CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
Acute Care Hospital in Newark, DE 19718
CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC. PROFILE
Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. is an acute care hospital located in Newark, DE 19718 that serves the New Castle county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
4755 Ogletown-stanton RoadNewark, DE 19718
Phone: (302) 733-1000
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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
Multispecialty Surgical Registry: Yes Multispecialty surgical registry
The provider participates in the multispecialty surgical registry. Participants of this registry report one or any combination of three surgical measures elderly surgical outcomes, colectomy outcomes and lower-extremity bypass outcomes.
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.
Cardiac Surgery Registry: Yes Cardiac surgery registry
The provider participates in the cardiac surgery registry. Participation in this registry does not mean that the hospital is specialized or only provides this type of care. Registries provide hospitals with the information necessary to help them improve the care they provide.
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 Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. 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: 54 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 55 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 7 hours 30 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 6 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. has better average ratings than other hospitals in Delaware or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Lower rate of rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients Lower rate of rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a lower rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients. - Better performance for bloodstream infections Better performance for bloodstream infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections - Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections in icu only - Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of thorax CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of DE. - 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 DE. - Better mortality rates with average payment for pneumonia care Better mortality rates with average payment for pneumonia care
The provider has better mortality rates and is more efficient with average payments for pneumonia care patients. - Better performance for heart failure 30-day mortality rate Better performance for heart failure 30-day mortality rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for heart failure 30-day mortality rate. - Better performance for pneumonia 30-day mortality rate Better performance for pneumonia 30-day mortality rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for pneumonia 30-day mortality rate. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 126 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 211 minutes in Delaware. - 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 94% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 90% average score of Delaware. - 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 1% average score of Delaware. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure beta-blocker prior to admission is better than the 99% average score of Delaware. - 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 Delaware. - Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 98% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 97% average score of Delaware. - Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy is better than the 98% average score of Delaware. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 98% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 97% average score of Delaware. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 93% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 92% average score of Delaware. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 6% for the quality measure incidence of preventable blood clots is better than the 5% average score of Delaware.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILMINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER | 1601 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington, DE 19805 | No | 4.93 mi | Compare |
| ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL | 7th And Clayton Sts Wilmington, DE 19805 | Yes | 6.97 mi | Compare |
| UNION HOSPITAL OF CECIL COUNTY | 106 Bow Street Elkton, MD 21921 | Yes | 10.24 mi | Compare |
| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SALEM COUNTY | 310 Woodstown Road Salem, NJ 08079 | Yes | 13.57 mi | Compare |
| JENNERSVILLE REGIONAL HOSPITAL | 1015 West Baltimore Pike West Grove, PA 19390 | Yes | 14.85 mi | Compare |
| CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL | 701 East Marshall Street West Chester, PA 19380 | Yes | 19.89 mi | Compare |
| CROZER CHESTER MEDICAL CENTER | One Medical Center Boulevard Upland, PA 19013 | Yes | 19.95 mi | Compare |
| RIDDLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 1068 West Baltimore Pike Media, PA 19063 | Yes | 20.06 mi | Compare |
| COATESVILLE VA MEDICAL CENTER | 1400 Black Horse Hill Road Coatesville, PA 19320 | No | 22.47 mi | Compare |
| BRANDYWINE HOSPITAL | 201 Reeceville Road Coatesville, PA 19320 | Yes | 23.13 mi | Compare |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HARFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 501 South Union Avenue Havre De Grace, MD 21078 | Yes | 24.62 mi | Compare |
| MAIN LINE HOSPITAL PAOLI | 255 West Lancaster Avenue Paoli, PA 19301 | Yes | 26.2 mi | Compare |
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