BERT FISH MEDICAL CENTER

Acute Care Hospital in New Smyrna Beach, FL 32170

BERT FISH MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE

Bert Fish Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in New Smyrna Beach, FL 32170 that serves the Volusia county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

BERT FISH MEDICAL CENTER

401 Palmetto St
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32170
Phone: (386) 424-5000
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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.

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.

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 Bert Fish 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: Average

Quiet Rooms: Average

Cleanliness: Fair

Pain Management: Good

Discharge Information: Good

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Bert Fish 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: 27 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 12 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 4 hours 40 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 39 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 1 hour before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Bert Fish Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Florida 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.
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HALIFAX HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER303 N Clyde Morris Blvd
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Yes14.79 miCompare
FLORIDA HOSPITAL MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER301 Memorial Medical Parkway
Daytona Beach, FL 32117
Yes19 miCompare
FLORIDA HOSPITAL FISH MEMORIAL1055 Saxon Blvd
Orange City, FL 32763
Yes23.17 miCompare
FLORIDA HOSPITAL DELAND701 W Plymouth Ave
Deland, FL 32720
Yes23.99 miCompare
CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL HOSPITAL1401 W Seminole Blvd
Sanford, FL 32771
Yes26.1 miCompare

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