GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER
Critical Access Hospital in Merrill, WI 54452
GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER PROFILE
Good Samaritan Health Center is a critical access hospital located in Merrill, WI 54452 that serves the Lincoln county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER
601 S Center AveMerrill, WI 54452
Phone: (715) 536-5511
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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.
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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 - Church
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.
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.
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 Good Samaritan 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: GoodQuiet Rooms: Good
Cleanliness: Good
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Good Samaritan 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: 15 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 10 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 12 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 44 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 23 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Good Samaritan Health Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Wisconsin or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Excellent Medicication Explanation Rating Excellent Medicication Explanation Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure medicication explanation is excellent. - 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 WI. - 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 WI. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 192 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 205 minutes in Wisconsin. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 44 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 62 minutes in Wisconsin. - 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 Wisconsin. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 97% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 95% average score of Wisconsin. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 15 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 18 minutes in Wisconsin. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 0% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 1% average score of Wisconsin. - Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan
The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 85% for the quality measure ct scan is better than the 70% average score of Wisconsin. - Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s)
The provider's Pneumonia performance score of 100% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 97% average score of Wisconsin. - 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 99% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 94% average score of Wisconsin.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL | 333 Pine Ridge Blvd Wausau, WI 54401 | Yes | 14.47 mi | Compare |
| ST CLARES HOSPITAL OF WESTON | 3400 Ministry Parkway Weston, WI 54476 | Yes | 20.27 mi | Compare |
| MINISTRY SACRED HEART HOSPITAL | 401 W Mohawk Dr Suite 100 Tomahawk, WI 54487 | Yes | 21.64 mi | Compare |
| ASPIRUS LANGLADE HOSPITAL | 112 E Fifth Ave Antigo, WI 54409 | Yes | 26.45 mi | Compare |
| ASPIRUS MEDFORD HOSPITAL & CLINICS, INC | 135 S Gibson St Medford, WI 54451 | Yes | 32.98 mi | Compare |
| MINISTRY SAINT MARYS HOSPITAL | 2251 North Shore Dr Rhinelander, WI 54501 | Yes | 35.34 mi | Compare |
| MINISTRY SAINT JOSEPHS HOSPITAL | 611 St Joseph Ave Marshfield, WI 54449 | Yes | 42.14 mi | Compare |
| MINISTRY ST MICHAELS HOSPITAL OF STEVENS POINT | 900 Illinois Ave Stevens Point, WI 54481 | Yes | 45.16 mi | Compare |
| HOWARD YOUNG MEDICAL CTR | 240 Maple St Woodruff, WI 54568 | Yes | 49.67 mi | Compare |
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