HARRINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Southbridge, MA 01550
HARRINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROFILE
Harrington Memorial Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Southbridge, MA 01550 that serves the Worcester county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
HARRINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
100 South StreetSouthbridge, MA 01550
Phone: (508) 765-9771
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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 Harrington 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Good
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Harrington 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: 6 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 53 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 13 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 29 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 37 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Harrington Memorial Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Massachusetts or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for intestinal infections Better performance for intestinal infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for intestinal infections - 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 MA. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 253 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 325 minutes in Massachusetts. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 89 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 129 minutes in Massachusetts. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 113 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 166 minutes in Massachusetts. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 6 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 38 minutes in Massachusetts. - Emergency Department:
left without
being seen Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 1% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 2% average score of Massachusetts. - Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan
The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 79% for the quality measure ct scan is better than the 77% average score of Massachusetts. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with transfer time for acute coronary
intervention Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with transfer time for acute coronary
intervention
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 54 minutes for transfer time for acute coronary intervention is better than the statewide average of 57 minutes in Massachusetts. - 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 3 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 8 minutes in Massachusetts. - 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 0% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 2% average score of Massachusetts. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 98% average score of Massachusetts. - 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 Massachusetts. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 96% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 92% average score of Massachusetts.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAY KIMBALL HOSPITAL | 320 Pomfret Street Putnam, CT 06260 | Yes | 13.58 mi | Compare |
| BAYSTATE MARY LANE HOSPITAL | 85 South Street Ware, MA 01082 | Yes | 15.81 mi | Compare |
| BAYSTATE WING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS | 40 Wright Street Palmer, MA 01069 | Yes | 16.62 mi | Compare |
| ST VINCENT HOSPITAL | 123 Summer Street Worcester, MA 01608 | Yes | 17.98 mi | Compare |
| ADCARE HOSPITAL OF WORCESTER INC | 107 Lincoln Street Worcester, MA 01605 | No | 18.64 mi | Compare |
| JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 201 Chestnut Hill Rd Stafford Springs, CT 06076 | Yes | 19.27 mi | Compare |
| UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER INC | 55 Lake Avenue North Worcester, MA 01655 | Yes | 19.9 mi | Compare |
| ROCKVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL | 31 Union St Rockville, CT 06066 | Yes | 25.65 mi | Compare |
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