GRIFFIN HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Derby, CT 06418

GRIFFIN HOSPITAL PROFILE

Griffin Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Derby, CT 06418 that serves the New Haven county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.

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 - Other

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.

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 Griffin 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: Average

Quiet Rooms: Average

Cleanliness: Average

Pain Management: Average

Discharge Information: Good

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Griffin 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: 38 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 18 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 6 hours 5 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 2 hours 47 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 58 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Griffin Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Connecticut 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
WEST HAVEN VA MEDICAL CENTER950 Campbell Avenue
West Haven, CT 06516
No7.71 miCompare
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL20 York St
New Haven, CT 06504
Yes8.28 miCompare
MILFORD HOSPITAL, INC300 Seaside Avenue
Milford, CT 06460
Yes8.32 miCompare
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL267 Grant Street
Bridgeport, CT 06610
Yes10.87 miCompare
ST VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER2800 Main St
Bridgeport, CT 06606
Yes11.04 miCompare
CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC,THE100 Double Beach Road
Branford, CT 06405
No14.41 miCompare
SAINT MARYS HOSPITAL56 Franklin St
Waterbury, CT 06706
Yes15.23 miCompare
WATERBURY HOSPITAL64 Robbins St
Waterbury, CT 06721
Yes15.47 miCompare
MASONIC HOME AND HOSPITAL22 Masonic Ave
Wallingford, CT 06492
No15.79 miCompare
DANBURY HOSPITAL24 Hospital Ave
Danbury, CT 06810
Yes19.16 miCompare
MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER435 Lewis Avenue
Meriden, CT 06450
Yes21 miCompare
NORWALK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION24 Stevens Street
Norwalk, CT 06856
Yes23.18 miCompare

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