HOUSTON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Crockett, TX 75835
HOUSTON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Houston County Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Crockett, TX 75835 that serves the Houston county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
HOUSTON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER
1100 Loop 304 EastCrockett, TX 75835
Phone: (936) 546-3890
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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: Government - Hospital District Or Authority
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 Houston County 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: ExcellentQuiet Rooms: Average
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
These performance measures at Houston County 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: 13 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 40 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 40 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 47 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 0 hours 59 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Houston County Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Texas or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Excellent Doctor Communication Rating Excellent Doctor Communication Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure doctor communication 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 TX. - Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT
The provider's use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of TX. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 220 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 274 minutes in Texas. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 47 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 99 minutes in Texas. - 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 136 minutes in Texas. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 13 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 22 minutes in Texas. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 0% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 3% average score of Texas.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER TRINITY | 317 Prospect Dr/po Box 3169 Trinity, TX 75862 | Yes | 25.51 mi | Compare |
| PALESTINE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 2900 S Loop 256 Palestine, TX 75801 | Yes | 30.28 mi | Compare |
| MADISON ST JOSEPH HEALTH CENTER | 100 West Cross Street Madisonville, TX 77864 | Yes | 38.35 mi | Compare |
| WOODLAND HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTER | 505 South John Redditt Drive Lufkin, TX 75904 | Yes | 40.49 mi | Compare |
| MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER OF EAST TEXAS | 1201 West Frank Street Lufkin, TX 75901 | Yes | 41.22 mi | Compare |
| HUNTSVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 110 Memorial Hospital Drive Huntsville, TX 77340 | Yes | 43.66 mi | Compare |
| MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE | 2026 S Jackson Street Jacksonville, TX 75766 | Yes | 43.83 mi | Compare |
| EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER JACKSONVILLE | 501 S Ragsdale Jacksonville, TX 75766 | Yes | 44.99 mi | Compare |
| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 1204 Mound St Nacogdoches, TX 75961 | Yes | 50.72 mi | Compare |
| EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER - FAIRFIELD | 125 Newman St Fairfield, TX 75840 | Yes | 51.27 mi | Compare |
| NACOGDOCHES MEDICAL CENTER | 4920 Ne Stallings Drive Nacogdoches, TX 75961 | Yes | 51.6 mi | Compare |
| MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER LIVINGSTON | 1717 Hwy 59 Bypass Livingston, TX 77351 | Yes | 52.21 mi | Compare |
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