BANNER LASSEN MEDICAL CENTER
Critical Access Hospital in Susanville, CA 96130
BANNER LASSEN MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Banner Lassen Medical Center is a critical access hospital located in Susanville, CA 96130 that serves the Lassen county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
BANNER LASSEN MEDICAL CENTER
1800 Spring Ridge DriveSusanville, CA 96130
Phone: (530) 252-2000
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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: Critical Access Hospitals What's a critical access hospital?A critical access hospital is a small facility that provides outpatient and inpatient services on a limited basis, usually to people in rural areas.
Hospital Owner: Voluntary Non-profit - Private
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.
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 Banner Lassen 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: GoodQuiet Rooms: Good
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at Banner Lassen 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: Not Available before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: Not Available before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 5 hours 42 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 37 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: Not Available before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Banner Lassen Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in California or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Excellent Nurse Communication Rating Excellent Nurse Communication Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure nurse communication is excellent. - 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. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 97 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 129 minutes in California. - 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 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 88% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 82% average score of California. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 1% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 2% average score of California. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 98% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 97% average score of California. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 8 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 9 minutes in California.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SENECA DISTRICT HOSPITAL | 130 Brentwood Drive Chester, CA 96020 | Yes | 33.26 mi | Compare |
| PLUMAS DISTRICT HOSPITAL | 1065 Bucks Lake Road Quincy, CA 95971 | Yes | 38.56 mi | Compare |
| EASTERN PLUMAS HOSPITAL - PORTOLA CAMPUS | 500 First Avenue Portola, CA 96122 | Yes | 44.42 mi | Compare |
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