BETHESDA HOSPITAL EAST

Acute Care Hospital in Boynton Beach, FL 33435

BETHESDA HOSPITAL EAST PROFILE

Bethesda Hospital East is an acute care hospital located in Boynton Beach, FL 33435 that serves the Palm Beach county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

BETHESDA HOSPITAL EAST

2815 S Seacrest Blvd
Boynton Beach, FL 33435
Phone: (561) 737-7733
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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.

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 Bethesda Hospital East 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: Fair

Discharge Information: Poor

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Bethesda Hospital East 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: 13 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 22 minutes before being sent home.

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

Transfer Time: 2 hours 16 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 Bethesda Hospital East 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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DELRAY MEDICAL CENTER5352 Linton Blvd
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Yes5.82 miCompare
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GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER1309 N Flagler Dr
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Yes15.25 miCompare
BROWARD HEALTH NORTH201 E Sample Rd
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Yes16.05 miCompare
PALMS WEST HOSPITAL13001 Southern Blvd
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ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER901 45th St
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WEST PALM HOSPITAL2201 45th St
West Palm Beach, FL 33407
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NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER2801 N State Rd 7
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W PALM BEACH VA MEDICAL CENTER7305 N. Military Trail
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No19.49 miCompare

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