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 Blvd
New Bern, NC 28560
Phone: (252) 633-8640
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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: 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.

PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

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: Good

Quiet Rooms: Average

Cleanliness: Average

Pain Management: Good

Discharge Information: Good

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

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.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

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.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
VIDANT BEAUFORT HOSPITAL628 E 12th St
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Yes30.03 miCompare
ONSLOW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL317 Western Boulevard
Jacksonville, NC 28540
Yes30.25 miCompare
LENOIR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL100 Airport Rd
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Yes31.62 miCompare
CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL3500 Arendell St
Morehead City, NC 28557
Yes31.97 miCompare
VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER2100 Stantonsburg Rd
Greenville, NC 27834
Yes38.96 miCompare
MARTIN GENERAL HOSPITAL310 S Mccaskey Rd P O Box 1128
Williamston, NC 27892
Yes50.01 miCompare
VIDANT DUPLIN HOSPITAL401 N Main St
Kenansville, NC 28349
Yes51.76 miCompare

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