BRYAN W. WHITFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Demopolis, AL 36732
BRYAN W. WHITFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROFILE
Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Demopolis, AL 36732 that serves the Marengo county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
BRYAN W. WHITFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
105 Highway 80 EastDemopolis, AL 36732
Phone: (334) 289-4000
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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: Government - Hospital District Or Authority
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.
The hospital patient survey at Bryan W. Whitfield 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: GoodQuiet Rooms: Excellent
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Fair
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at Bryan W. Whitfield 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: 34 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 40 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 2 hours 55 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 35 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 26 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Alabama or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure quiet rooms 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 AL. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 175 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 245 minutes in Alabama. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 35 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 75 minutes in Alabama. - 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 Alabama. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 100 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 132 minutes in Alabama. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 0% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 3% average score of Alabama.
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