FORT DEFIANCE INDIAN HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Fort Defiance, AZ 86504
FORT DEFIANCE INDIAN HOSPITAL PROFILE
Fort Defiance Indian Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Fort Defiance, AZ 86504 that serves the Apache county area. This facility is a public federal hospital with emergency services.
FORT DEFIANCE INDIAN HOSPITAL
Po Box 649Fort Defiance, AZ 86504
Phone: (928) 729-8000
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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: Government - Federal
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 Fort Defiance Indian 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: PoorQuiet Rooms: Average
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Poor
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
These performance measures at Fort Defiance Indian 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: Not AvailableDischarge Time: Not Available
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 44 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: Not Available
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Fort Defiance Indian Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Arizona or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for intestinal infections Better performance for intestinal infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for intestinal infections - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 284 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 290 minutes in Arizona. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 60 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 101 minutes in Arizona. - 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 92% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 82% average score of Arizona. - 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 2% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 5% average score of Arizona.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GALLUP INDIAN MEDICAL CENTER | 516 E Nizhoni Blvd Gallup, NM 87301 | Yes | 24.95 mi | Compare |
| REHOBOTH MCKINLEY CHRISTIAN HEALTH CARE SERVICES | 1901 Red Rock Drive Gallup, NM 87301 | Yes | 25.08 mi | Compare |
| SAGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | State Route 264 South 191 Po Box 457 Ganado, AZ 86505 | No | 28.03 mi | Compare |
| CHINLE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE FACILITY | Us Hwy 191, Hospital Road Chinle, AZ 86503 | No | 39.25 mi | Compare |
| ZUNI COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | Route 301 North B Street Zuni, NM 87327 | Yes | 48.57 mi | Compare |
| CROWNPOINT HEALTHCARE FACILITY | Junction Of Hwy 371 Crownpoint, NM 87313 | Yes | 51.26 mi | Compare |
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