COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
Acute Care Hospital in Whiteville, NC 28472
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM PROFILE
Columbus Regional Healthcare System is an acute care hospital located in Whiteville, NC 28472 that serves the Columbus county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
500 Jefferson StWhiteville, NC 28472
Phone: (910) 642-8011
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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 - 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.
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.
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.
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 Columbus Regional Healthcare System 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: Fair
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Columbus Regional Healthcare System 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: 24 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 39 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 37 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 48 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 24 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Columbus Regional Healthcare System has better average ratings than other hospitals in North Carolina or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment
The provider's use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of NC. - 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 NC. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 277 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 288 minutes in North Carolina. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 98% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 96% average score of North Carolina. - 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 98% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 94% average score of North Carolina. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 24 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 30 minutes in North Carolina. - 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 2% average score of North Carolina. - 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 North Carolina. - 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 99% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 98% average score of North Carolina. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 96% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 95% average score of North Carolina. - 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 99% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 97% average score of North Carolina. - 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 100% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 96% average score of North Carolina. - 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 99% average score of North Carolina. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 95% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 92% average score of North Carolina.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPE FEAR VALLEY-BLADEN COUNTY HOSPITAL | 501 South Poplar Street Elizabethtown, NC 28337 | Yes | 20.27 mi | Compare |
| MCLEOD LORIS SEACOAST HOSPITAL | 3655 Mitchell Street Loris, SC 29569 | Yes | 22.63 mi | Compare |
| SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 300 W 27 St Po Box 1408 Lumberton, NC 28359 | Yes | 27.47 mi | Compare |
| NOVANT HEALTH BRUNSWICK MEDICAL CENTER | 1 Medical Center Dr Po Box 139 Supply, NC 28462 | Yes | 32.58 mi | Compare |
| CAROLINAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM MARION | 2829 E Hwy 76 Mullins, SC 29574 | Yes | 37.6 mi | Compare |
| MCLEOD MEDICAL CENTER - DILLON | 301 E Jackson St Dillon, SC 29536 | Yes | 38.83 mi | Compare |
| GRAND STRAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 809 82nd Parkway Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 | Yes | 40.55 mi | Compare |
| CONWAY MEDICAL CENTER | 300 Singleton Ridge Road Conway, SC 29526 | Yes | 41.94 mi | Compare |
| WILMINGTON TREATMENT CENTER | 2520 Troy Drive Wilmington, NC 28401 | No | 44.9 mi | Compare |
| NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 2131 S 17th St Box 9000 Wilmington, NC 28402 | Yes | 45.14 mi | Compare |
| PENDER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 507 E Fremont St Burgaw, NC 28425 | Yes | 46.6 mi | Compare |
| J ARTHUR DOSHER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 924 Howe St Southport, NC 28461 | Yes | 47.72 mi | Compare |
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