CAROLINA EAST MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in New Bern, NC 28560
CAROLINA EAST MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Carolina East Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in New Bern, NC 28560 that serves the Craven county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
CAROLINA EAST MEDICAL CENTER
2000 Neuse BlvdNew Bern, NC 28560
Phone: (252) 633-8640
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Patient Survey Summary Rating Summary Star Rating
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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: 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.
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.
Nursing Care Registry: Yes Nursing care registry
The provider participates in the nursing care registry. This registry collects and analyzes information on nursing care topics, conditions, or 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 Carolina East Medical Center 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: Average
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
These performance measures at Carolina East Medical Center 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: 48 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 4 hours 16 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 6 hours before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 40 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 55 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Carolina East Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in North Carolina or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Lower rate of serious complications Lower rate of serious complications
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a lower rate of serious complications. - Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections in icu only - Better performance for intestinal infections Better performance for intestinal infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for intestinal infections - Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of thorax CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of NC. - Better performance for hospital-wide unplanned 30-day readmission rate Better performance for hospital-wide unplanned 30-day readmission rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for hospital-wide unplanned 30-day readmission rate. - 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 100% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 94% average score of North Carolina. - 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 2% average score of North Carolina. - Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early
The provider's Pregnancy and Delivery Care performance score of 1% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 2% average score of North Carolina. - Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy is better than the 96% average score of North Carolina. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
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The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 96% average score of North Carolina. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure intravenous blood thinner is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 92% average score of North Carolina. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 9% for the quality measure incidence of preventable blood clots is better than the 4% average score of North Carolina.
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