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 Street
Tyler, 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.

PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

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: Average

Quiet Rooms: Average

Cleanliness: Fair

Pain Management: Average

Discharge Information: Fair

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

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.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

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.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
TEXAS SPINE AND JOINT HOSPITAL1814 Roseland Boulevard
Tyler, TX 75701
Yes3.19 miCompare
MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL800 East Dawson
Tyler, TX 75701
Yes3.31 miCompare
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLER11937 Us Highway 271
Tyler, TX 75708
Yes8.13 miCompare
ALLEGIANCE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF KILGORE1612 South Henderson Blvd
Kilgore, TX 75662
Yes22.69 miCompare
EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER JACKSONVILLE501 S Ragsdale
Jacksonville, TX 75766
Yes24.22 miCompare
MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE2026 S Jackson Street
Jacksonville, TX 75766
Yes25.71 miCompare

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