GARRETT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Oakland, MD 21550
GARRETT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROFILE
Garrett County Memorial Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Oakland, MD 21550 that serves the Garrett county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
GARRETT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
251 North Fourth StreetOakland, MD 21550
Phone: (301) 533-4173
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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.
Average
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: 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 Garrett County Memorial 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: GoodQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at Garrett County Memorial 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: 35 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 38 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 20 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 50 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 0 hours 59 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Garrett County Memorial Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Maryland 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 MD. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 200 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 360 minutes in Maryland. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 50 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 136 minutes in Maryland. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 98% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 97% average score of Maryland. - 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 196 minutes in Maryland. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 35 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 47 minutes in Maryland. - 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 Maryland. - 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 5 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 9 minutes in Maryland. - 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 6% average score of Maryland. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 97% average score of Maryland.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRESTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 150 Memorial Drive Kingwood, WV 26537 | Yes | 15.3 mi | Compare |
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| MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER | 200 Hospital Drive Myersdale, PA 15552 | Yes | 33.88 mi | Compare |
| MONONGALIA COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL | 1200 Jd Anderson Dr Morgantown, WV 26505 | Yes | 33.89 mi | Compare |
| WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS | Medical Center Drive Morgantown, WV 26506 | Yes | 33.94 mi | Compare |
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| UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL | 500 West Berkeley Street Uniontown, PA 15401 | Yes | 38.2 mi | Compare |
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| FAIRMONT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1325 Locust Avenue Fairmont, WV 26554 | Yes | 41.15 mi | Compare |
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