FOREST HILLS HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Forest Hills, NY 11375
FOREST HILLS HOSPITAL PROFILE
Forest Hills Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Forest Hills, NY 11375 that serves the Queens county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
FOREST HILLS HOSPITAL
102 - 01 66th RoadForest Hills, NY 11375
Phone: (718) 830-4000
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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: Voluntary Non-profit - Other
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.
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 Forest Hills 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: FairQuiet Rooms: Poor
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Poor
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Forest Hills 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: 29 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 47 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 5 hours 54 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 16 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 25 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Forest Hills Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in New York 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 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 NY. - 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 NY. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 354 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 381 minutes in New York. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 136 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 156 minutes in New York. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 92% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 91% average score of New York. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 167 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 170 minutes in New York. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 1% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 2% average score of New York. - Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan
The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 90% for the quality measure ct scan is better than the 64% average score of New York. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with transfer time for acute coronary
intervention Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with transfer time for acute coronary
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The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 60 minutes for transfer time for acute coronary intervention is better than the statewide average of 73 minutes in New York. - Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early
The provider's Pregnancy and Delivery Care performance score of 0% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 3% average score of New York. - 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 100% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 97% average score of New York. - 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 98% average score of New York. - 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 New York. - 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 100% for the quality measure irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy is better than the 98% average score of New York. - 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 99% average score of New York. - 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 99% for the quality measure discharged on statin medication is better than the 97% average score of New York. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 94% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 93% average score of New York. - 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 95% average score of New York. - 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 100% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 86% average score of New York.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEW YORK HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF QUEENS | 56-45 Main Street Flushing, NY 11355 | Yes | 1.83 mi | Compare |
| ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER | 79-01 Broadway Elmhurst, NY 11373 | Yes | 2.12 mi | Compare |
| FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER | 45th Avenue And Parsons Boulevard Flushing, NY 11355 | Yes | 2.58 mi | Compare |
| QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER | 82-68 164th Street Jamaica, NY 11432 | Yes | 2.61 mi | Compare |
| JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER | 89th Avenue And Van Wyck Expressway Jamaica, NY 11418 | Yes | 2.67 mi | Compare |
| WYCKOFF HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTER | 374 Stockholm Street Brooklyn, NY 11237 | Yes | 3.87 mi | Compare |
| WOODHULL MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER | 760 Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11206 | Yes | 5.19 mi | Compare |
| INTERFAITH MEDICAL CENTER | 1545 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11213 | Yes | 5.72 mi | Compare |
| HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY | 535 East 70th Street New York, NY 10021 | Yes | 5.88 mi | Compare |
| BROOKDALE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1 Brookdale Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11212 | Yes | 6 mi | Compare |
| METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER | 1901 First Avenue New York, NY 10029 | Yes | 6.18 mi | Compare |
| KINGSBROOK JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER | 585 Schenectady Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11203 | Yes | 6.45 mi | Compare |
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