EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS
Acute Care Hospital in Athens, TX 75751
EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS PROFILE
East Texas Medical Center Athens is an acute care hospital located in Athens, TX 75751 that serves the Henderson county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS
2000 South PalestineAthens, TX 75751
Phone: (903) 676-1000
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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.
Fair
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.
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.
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.
PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
The hospital patient survey at East Texas Medical Center Athens 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: Average
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Poor
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at East Texas Medical Center Athens 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: 40 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 44 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 5 hours before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 14 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 8 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where East Texas Medical Center Athens has better average ratings than other hospitals in Texas or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for intestinal infections Better performance for intestinal infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for intestinal infections - 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 TX. - 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 TX. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 74 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 99 minutes in Texas. - 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 88% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 85% average score of Texas. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with median time to fibrinolysis Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with median time to fibrinolysis
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 28 minutes for median time to fibrinolysis is better than the statewide average of 30 minutes in Texas. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with fibrinolytic therapy received within 30 minutes Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with fibrinolytic therapy received within 30 minutes
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 54% for the quality measure fibrinolytic therapy received within 30 minutes is better than the 53% average score of Texas. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 2% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 3% average score of Texas. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 99% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 95% average score of Texas. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 5 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 8 minutes in Texas. - 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 97% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 92% average score of Texas. - 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 96% average score of Texas. - 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 100% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 93% average score of Texas.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALESTINE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 2900 S Loop 256 Palestine, TX 75801 | Yes | 32.72 mi | Compare |
| TEXAS SPINE AND JOINT HOSPITAL | 1814 Roseland Boulevard Tyler, TX 75701 | Yes | 33.81 mi | Compare |
| MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL | 800 East Dawson Tyler, TX 75701 | Yes | 34.53 mi | Compare |
| EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER - FAIRFIELD | 125 Newman St Fairfield, TX 75840 | Yes | 36.11 mi | Compare |
| EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER | 1000 South Beckham Street Tyler, TX 75701 | Yes | 36.27 mi | Compare |
| EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER JACKSONVILLE | 501 S Ragsdale Jacksonville, TX 75766 | Yes | 36.62 mi | Compare |
| MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE | 2026 S Jackson Street Jacksonville, TX 75766 | Yes | 38.48 mi | Compare |
| NAVARRO REGIONAL HOSPITAL | 3201 West Highway 22 Corsicana, TX 75110 | Yes | 39.07 mi | Compare |
| TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL KAUFMAN | 850 Ed Hall Kaufman, TX 75142 | Yes | 40.14 mi | Compare |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLER | 11937 Us Highway 271 Tyler, TX 75708 | Yes | 40.9 mi | Compare |
| ENNIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 2201 West Lampasas Street Ennis, TX 75119 | Yes | 47.61 mi | Compare |
| EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER QUITMAN | 117 Winnsboro Street Quitman, TX 75783 | Yes | 49.13 mi | Compare |
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