GADSDEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Gadsden, AL 35903
GADSDEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Gadsden Regional Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Gadsden, AL 35903 that serves the Etowah county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.
GADSDEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
1007 Goodyear AvenueGadsden, AL 35903
Phone: (256) 494-4000
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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: Proprietary
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.
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 Gadsden Regional 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: Average
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at Gadsden Regional 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: 46 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 3 hours 5 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 6 hours 34 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 58 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 24 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Gadsden Regional Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Alabama or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for bloodstream infections Better performance for bloodstream infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections - 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 for catheter urinary tract infections Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for catheter urinary tract infections - Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections in icu only Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for catheter urinary tract infections in icu only - Better performance for infection from colon surgery Better performance for infection from colon surgery
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for infection from colon surgery - Better performance for intestinal infections Better performance for intestinal infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for intestinal infections - 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 AL. - 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 AL. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with pci within 90 minutes of arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with pci within 90 minutes of arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 100% for the quality measure pci within 90 minutes of arrival is better than the 96% average score of Alabama. - Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function
The provider's Heart Failure performance score of 100% for the quality measure evaluation of left ventricular function is better than the 99% average score of Alabama. - 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 94% average score of Alabama. - 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 Alabama. - 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 100% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 97% average score of Alabama. - 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 6 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 7 minutes in Alabama. - 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 4% average score of Alabama. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 95% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 89% average score of Alabama. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 96% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 94% average score of Alabama. - 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 99% average score of Alabama. - 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 91% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 89% average score of Alabama.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
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RIVERVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 600 South Third Street Gadsden, AL 35901 | Yes | 2.17 mi | Compare |
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH | 2505 U S Highway 431 North Boaz, AL 35957 | Yes | 18.45 mi | Compare |
RMC JACKSONVILLE | 1701 South Pelham Road Jacksonville, AL 36265 | Yes | 19.3 mi | Compare |
CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER | 400 Northwood Dr Centre, AL 35960 | Yes | 20.95 mi | Compare |
STRINGFELLOW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 301 East 18th St Anniston, AL 36201 | Yes | 24.76 mi | Compare |
NORTHEAST ALABAMA REGIONAL MED CENTER | 400 East 10th Street Anniston, AL 36207 | Yes | 25.57 mi | Compare |
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