CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Torrington, CT 06790
CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL PROFILE
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Torrington, CT 06790 that serves the Litchfield county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL
540 Litchfield StTorrington, CT 06790
Phone: (860) 496-6666
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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.
Average
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 - Private
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.
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 Charlotte Hungerford Hospital 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: FairQuiet Rooms: Poor
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
These performance measures at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital 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: 19 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 37 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 6 hours 30 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 3 hours 37 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 38 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Charlotte Hungerford Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Connecticut or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT
The provider's use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of CT. - 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 96% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 86% average score of Connecticut. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 97 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 143 minutes in Connecticut. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 19 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 26 minutes in Connecticut. - Emergency Department:
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being seen Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 0% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 2% average score of Connecticut. - 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 0% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 3% average score of Connecticut. - Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s)
The provider's Pneumonia performance score of 100% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 97% average score of Connecticut. - 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 98% average score of Connecticut.
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