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 Avenue
Gadsden, 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.

PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

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: Fair

Quiet Rooms: Average

Cleanliness: Fair

Pain Management: Fair

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

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.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

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.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
RIVERVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER600 South Third Street
Gadsden, AL 35901
Yes2.17 miCompare
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH2505 U S Highway 431 North
Boaz, AL 35957
Yes18.45 miCompare
RMC JACKSONVILLE1701 South Pelham Road
Jacksonville, AL 36265
Yes19.3 miCompare
CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER400 Northwood Dr
Centre, AL 35960
Yes20.95 miCompare
STRINGFELLOW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL301 East 18th St
Anniston, AL 36201
Yes24.76 miCompare
NORTHEAST ALABAMA REGIONAL MED CENTER400 East 10th Street
Anniston, AL 36207
Yes25.57 miCompare

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