BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Memphis, TN 38120

BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROFILE

Baptist Memorial Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Memphis, TN 38120 that serves the Shelby county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

6019 Walnut Grove Road
Memphis, TN 38120
Phone: (901) 226-5000
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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

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.

PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

The hospital patient survey at Baptist Memorial 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: Fair

Quiet Rooms: Average

Cleanliness: Fair

Pain Management: Average

Discharge Information: Fair

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Baptist Memorial 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: 24 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 47 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 4 hours 49 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 19 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 56 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Baptist Memorial Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Tennessee or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL5959 Park Ave
Memphis, TN 38119
Yes3.72 miCompare
BAPTIST REHABILITATION GERMANTOWN2100 Exeter Road
Germantown, TN 38138
No4.25 miCompare
DELTA MEDICAL CENTER3000 Getwell Rd
Memphis, TN 38118
Yes5.85 miCompare
SAINT FRANCIS BARTLETT MEDICAL CENTER2986 Kate Bond Rd
Bartlett, TN 38133
Yes6.36 miCompare
METHODIST HEALTHCARE MEMPHIS HOSPITALS1265 Union Ave Suite 700
Memphis, TN 38104
Yes8.96 miCompare
MEMPHIS VA MEDICAL CENTER1030 Jefferson Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
No9.38 miCompare
REGIONAL ONE HEALTH877 Jefferson Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
Yes9.68 miCompare
BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DESOTO7601 Southcrest Parkway
Southaven, MS 38671
Yes13.43 miCompare
METHODIST HEALTHCARE - OLIVE BRANCH HOSPITAL4250 Bethel Road
Olive Branch, MS 38654
Yes14.8 miCompare

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