CARY MEDICAL CENTER

Acute Care Hospital in Caribou, ME 04736

CARY MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE

Cary Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Caribou, ME 04736 that serves the Aroostook county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

CARY MEDICAL CENTER

163 Van Buren Rd, Suite 1
Caribou, ME 04736
Phone: (207) 498-3111
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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.

PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

The hospital patient survey at Cary 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: Fair

Cleanliness: Good

Pain Management: Good

Discharge Information: Good

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Cary 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: 26 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 1 hour 37 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 4 hours 41 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 10 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 48 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Cary Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Maine 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
AROOSTOOK MEDICAL CENTERPo Box 151
Presque Isle, ME 04769
Yes13.06 miCompare
NORTHERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER194 E Main Street
Fort Kent, ME 04743
Yes39.23 miCompare
HOULTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL20 Hartford Street
Houlton, ME 04730
Yes51.05 miCompare

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