BUCHANAN GENERAL HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Grundy, VA 24614
BUCHANAN GENERAL HOSPITAL PROFILE
Buchanan General Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Grundy, VA 24614 that serves the Buchanan county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
BUCHANAN GENERAL HOSPITAL
1535 Slate Creek RoadGrundy, VA 24614
Phone: (276) 935-1000
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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.
Good
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 Buchanan 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: ExcellentQuiet Rooms: Average
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Buchanan 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: 18 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 16 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 24 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 53 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 52 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Buchanan General Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Virginia or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for intestinal infections Better performance for intestinal infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for intestinal infections - Excellent Doctor Communication Rating Excellent Doctor Communication Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure doctor communication is excellent. - Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment
The provider's use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of VA. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 204 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 274 minutes in Virginia. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 53 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 92 minutes in Virginia. - 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 88% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 87% average score of Virginia. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 136 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 145 minutes in Virginia. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 18 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 22 minutes in Virginia. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 100% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 98% average score of Virginia. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 4 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 6 minutes in Virginia.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLINCH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER | 2949 West Front Street Richlands, VA 24641 | Yes | 18.9 mi | Compare |
| DICKENSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 312 Hospital Drive Clintwood, VA 24228 | Yes | 22.75 mi | Compare |
| RUSSELL COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER | 58 Carroll Street Lebanon, VA 24266 | Yes | 26.66 mi | Compare |
| PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER | 911 Bypass Road Pikeville, KY 41501 | Yes | 28.24 mi | Compare |
| WELCH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 454 Mcdowell Street Welch, WV 24801 | Yes | 28.35 mi | Compare |
| WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 859 Alderson Street Williamson, WV 25661 | Yes | 29.41 mi | Compare |
| TUG VALLEY ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 260 Hospital Drive South Williamson, KY 41503 | Yes | 29.78 mi | Compare |
| CARILION TAZEWELL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 141 Ben Bolt Avenue Tazewell, VA 24651 | Yes | 33.76 mi | Compare |
| MCDOWELL ARH HOSPITAL | 9879 Kentucky Route 122 Mc Dowell, KY 41647 | Yes | 38.07 mi | Compare |
| LOGAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 20 Hospital Drive Logan, WV 25601 | Yes | 38.84 mi | Compare |
| NORTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 100 15th St Nw Norton, VA 24273 | Yes | 39.4 mi | Compare |
| JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 16000 Johnston Memorial Drive Abingdon, VA 24211 | Yes | 39.73 mi | Compare |
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