JACK HUGHSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Phenix City, AL 36867
JACK HUGHSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROFILE
Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Phenix City, AL 36867 that serves the Russell county area. This facility is a public state hospital with emergency services.
JACK HUGHSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
4401 River Chase DrivePhenix City, AL 36867
Phone: (334) 732-3000
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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 - State
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 Jack Hughston 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: ExcellentQuiet Rooms: Excellent
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
These performance measures at Jack Hughston 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: 35 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 27 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 57 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 18 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 50 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Alabama 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. - 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 AL. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 237 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 245 minutes in Alabama. - 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 93% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 78% average score of Alabama. - 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 132 minutes in Alabama. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 2% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 3% average score of Alabama. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic selection is better than the 99% average score of Alabama.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| WARM SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER | 5995 Spring Street Warm Springs, GA 31830 | Yes | 32.43 mi | Compare |
| WEST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER | 1514 Vernon Road Lagrange, GA 30240 | Yes | 36.21 mi | Compare |
| MEDICAL CENTER BARBOUR | 820 W Washington St Eufaula, AL 36027 | Yes | 43.52 mi | Compare |
| UPSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 801 W Gordon Street Thomaston, GA 30286 | Yes | 47.01 mi | Compare |
| LAKE MARTIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 201 Mariarden Road Dadeville, AL 36853 | Yes | 47.81 mi | Compare |
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