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GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER

Acute Care Hospital in Brockton, MA 02301

GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE

Good Samaritan Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Brockton, MA 02301 that serves the Plymouth county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.

GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER

235 North Pearl Street
Brockton, MA 02301
Phone: (508) 427-3000
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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.
General Surgery Registry: Yes General Surgery Registry
The provider participates in the general surgery registry. Registries provide hospitals with information necessary to help them improve the care they provide.
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 Good Samaritan 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: Poor

Cleanliness: Fair

Pain Management: Fair

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Good Samaritan 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: 1 hour 15 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 3 hours 59 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 5 hours 29 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 2 hours 8 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 1 hour 18 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Good Samaritan Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Massachusetts 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
SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE BROCKTON HOSPITAL680 Center Street
Brockton, MA 02302		Yes3.72 miCompare
SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL55 Fogg Road
South Weymouth, MA 02190		Yes7.78 miCompare
NORWOOD HOSPITAL800 Washington Street
Norwood, MA 02062		Yes9.53 miCompare
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-MILTON INC199 Reedsdale Road
Milton, MA 02186		Yes10.62 miCompare
CARNEY HOSPITAL2100 Dorchester Avenue
Boston, MA 02124		Yes12.4 miCompare
MORTON HOSPITAL88 Washington Street
Taunton, MA 02780		Yes13.33 miCompare
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S FAULKNER HOSPITAL1153 Centre Street
Boston, MA 02130		Yes14.48 miCompare
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - NEEDHAM148 Chestnut Street
Needham, MA 02494		Yes15.26 miCompare
STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL211 Park Street
Attleboro, MA 02703		Yes15.28 miCompare
VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - JAMAICA PLAIN150 S. Huntington Avenue
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130		No16 miCompare
NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL125 Parker Hill Avenue
Boston, MA 02120		No16.15 miCompare
BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION1 Boston Medical Center Place
Boston, MA 02118		Yes16.39 miCompare

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