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CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Lenoir, NC 28645

CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROFILE

Caldwell Memorial Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Lenoir, NC 28645 that serves the Caldwell county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.

CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

321 Mulberry St Sw
Lenoir, NC 28645
Phone: (828) 757-5100
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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 - Other

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 Caldwell 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: Average

Quiet Rooms: Average

Cleanliness: Average

Pain Management: Fair

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Caldwell 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: 29 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 1 hour 58 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 5 hours 30 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 3 hours 8 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 1 hour 2 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Caldwell Memorial Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in North Carolina 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.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM-BLUE RIDGE2201 S Sterling St
Morganton, NC 28655		Yes14.32 miCompare
FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER420 N Center St
Hickory, NC 28601		Yes16.31 miCompare
CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER810 Fairgrove Church Rd
Hickory, NC 28602		Yes20.27 miCompare
WATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER336 Deerfield Road
Boone, NC 28607		Yes20.92 miCompare
CHARLES A CANNON JR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL434 Hospital Drive
Linville, NC 28646		Yes22.37 miCompare

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