JACKSON-MADISON COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Jackson, TN 38301

JACKSON-MADISON COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL PROFILE

Jackson-madison County General Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Jackson, TN 38301 that serves the Madison county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

JACKSON-MADISON COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL

620 Skyline Drive
Jackson, TN 38301
Phone: (731) 541-5000
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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: Government - Hospital District Or Authority

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 Jackson-madison County General 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: Average

Quiet Rooms: Good

Cleanliness: Average

Pain Management: Good

Discharge Information: Fair

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Jackson-madison County General 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: 21 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 3 hours 2 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 4 hours 27 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 35 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 1 hour 2 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Jackson-madison County General Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Tennessee or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF JACKSON367 Hospital Blvd
Jackson, TN 38305
Yes3.52 miCompare
MILAN GENERAL HOSPITAL4039 Highland St
Milan, TN 38358
Yes19.5 miCompare
HENDERSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL200 W Church St
Lexington, TN 38351
Yes24.39 miCompare
BOLIVAR GENERAL HOSPITAL650 Nuckolls Road
Bolivar, TN 38008
Yes27.18 miCompare
BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HUNTINGDON631 Rb Wilson Dr
Huntingdon, TN 38344
Yes35.58 miCompare
TENNOVA HEALTHCARE-MCNAIRY REGIONAL705 E Poplar Ave
Selmer, TN 38375
Yes35.82 miCompare
MCKENZIE REGIONAL HOSPITAL161 Hospital Drive
Mc Kenzie, TN 38201
Yes39.49 miCompare
DECATUR COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL969 Tennessee Ave S
Parsons, TN 38363
Yes39.93 miCompare
METHODIST HEALTHCARE FAYETTE HOSPITAL214 Lakeview Rd
Somerville, TN 38068
Yes40.28 miCompare
LAUDERDALE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL326 Asbury Avenue
Ripley, TN 38063
Yes41.08 miCompare
DYERSBURG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER400 Tickle St
Dyersburg, TN 38024
Yes41.88 miCompare
HARDIN MEDICAL CENTER935 Wayne Road
Savannah, TN 38372
Yes44.08 miCompare

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