CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Centre, AL 35960
CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Cherokee Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Centre, AL 35960 that serves the Cherokee county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
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 Cherokee 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: Not AvailableQuiet Rooms: Not Available
Cleanliness: Not Available
Pain Management: Not Available
Discharge Information: Not Available
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Not Available
These performance measures at Cherokee 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: 23 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 42 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 32 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 34 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 47 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Cherokee Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Alabama or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of abdomen CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of AL. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 94% average score of Alabama. - 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 85% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 78% average score of Alabama. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 102 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 132 minutes in Alabama. - 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 Alabama. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 1% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 3% average score of Alabama. - 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 96% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 95% average score of Alabama.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEKALB REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 200 Med Center Drive Fort Payne, AL 35968 | Yes | 20.2 mi | Compare |
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| RMC JACKSONVILLE | 1701 South Pelham Road Jacksonville, AL 36265 | Yes | 26.77 mi | Compare |
| REDMOND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 501 Redmond Road Rome, GA 30165 | Yes | 27.29 mi | Compare |
| FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER | 304 Turner Mccall Blvd P O Box 233 Rome, GA 30162 | Yes | 27.86 mi | Compare |
| POLK MEDICAL CENTER | 2360 Rockmart Highway Cedartown, GA 30125 | Yes | 28.27 mi | Compare |
| MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH | 2505 U S Highway 431 North Boaz, AL 35957 | Yes | 29.48 mi | Compare |
| STRINGFELLOW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 301 East 18th St Anniston, AL 36201 | Yes | 35.4 mi | Compare |
| NORTHEAST ALABAMA REGIONAL MED CENTER | 400 East 10th Street Anniston, AL 36207 | Yes | 36.19 mi | Compare |
| HIGHLANDS MEDICAL CENTER | 380 Woods Cove Road Scottsboro, AL 35768 | Yes | 41.34 mi | Compare |
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