GLENS FALLS HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Glens Falls, NY 12801
GLENS FALLS HOSPITAL PROFILE
Glens Falls Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Glens Falls, NY 12801 that serves the Warren county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
GLENS FALLS HOSPITAL
100 Park StreetGlens Falls, NY 12801
Phone: (518) 926-1000
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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
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.
Nursing Care Registry: Yes Nursing care registry
The provider participates in the nursing care registry. This registry collects and analyzes information on nursing care topics, conditions, or procedures.
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 Glens Falls 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Glens Falls 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: 3 hours 1 minute before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 30 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 37 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 56 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Glens Falls Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in New York or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- 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 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 NY. - Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of thorax CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of NY. - 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 NY. - 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 NY. - Better performance for copd 30-day readmission rate Better performance for copd 30-day readmission rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for copd 30-day readmission rate. - 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 New York. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 270 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 381 minutes in New York. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 97 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 156 minutes in New York. - 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 New York. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 96% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 91% average score of New York. - 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 New York. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure beta-blocker prior to admission is better than the 98% average score of New York. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 99% for the quality measure catheter removal is better than the 98% average score of New York. - Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 98% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 97% average score of New York. - Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 98% average score of New York. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on antithrombotic therapy Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on antithrombotic therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged on antithrombotic therapy is better than the 99% average score of New York. - Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy is better than the 98% average score of New York. - Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure antithrombotic medication by day two is better than the 99% average score of New York. - 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 96% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 93% average score of New York. - 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 99% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 95% average score of New York. - 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 94% average score of New York. - 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 95% average score of New York. - 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 98% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 86% average score of New York.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SARATOGA HOSPITAL | 211 Church Street Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 | Yes | 17.02 mi | Compare |
| SUNNYVIEW HOSPITAL AND REHABILITATION CENTER | 1270 Belmont Avenue Schenectady, NY 12308 | No | 36.13 mi | Compare |
| ELLIS HOSPITAL | 1101 Nott Street Schenectady, NY 12308 | Yes | 36.22 mi | Compare |
| SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER | 100 Hospital Drive Bennington, VT 05201 | Yes | 37.22 mi | Compare |
| ST MARY'S HOSPITAL AT AMSTERDAM | 427 Guy Park Avenue Amsterdam, NY 12010 | Yes | 37.67 mi | Compare |
| NATHAN LITTAUER HOSPITAL | 99 East State Street Gloversville, NY 12078 | Yes | 38.2 mi | Compare |
| ST MARY'S HOSPITAL ( TROY ) | 1300 Massachusetts Avenue Troy, NY 12180 | Yes | 38.92 mi | Compare |
| MOSES-LUDINGTON HOSPITAL | 1019 Wicker Street Ticonderoga, NY 12883 | Yes | 38.93 mi | Compare |
| SAMARITAN HOSPITAL | 2215 Burdett Avenue Troy, NY 12180 | Yes | 39.56 mi | Compare |
| BURDETT CARE CENTER | 2215 Burdett Ave Troy, NY 12180 | No | 39.56 mi | Compare |
| RUTLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 160 Allen St Rutland, VT 05701 | Yes | 40.21 mi | Compare |
| ST PETER'S HOSPITAL | 315 South Manning Boulevard Albany, NY 12208 | Yes | 40.93 mi | Compare |
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