FAWCETT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Port Charlotte, FL 33952

FAWCETT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROFILE

Fawcett Memorial Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Port Charlotte, FL 33952 that serves the Charlotte county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.

FAWCETT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

21298 Olean Blvd
Port Charlotte, FL 33952
Phone: (941) 629-1181
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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: Proprietary

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.

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 Fawcett Memorial Hospital 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: Poor

Quiet Rooms: Poor

Cleanliness: Poor

Pain Management: Fair

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Fawcett Memorial Hospital 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: 5 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 15 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 4 hours 6 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 38 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 42 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Fawcett Memorial Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Florida 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
BAYFRONT HEALTH PORT CHARLOTTE2500 Harbor Blvd
Port Charlotte, FL 33952
Yes0.17 miCompare
BAYFRONT HEALTH PUNTA GORDA809 E Marion Ave
Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Yes4.84 miCompare
ENGLEWOOD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL700 Medical Blvd
Englewood, FL 34223
Yes14.33 miCompare
DESOTO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL900 N Robert Ave
Arcadia, FL 34265
Yes22.43 miCompare
VENICE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - BAYFRONT HEALTH540 The Rialto
Venice, FL 34285
Yes22.49 miCompare
CAPE CORAL HOSPITAL636 Del Prado Blvd
Cape Coral, FL 33990
Yes25.9 miCompare

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