EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Tyler, TX 75701
EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
East Texas Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Tyler, TX 75701 that serves the Smith county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER
1000 South Beckham StreetTyler, TX 75701
Phone: (903) 597-0351
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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: Government - Local
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.
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.
The hospital patient survey at East Texas 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Average
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Fair
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at East Texas 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: 24 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 56 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 54 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 37 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 7 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where East Texas Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Texas or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Lower rate of serious blood clots after surgery Lower rate of serious blood clots after surgery
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a lower rate of serious blood clots after surgery. - Lower rate of accidental cuts and tears from medical treatment Lower rate of accidental cuts and tears from medical treatment
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a lower rate of accidental cuts from medical treatment. - Lower rate of serious complications Lower rate of serious complications
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a lower rate of serious complications. - Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for catheter urinary tract infections - Better performance for mrsa infections Better performance for mrsa infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for mrsa 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 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 TX. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 97 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 99 minutes in Texas. - Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function
The provider's Heart Failure performance score of 100% for the quality measure evaluation of left ventricular function is better than the 99% average score of Texas. - 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 95% average score of 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 92% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 85% average score of Texas. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 116 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 136 minutes in Texas. - 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 100% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 96% average score of Texas. - 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 99% for the quality measure beta-blocker prior to admission is better than the 98% average score of Texas. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic within 1 hour is better than the 99% average score of Texas. - 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 98% average score of Texas. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure catheter removal is better than the 98% average score of Texas. - 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 97% average score of Texas. - Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 99% average score of Texas. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on antithrombotic therapy Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on antithrombotic therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged on antithrombotic therapy is better than the 99% average score of Texas. - 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 98% for the quality measure irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy is better than the 96% average score of Texas. - Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 95% for the quality measure thrombolytic therapy is better than the 79% average score of Texas. - Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure antithrombotic medication by day two is better than the 98% average score of 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 96% 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 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 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 99% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 93% average score of Texas.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
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TEXAS SPINE AND JOINT HOSPITAL | 1814 Roseland Boulevard Tyler, TX 75701 | Yes | 3.19 mi | Compare |
MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL | 800 East Dawson Tyler, TX 75701 | Yes | 3.31 mi | Compare |
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLER | 11937 Us Highway 271 Tyler, TX 75708 | Yes | 8.13 mi | Compare |
ALLEGIANCE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF KILGORE | 1612 South Henderson Blvd Kilgore, TX 75662 | Yes | 22.69 mi | Compare |
EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER JACKSONVILLE | 501 S Ragsdale Jacksonville, TX 75766 | Yes | 24.22 mi | Compare |
MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE | 2026 S Jackson Street Jacksonville, TX 75766 | Yes | 25.71 mi | Compare |
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