HELENA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Helena, AR 72342
HELENA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Helena Regional Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Helena, AR 72342 that serves the Phillips county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.
HELENA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
1801 Martin Luther King Jr DriveHelena, AR 72342
Phone: (870) 338-5800
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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: Proprietary
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 Helena Regional 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: GoodQuiet Rooms: Excellent
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Fair
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Helena Regional 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: 42 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 40 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 8 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 49 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 53 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Helena Regional Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Arkansas or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure quiet rooms 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 AR. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 188 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 221 minutes in Arkansas. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 49 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 67 minutes in Arkansas. - 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 98% average score of Arkansas. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 95% average score of Arkansas. - Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 87% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 83% average score of Arkansas. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 100 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 128 minutes in Arkansas. - 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 99% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 95% average score of Arkansas. - 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 94% average score of Arkansas. - 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 100% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 94% average score of Arkansas. - 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 97% average score of Arkansas. - 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 96% average score of Arkansas. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 89% average score of Arkansas. - 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 Arkansas. - 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 96% average score of Arkansas.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1970 Hospital Drive Clarksdale, MS 38614 | Yes | 22.06 mi | Compare |
| QUITMAN COUNTY HOSPITAL CAH | 340 Getwell Drive Marks, MS 38646 | Yes | 26.97 mi | Compare |
| FORREST CITY MEDICAL CENTER | 1601 Newcastle Road Forrest City, AR 72335 | Yes | 37.47 mi | Compare |
| NORTH OAK REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 401 Getwell Dr Senatobia, MS 38668 | Yes | 39.05 mi | Compare |
| MERIT HEALTH BATESVILLE | 303 Medical Center Drive Batesville, MS 38606 | Yes | 42.96 mi | Compare |
| DEWITT HOSPITAL & NURSING HOME, INC | 1641 Whitehead Drive De Witt, AR 72042 | Yes | 43.68 mi | Compare |
| TALLAHATCHIE CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL | 201 South Market St / Po Box 230 Charleston, MS 38921 | Yes | 47.7 mi | Compare |
| BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DESOTO | 7601 Southcrest Parkway Southaven, MS 38671 | Yes | 47.86 mi | Compare |
| CROSSRIDGE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 310 South Falls Boulevard Wynne, AR 72396 | Yes | 49.73 mi | Compare |
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