CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER

Acute Care Hospital in Hickory, NC 28602

CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE

Catawba Valley Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Hickory, NC 28602 that serves the Catawba county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.

CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER

810 Fairgrove Church Rd
Hickory, NC 28602
Phone: (828) 326-3809
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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: Voluntary Non-profit - Other

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.

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.

General Surgery Registry: Yes General Surgery Registry
The provider participates in the general surgery registry. Registries provide hospitals with 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 Catawba Valley 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: Average

Quiet Rooms: Average

Cleanliness: Good

Pain Management: Good

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Catawba Valley 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: 57 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 44 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 4 hours 33 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

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

Broken Bones: 1 hour 20 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Catawba Valley 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 30 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER420 N Center St
Hickory, NC 28601
Yes4.28 miCompare
CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM LINCOLN433 Mcalister Rd
Lincolnton, NC 28092
Yes15.84 miCompare
CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL321 Mulberry St Sw
Lenoir, NC 28645
Yes20.27 miCompare
IREDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC557 Brookdale Dr P O Box 1828
Statesville, NC 28677
Yes21.82 miCompare
CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM-BLUE RIDGE2201 S Sterling St
Morganton, NC 28655
Yes21.83 miCompare
DAVIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER218 Old Mocksbville Rd Po Box 1823
Statesville, NC 28687
Yes25.61 miCompare
LAKE NORMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER171 Fairview Road
Mooresville, NC 28117
Yes25.84 miCompare

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