FULTON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER
Critical Access Hospital in Wauseon, OH 43567
FULTON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER PROFILE
Fulton County Health Center is a critical access hospital located in Wauseon, OH 43567 that serves the Fulton county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
FULTON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER
725 South Shoop AvenueWauseon, OH 43567
Phone: (419) 335-2015
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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.
Good
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
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 Fulton County Health 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: ExcellentQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Good
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
These performance measures at Fulton County Health 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: 13 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 45 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 39 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 38 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 44 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Fulton County Health Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Ohio or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Excellent Nurse Communication Rating Excellent Nurse Communication Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure nurse communication is excellent. - Excellent Doctor Communication Rating Excellent Doctor Communication Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure doctor communication is excellent. - Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment
The provider's use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of OH. - Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT
The provider's use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of OH. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 219 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 267 minutes in Ohio. - 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 92 minutes in Ohio. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 105 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 135 minutes in Ohio. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 13 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 20 minutes in Ohio. - Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan
The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 78% for the quality measure ct scan is better than the 68% average score of Ohio.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENRY COUNTY HOSPITAL, INC | 1600 East Riverview Avenue Napoleon, OH 43545 | Yes | 9.08 mi | Compare |
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| COMMUNITY HOSPITALS AND WELLNESS CENTERS | 433 West High Street Bryan, OH 43506 | Yes | 22.46 mi | Compare |
| COMMUNITY HOSPITALS AND WELLNESS CENTERS | 909 East Snyder Avenue Montpelier, OH 43543 | Yes | 22.46 mi | Compare |
| ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL | 5901 Monclova Road Maumee, OH 43537 | Yes | 23.39 mi | Compare |
| FLOWER HOSPITAL | 5200 Harroun Road Sylvania, OH 43560 | Yes | 25.72 mi | Compare |
| PROMEDICA BIXBY HOSPITAL | 818 Riverside Avenue Adrian, MI 49221 | Yes | 26.26 mi | Compare |
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