ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER
Critical Access Hospital in Aurora, MN 55705
ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Essentia Health Northern Pines Medical Center is a critical access hospital located in Aurora, MN 55705 that serves the Saint Louis county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER
5211 Highway 110Aurora, MN 55705
Phone: (218) 229-2211
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ABOUT THIS PROVIDER
Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals What's a critical access hospital?A critical access hospital is a small facility that provides outpatient and inpatient services on a limited basis, usually to people in rural areas.
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.
The hospital patient survey at Essentia Health Northern Pines 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: Not AvailableQuiet Rooms: Not Available
Cleanliness: Not Available
Pain Management: Not Available
Discharge Information: Not Available
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Not Available
These performance measures at Essentia Health Northern Pines 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: Not Available before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: Not Available before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 2 hours 20 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 21 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: Not Available before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Essentia Health Northern Pines Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Minnesota or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- 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 MN. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 140 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 209 minutes in Minnesota. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 21 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 65 minutes in Minnesota. - 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 91% average score of Minnesota. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 0% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 1% average score of Minnesota. - 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 6 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 8 minutes in Minnesota.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
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ESSENTIA HEALTH VIRGINIA | 901 9th Street North Virginia, MN 55792 | No | 15.07 mi | Compare |
COOK HOSPITAL | 10 Se Fifth St Cook, MN 55723 | Yes | 31.24 mi | Compare |
ELY BLOOMENSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 328 West Conan Street Ely, MN 55731 | Yes | 31.26 mi | Compare |
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER-MESABI/ MESABA CLINICS | 750 East 34th St Hibbing, MN 55746 | Yes | 33.63 mi | Compare |
LAKE VIEW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 325 Eleventh Ave Two Harbors, MN 55616 | Yes | 42.9 mi | Compare |
ST LUKES HOSPITAL | 915 East 1st Street Duluth, MN 55805 | Yes | 50.28 mi | Compare |
ESSENTIA HEALTH ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER | 407 East Third Street Duluth, MN 55805 | Yes | 50.45 mi | Compare |
ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH | 502 East Second Street Duluth, MN 55805 | No | 50.53 mi | Compare |
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