BAYHEALTH - KENT GENERAL HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Dover, DE 19901
BAYHEALTH - KENT GENERAL HOSPITAL PROFILE
Bayhealth - Kent General Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Dover, DE 19901 that serves the Kent county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
BAYHEALTH - KENT GENERAL HOSPITAL
640 S State StreetDover, DE 19901
Phone: (302) 744-7001
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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.
Average
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.
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 Bayhealth - Kent General 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Fair
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Bayhealth - Kent General 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: 3 hours 47 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 8 hours 48 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 5 hours 6 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 16 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Bayhealth - Kent General Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Delaware or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for catheter urinary tract infections - 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 DE. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 97% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 95% average score of Delaware. - 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 92% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 90% average score of Delaware. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 24 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 33 minutes in Delaware. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure beta-blocker prior to admission is better than the 99% average score of Delaware. - 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 99% for the quality measure antithrombotic medication by day two is better than the 98% average score of Delaware. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 98% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 95% average score of Delaware. - 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 96% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 94% average score of Delaware. - 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 97% average score of Delaware.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAYHEALTH - MILFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 21 West Clarke Avenue Milford, DE 19963 | Yes | 17.54 mi | Compare |
| UNIVERSITY OF MD SHORE MEDICAL CTR AT CHESTERTOWN | 100 Brown Street Chestertown, MD 21620 | Yes | 29.4 mi | Compare |
| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SALEM COUNTY | 310 Woodstown Road Salem, NJ 08079 | Yes | 30.82 mi | Compare |
| INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER VINELAND | 1505 W Sherman Ave Vineland, NJ 08360 | Yes | 32.13 mi | Compare |
| BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER | 424 Savannah Rd Lewes, DE 19958 | Yes | 33.21 mi | Compare |
| INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER ELMER | 501 West Front Street, Post Office Box 1090 Elmer, NJ 08318 | Yes | 35.3 mi | Compare |
| NANTICOKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 801 Middleford Rd Seaford, DE 19973 | Yes | 35.39 mi | Compare |
| UNION HOSPITAL OF CECIL COUNTY | 106 Bow Street Elkton, MD 21921 | Yes | 35.61 mi | Compare |
| CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | 4755 Ogletown-stanton Road Newark, DE 19718 | Yes | 37.79 mi | Compare |
| CAPE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC | Two Stone Harbor Blvd Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 | Yes | 38.23 mi | Compare |
| UNIVERSITY OF MD SHORE MEDICAL CENTER AT EASTON | 219 South Washington Street Easton, MD 21601 | Yes | 39.76 mi | Compare |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HARFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 501 South Union Avenue Havre De Grace, MD 21078 | Yes | 40.71 mi | Compare |
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