INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Falls Church, VA 22042
INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL PROFILE
Inova Fairfax Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Falls Church, VA 22042 that serves the Fairfax county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL
8110 Gatehouse Road, 400 WestFalls Church, VA 22042
Phone: (703) 776-3332
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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 - Other
Multispecialty Surgical Registry: Yes Multispecialty surgical registry
The provider participates in the multispecialty surgical registry. Participants of this registry report one or any combination of three surgical measures elderly surgical outcomes, colectomy outcomes and lower-extremity bypass outcomes.
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.
Cardiac Surgery Registry: Yes Cardiac surgery registry
The provider participates in the cardiac surgery registry. Participation in this registry does not mean that the hospital is specialized or only provides this type of care. Registries provide hospitals with the information necessary to help them improve the care they provide.
General Surgery Registry: Yes General Surgery Registry
The provider participates in the general surgery registry. Registries provide hospitals with information necessary to help them improve the care they provide.
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 Inova Fairfax 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: FairQuiet Rooms: Average
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Inova Fairfax 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: 23 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 16 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 32 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 34 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 36 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Inova Fairfax Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Virginia or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections in icu only - 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 VA. - Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of thorax CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of VA. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with pci within 90 minutes of arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with pci within 90 minutes of arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 100% for the quality measure pci within 90 minutes of arrival is better than the 98% average score of Virginia. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 272 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 274 minutes in Virginia. - 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 98% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 87% average score of Virginia. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 136 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 145 minutes in Virginia. - 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 1% average score of Virginia. - 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 100% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 98% average score of Virginia. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure beta-blocker prior to admission is better than the 99% average score of Virginia. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic within 1 hour is better than the 99% average score of Virginia. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure catheter removal is better than the 99% average score of Virginia. - 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 98% average score of Virginia. - 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 99% average score of Virginia. - 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 99% average score of Virginia. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure discharged on statin medication is better than the 98% average score of Virginia. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 97% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 96% average score of Virginia. - 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 98% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 96% average score of Virginia. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
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The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 98% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 97% average score of Virginia. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure intravenous blood thinner is better than the 99% average score of Virginia. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 95% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 91% average score of Virginia.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIRGINIA HOSPITAL CENTER | 1701 North George Mason Drive Arlington, VA 22205 | Yes | 5.84 mi | Compare |
| INOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL | 4320 Seminary Rd Alexandria, VA 22304 | Yes | 7.06 mi | Compare |
| INOVA FAIR OAKS HOSPITAL | 3600 Joseph Siewick Drive Fairfax, VA 22033 | Yes | 8.42 mi | Compare |
| SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 5255 Loughboro Rd Nw Washington, DC 20016 | Yes | 8.44 mi | Compare |
| MEDSTAR GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | 3800 Reservoir Rd Washington, DC 20007 | Yes | 9.01 mi | Compare |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL | 900 23rd St Nw Washington, DC 20037 | Yes | 10.01 mi | Compare |
| RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER | 1850 Town Center Parkway Reston, VA 20190 | Yes | 10.31 mi | Compare |
| INOVA MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL | 2501 Parkers Lane Alexandria, VA 22306 | Yes | 11.47 mi | Compare |
| SUBURBAN HOSPITAL | 8600 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, MD 20814 | Yes | 11.53 mi | Compare |
| HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | 2041 Georgia Ave Nw Washington, DC 20060 | Yes | 11.93 mi | Compare |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL NMC | 111 Michigan Ave, Nw Washington, DC 20010 | Yes | 12.45 mi | Compare |
| MEDSTAR WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER | 110 Irving St Nw Washington, DC 20010 | Yes | 12.51 mi | Compare |
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