FORREST CITY MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Forrest City, AR 72335
FORREST CITY MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Forrest City Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Forrest City, AR 72335 that serves the Saint Francis county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.
FORREST CITY MEDICAL CENTER
1601 Newcastle RoadForrest City, AR 72335
Phone: (870) 261-0000
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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
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.
PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
The hospital patient survey at Forrest City 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: FairQuiet Rooms: Good
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Fair
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Forrest City 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 38 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 8 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 38 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 11 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Forrest City Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Arkansas 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 AR. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 188 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 221 minutes in Arkansas. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 38 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 67 minutes in Arkansas. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 95% average score of Arkansas. - Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 86% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 83% average score of Arkansas. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 98 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 128 minutes in Arkansas. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 24 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 26 minutes in Arkansas. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 2% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 3% average score of Arkansas. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 98% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 95% average score of Arkansas. - 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 3 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 7 minutes in Arkansas. - 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 Arkansas. - 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 98% average score of Arkansas. - 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 92% average score of Arkansas.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROSSRIDGE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 310 South Falls Boulevard Wynne, AR 72396 | Yes | 12.42 mi | Compare |
| HELENA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1801 Martin Luther King Jr Drive Helena, AR 72342 | Yes | 37.47 mi | Compare |
| REGIONAL ONE HEALTH | 877 Jefferson Avenue Memphis, TN 38103 | Yes | 42.76 mi | Compare |
| MEMPHIS VA MEDICAL CENTER | 1030 Jefferson Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 | No | 43.1 mi | Compare |
| METHODIST HEALTHCARE MEMPHIS HOSPITALS | 1265 Union Ave Suite 700 Memphis, TN 38104 | Yes | 43.4 mi | Compare |
| BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DESOTO | 7601 Southcrest Parkway Southaven, MS 38671 | Yes | 44.46 mi | Compare |
| DELTA MEDICAL CENTER | 3000 Getwell Rd Memphis, TN 38118 | Yes | 47.93 mi | Compare |
| UNITY HEALTH HARRIS MEDICAL CENTER | 1205 Mclain Street Newport, AR 72112 | Yes | 47.96 mi | Compare |
| BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 6019 Walnut Grove Road Memphis, TN 38120 | Yes | 52.2 mi | Compare |
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