CALLAHAN EYE HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Birmingham, AL 35233
CALLAHAN EYE HOSPITAL PROFILE
Callahan Eye Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Birmingham, AL 35233 that serves the Jefferson county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
CALLAHAN EYE HOSPITAL
1720 University BlvdBirmingham, AL 35233
Phone: (205) 325-8100
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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
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 Callahan Eye 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: Not AvailableQuiet Rooms: Not Available
Cleanliness: Not Available
Pain Management: Not Available
Discharge Information: Not Available
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Not Available
These performance measures at Callahan Eye 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: 38 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 44 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 6 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: Not Available admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: Not Available before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Callahan Eye Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Alabama or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 104 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 1% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 3% average score of Alabama.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER | 700 South 19th Street Birmingham, AL 35233 | No | 0.08 mi | Compare |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL | 619 South 19th Street Birmingham, AL 35233 | Yes | 0.15 mi | Compare |
| ST VINCENT'S BIRMINGHAM | 810 St Vincent's Drive Birmingham, AL 35205 | Yes | 0.83 mi | Compare |
| BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER-PRINCETON | 701 Princeton Avenue Southwest Birmingham, AL 35211 | Yes | 2.54 mi | Compare |
| BROOKWOOD MEDICAL CENTER | 2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive Birmingham, AL 35209 | Yes | 3.12 mi | Compare |
| TRINITY MEDICAL CENTER | 800 Montclair Rd Birmingham, AL 35213 | Yes | 3.27 mi | Compare |
| ST VINCENT'S EAST | 50 Medical Park East Drive Birmingham, AL 35235 | Yes | 10.08 mi | Compare |
| MEDICAL WEST, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM | 995 9th Avenue Southwest Bessemer, AL 35021 | Yes | 14.15 mi | Compare |
| SHELBY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER | 1000 First Street North Alabaster, AL 35007 | Yes | 17.3 mi | Compare |
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