HIGHLANDS MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Sparta, TN 38583
HIGHLANDS MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Highlands Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Sparta, TN 38583 that serves the White county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.
HIGHLANDS MEDICAL CENTER
401 Sewell DrSparta, TN 38583
Phone: (931) 738-9211
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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: 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.
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.
The hospital patient survey at Highlands 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Excellent
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
These performance measures at Highlands 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: 18 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 27 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 20 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 53 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 40 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Highlands Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Tennessee 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. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 200 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 244 minutes in Tennessee. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 53 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 78 minutes in Tennessee. - 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 Tennessee. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 98% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 95% average score of Tennessee. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 87 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 133 minutes in Tennessee. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 18 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 23 minutes in Tennessee. - 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 Tennessee. - 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 98% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 96% average score of Tennessee. - 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 6 minutes in Tennessee. - 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 97% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 95% average score of Tennessee. - 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 Tennessee. - 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 96% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 90% average score of Tennessee. - 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 97% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 96% average score of Tennessee. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
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The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 95% average score of Tennessee.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
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COOKEVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1 Medical Center Boulevard Cookeville, TN 38501 | Yes | 15.3 mi | Compare |
DEKALB COMMUNITY HOSP | 520 W Main St Smithville, TN 37166 | Yes | 19.77 mi | Compare |
RIVER PARK HOSPITAL | 1559 Sparta Street Mc Minnville, TN 37110 | Yes | 22.73 mi | Compare |
CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER | 421 S Main St Crossville, TN 38555 | Yes | 25.54 mi | Compare |
LIVINGSTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL | 315 Oak St Box 550 Livingston, TN 38570 | Yes | 31.2 mi | Compare |
RIVERVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 158 Hospital Drive Carthage, TN 37030 | Yes | 34.18 mi | Compare |
STONES RIVER HOSPITAL | 324 Doolittle Road Woodbury, TN 37190 | Yes | 34.34 mi | Compare |
RHEA MEDICAL CENTER | 9400 Rhea County Highway Dayton, TN 37321 | Yes | 40.16 mi | Compare |
CUMBERLAND RIVER HOSPITAL | 100 Old Jefferson St Celina, TN 38551 | Yes | 41.03 mi | Compare |
JAMESTOWN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 436 Central Avenue West Jamestown, TN 38556 | Yes | 44.76 mi | Compare |
MEDICAL CENTER OF MANCHESTER | 481 Interstate Drive Manchester, TN 37355 | Yes | 45.98 mi | Compare |
UNITED REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1001 Mcarthur St Manchester, TN 37355 | Yes | 47.54 mi | Compare |
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