ALVARADO HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in San Diego, CA 92120
ALVARADO HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Alvarado Hospital Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in San Diego, CA 92120 that serves the San Diego county area. This facility is a public federal hospital with emergency services.
ALVARADO HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
6655 Alvarado RoadSan Diego, CA 92120
Phone: (619) 229-3172
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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: 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.
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.
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.
PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
The hospital patient survey at Alvarado Hospital 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: Poor
Cleanliness: Poor
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Fair
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Alvarado Hospital 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: 1 hour 4 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 59 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 20 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 15 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 30 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Alvarado Hospital Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in California or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Lower rate of serious complications Lower rate of serious complications
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a lower rate of serious complications. - 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 catheter urinary tract infections in icu only Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for catheter urinary tract infections in icu only - 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 CA. - 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 CA. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 260 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 335 minutes in California. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 75 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 129 minutes in California. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 96% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 94% average score of California. - Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 87% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 82% average score of California. - 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 California. - 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 California. - 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 California. - 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 99% average score of California. - 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 97% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 96% average score of California. - 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 California. - 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 93% average score of California.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO | 4647 Zion Ave San Diego, CA 92120 | Yes | 2.43 mi | Compare |
| GROSSMONT HOSPITAL | 5555 Grossmont Center Drive Box 58 La Mesa, CA 91942 | Yes | 2.76 mi | Compare |
| SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 7901 Frost St San Diego, CA 92123 | No | 5.85 mi | Compare |
| SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL | 4077 5th Ave San Diego, CA 92103 | Yes | 6.23 mi | Compare |
| PARADISE VALLEY HOSPITAL | 2400 East 4th St National City, CA 91950 | Yes | 6.46 mi | Compare |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO MEDICAL CENTER | 200 West Arbor Drive San Diego, CA 92103 | Yes | 6.5 mi | Compare |
| SHARP CORONADO HOSPITAL AND HLTHCR CTR | 250 Prospect Place Coronado, CA 92118 | Yes | 8.61 mi | Compare |
| SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER | 751 Medical Center Court Chula Vista, CA 91911 | Yes | 11.04 mi | Compare |
| SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LA JOLLA | 9888 Genesee Avenue La Jolla, CA 92037 | Yes | 12.19 mi | Compare |
| VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM | 3350 La Jolla Village Drive San Diego, CA 92161 | No | 12.24 mi | Compare |
| SCRIPPS GREEN HOSPITAL | 10666 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 | No | 13.61 mi | Compare |
| POMERADO HOSPITAL | 15615 Pomerado Road Poway, CA 92064 | Yes | 15.2 mi | Compare |
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