CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM KINGS MOUNTAIN
Acute Care Hospital in Kings Mountain, NC 28086
CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM KINGS MOUNTAIN PROFILE
Carolinas Healthcare System Kings Mountain is an acute care hospital located in Kings Mountain, NC 28086 that serves the Cleveland county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM KINGS MOUNTAIN
706 W King StKings Mountain, NC 28086
Phone: (704) 739-3601
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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 - Local
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.
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 Carolinas Healthcare System Kings Mountain 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: Good
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Excellent
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
These performance measures at Carolinas Healthcare System Kings Mountain 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: 23 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 55 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 16 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 51 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 3 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Carolinas Healthcare System Kings Mountain has better average ratings than other hospitals in North Carolina 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 Nurse Communication Rating Excellent Nurse Communication Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure nurse communication is excellent. - Excellent Pain Management Rating Excellent Pain Management Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure pain management is excellent. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 196 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 288 minutes in North Carolina. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 51 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 95 minutes in North Carolina. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 96% average score of North Carolina. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 115 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 151 minutes in North Carolina. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 23 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 30 minutes in North Carolina. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic within 1 hour is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic selection is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure catheter removal is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina. - Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina. - Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure antithrombotic medication by day two is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged on statin medication is better than the 98% average score of North Carolina. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 98% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 95% 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 96% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 92% average score of North Carolina.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
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CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM CLEVELAND | 201 E Grover St Shelby, NC 28150 | Yes | 11 mi | Compare |
CAROMONT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 2525 Court Dr Gastonia, NC 28052 | Yes | 12.45 mi | Compare |
MARY BLACK HEALTH SYSTEM GAFFNEY | 1530 N Limestone St Gaffney, SC 29340 | Yes | 18.88 mi | Compare |
CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM LINCOLN | 433 Mcalister Rd Lincolnton, NC 28092 | Yes | 19.22 mi | Compare |
PIEDMONT MEDICAL CENTER | 222 S Herlong Ave Rock Hill, SC 29730 | Yes | 26.24 mi | Compare |
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