EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER - FAIRFIELD

Acute Care Hospital in Fairfield, TX 75840

EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER - FAIRFIELD PROFILE

East Texas Medical Center - Fairfield is an acute care hospital located in Fairfield, TX 75840 that serves the Freestone county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER - FAIRFIELD

125 Newman St
Fairfield, TX 75840
Phone: (903) 389-1612
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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 - Fairfield 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 Available

Quiet Rooms: Not Available

Cleanliness: Not Available

Pain Management: Not Available

Discharge Information: Not Available

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Not Available

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at East Texas Medical Center - Fairfield 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: 20 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 1 hour 49 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 3 hours 36 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 40 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 50 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where East Texas Medical Center - Fairfield has better average ratings than other hospitals in Texas or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
PARKVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL600 South Bonham Street
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Yes18.61 miCompare
LIMESTONE MEDICAL CENTER701 Mcclintic Drive
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Yes25.02 miCompare
NAVARRO REGIONAL HOSPITAL3201 West Highway 22
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Yes31.52 miCompare
PALESTINE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER2900 S Loop 256
Palestine, TX 75801
Yes31.99 miCompare
EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS2000 South Palestine
Athens, TX 75751
Yes36.11 miCompare
ENNIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER2201 West Lampasas Street
Ennis, TX 75119
Yes48.69 miCompare
HOUSTON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER1100 Loop 304 East
Crockett, TX 75835
Yes51.27 miCompare
FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND CLINIC322 Coleman Street
Marlin, TX 76661
Yes51.52 miCompare

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