EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Bangor, ME 04401
EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Eastern Maine Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Bangor, ME 04401 that serves the Penobscot county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER
Po Box 404Bangor, ME 04401
Phone: (207) 973-7000
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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 - Private
Multispecialty Surgical Registry: Yes Multispecialty surgical registry
The provider participates in the multispecialty surgical registry. Participants of this registry report one or any combination of three surgical measures elderly surgical outcomes, colectomy outcomes and lower-extremity bypass outcomes.
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 Eastern Maine 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: Poor
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Eastern Maine 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: 47 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 3 hours 18 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 7 hours 20 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 3 hours 20 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 5 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Eastern Maine Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Maine or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections in icu only - 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 ME. - 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 ME. - Better performance for heart failure 30-day readmission rate Better performance for heart failure 30-day readmission rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for heart failure 30-day readmission rate. - 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 99% average score of Maine. - 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 Maine. - 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 Maine. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic selection is better than the 99% average score of Maine. - 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 99% average score of Maine. - 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 99% average score of Maine. - 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 96% average score of Maine. - 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 Maine. - Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure thrombolytic therapy is better than the 86% average score of Maine. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged on statin medication is better than the 98% average score of Maine. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 96% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 93% average score of Maine. - 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 99% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 98% average score of Maine. - 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 100% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 99% average score of Maine. - 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 92% average score of Maine.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL | 360 Broadway Bangor, ME 04401 | Yes | 1.18 mi | Compare |
| MAINE COAST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 50 Union Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 | Yes | 24.46 mi | Compare |
| BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 57 Water Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 | Yes | 28.64 mi | Compare |
| WALDO COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL | Po Box 287 Belfast, ME 04915 | Yes | 29.98 mi | Compare |
| SEBASTICOOK VALLEY HEALTH | 447 North Main Street Pittsfield, ME 04967 | Yes | 30.58 mi | Compare |
| MAYO REGIONAL HOSPITAL | 897 West Main Street Dover Foxcroft, ME 04426 | Yes | 35.41 mi | Compare |
| PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL | 7 Transalpine Road, Po Box 368 Lincoln, ME 04457 | Yes | 38.87 mi | Compare |
| MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL | 10 Wayman Lane, Po Box 8 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 | Yes | 39.86 mi | Compare |
| REDINGTON FAIRVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL | 46 Fairview Ave Po Box 468 Skowhegan, ME 04976 | Yes | 47.54 mi | Compare |
| INLAND HOSPITAL | 200 Kennedy Memorial Drive Waterville, ME 04901 | Yes | 48.59 mi | Compare |
| PENOBSCOT BAY MEDICAL CENTER | 6 Glen Cove Drive Rockport, ME 04856 | Yes | 48.86 mi | Compare |
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