ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Anchorage, AK 99508
ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Alaska Native Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Anchorage, AK 99508 that serves the Anchorage county area. This facility is a public federal hospital with emergency services.
ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER
4315 Diplomacy DrAnchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 563-2662
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Patient Survey Summary Rating Summary Star Rating
The summary star rating combines data from different aspects of the patient’s experience of care to make hospital comparison easier.
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ABOUT THIS PROVIDER
Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals What's an acute care hospital?An acute care hospital provides inpatient medical care, services related for surgery and medical services for short-term illnesses, acute medical conditions or injuries.
Hospital Owner: Government - Federal
Electronic Lab Results: Yes Able to receive lab results electronically
The provider has the ability of receiving laboratory results through a certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system as discrete searchable data.
Electronically Track Patients Visits: Yes Able to track patients’ lab results, tests, and referrals electronically between visits
The provider is capable of tracking lab tests, diagnostic studies, or patient referrals through a certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
Outpatient Safe Surgery Checklist: Yes Safe surgery checklist use (outpatient)
This hospital follows a safe surgery checklist based on accepted standards of practice. Safe surgery checklists include three critical perioperative periods: 1) The period before the administration of anesthesia; 2) The period before surgical skin incision; and 3) The period of closure of incision and before the patient leaving the operating room for outpatient surgical procedures.
General Surgery Registry: Yes General Surgery Registry
The provider participates in the general surgery registry. Registries provide hospitals with information necessary to help them improve the care they provide.
Nursing Care Registry: Yes Nursing care registry
The provider participates in the nursing care registry. This registry collects and analyzes information on nursing care topics, conditions, or procedures.
Inpatient Safe Surgery Checklist: Yes Safe surgery checklist use (inpatient)
This hospital follows a safe surgery checklist based on accepted standards of practice. Safe surgery checklists include three critical perioperative periods: 1) The period before the administration of anesthesia; 2) The period before surgical skin incision; and 3) The period of closure of incision and before the patient leaving the operating room for inpatient surgical procedures.
Emergency Services: Yes Emergency Department
This hospital provides emergency services which might include acute medical care or trauma care.
The hospital patient survey at Alaska Native Medical Center is administered to a random sample of adult inpatients after discharge. The following are the results of some the survey’s five-star quality ratings.
Doctor Communication: FairQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at Alaska Native Medical Center show how rapidly emergency departments give recommended treatments known to get the best results for patients with certain common conditions. This information could help patients compare which hospitals provide the right care at the right time.
ER Wait Time: 47 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 11 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 6 hours 30 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 45 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 57 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Alaska Native Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Alaska or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function
The provider's Heart Failure performance score of 100% for the quality measure evaluation of left ventricular function is better than the 98% average score of Alaska. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 131 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 135 minutes in Alaska. - Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 96% average score of Alaska. - Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 96% average score of Alaska. - Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure antithrombotic medication by day two is better than the 98% average score of Alaska. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged on statin medication is better than the 96% average score of Alaska. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 94% average score of Alaska. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 94% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 89% average score of Alaska. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 98% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 94% average score of Alaska. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 97% average score of Alaska. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure intravenous blood thinner is better than the 99% average score of Alaska. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 98% average score of Alaska.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
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PROVIDENCE ALASKA MEDICAL CENTER | Box 196604 Anchorage, AK 99508 | Yes | 0.8 mi | Compare |
ALASKA REGIONAL HOSPITAL | 2801 Debarr Road Anchorage, AK 99508 | Yes | 2.16 mi | Compare |
MAT-SU REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 2500 South Woodworth Loop Palmer, AK 99645 | Yes | 31.85 mi | Compare |
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