Healthcare</i> organization.</p><h2>History</h2><p>Falmouth Hospital opened May 2, 1963 with 58 beds. A third floor was added in 1969 increasing capacity to 88 beds. Then further expansions in 1971, 1976, and 1977 added offices, a helicopter landing pad, and other facilities. In 1983 a fourth floor addition was completed along with x-ray, laboratory, and emergency services facilities. In 1996, an outpatient and maternity center was added.</p><h2>Hospital rating data</h2><p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HealthGrades" class="wikipedia">HealthGrades</a> website contains the latest quality data for Falmouth Hospital, as of 2015. For this rating section three different types of data from HealthGrades are presented: quality ratings for twenty-two inpatient conditions and procedures, thirteen patient safety indicators, percentage of patients giving the hospital a 9 or 10 (the two highest possible ratings).</p><p>For inpatient conditions and procedures, there are three possible ratings: worse than expected, as expected, better than expected. For this hospital the data for this category is: <ul><li>Worse than expected - 2</li><li>As expected - 16</li><li>Better than expected - 4</li></ul></p><p>For patient safety indicators, there are the same three possible ratings. For this hospital safety indicators were rated as: <ul><li>Worse than expected - 1</li><li>As expected -12</li><li>Better than expected - 0</li></ul></p><p> Data for patients giving this hospital a 9 or 10 are: <ul><li>Patients rating this hospital as a 9 or 10 - 71%</li><li>Patients rating hospitals as a 9 or 10 nationally - 69%</li></ul></p><p></p>