ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Albany, NY 12208
ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL PROFILE
Albany Medical Center Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Albany, NY 12208 that serves the Albany county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL
43 New Scotland AvenueAlbany, NY 12208
Phone: (518) 262-3125
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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.
Fair
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: Voluntary Non-profit - Private
Multispecialty Surgical Registry: Yes Multispecialty surgical registry
The provider participates in the multispecialty surgical registry. Participants of this registry report one or any combination of three surgical measures elderly surgical outcomes, colectomy outcomes and lower-extremity bypass outcomes.
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.
Cardiac Surgery Registry: Yes Cardiac surgery registry
The provider participates in the cardiac surgery registry. Participation in this registry does not mean that the hospital is specialized or only provides this type of care. Registries provide hospitals with the information necessary to help them improve the care they provide.
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 Albany Medical Center Hospital 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: PoorQuiet Rooms: Poor
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at Albany Medical Center Hospital 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: 54 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 3 hours 36 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 6 hours 20 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 42 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 0 hours 59 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Albany Medical Center Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in New York or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections in icu only - Better performance for mrsa infections Better performance for mrsa infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for mrsa infections - Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of abdomen CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of NY. - Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of thorax CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of NY. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 380 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 381 minutes in New York. - 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 99% average score of New York. - Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early
The provider's Pregnancy and Delivery Care performance score of 0% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 3% average score of New York. - Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s)
The provider's Pneumonia performance score of 97% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 96% average score of New York. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic within 1 hour is better than the 99% average score of New York. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 99% for the quality measure antibiotic selection is better than the 98% average score of New York. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 98% average score of New York. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 99% for the quality measure catheter removal is better than the 98% average score of New York. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on antithrombotic therapy Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on antithrombotic therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged on antithrombotic therapy is better than the 99% average score of New York. - Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy is better than the 98% average score of New York. - Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 86% for the quality measure thrombolytic therapy is better than the 82% average score of New York. - 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 95% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 94% average score of New York. - 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 95% average score of New York.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
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ALBANY VA MEDICAL CENTER | 113 Holland Avenue Albany, NY 12208 | No | 0.28 mi | Compare |
ALBANY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 600 Northern Boulevard Albany, NY 12204 | Yes | 2.01 mi | Compare |
ST PETER'S HOSPITAL | 315 South Manning Boulevard Albany, NY 12208 | Yes | 4.65 mi | Compare |
BURDETT CARE CENTER | 2215 Burdett Ave Troy, NY 12180 | No | 7.65 mi | Compare |
SAMARITAN HOSPITAL | 2215 Burdett Avenue Troy, NY 12180 | Yes | 7.66 mi | Compare |
ST MARY'S HOSPITAL ( TROY ) | 1300 Massachusetts Avenue Troy, NY 12180 | Yes | 8.02 mi | Compare |
ELLIS HOSPITAL | 1101 Nott Street Schenectady, NY 12308 | Yes | 13.53 mi | Compare |
SUNNYVIEW HOSPITAL AND REHABILITATION CENTER | 1270 Belmont Avenue Schenectady, NY 12308 | No | 13.55 mi | Compare |
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