JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER

Acute Care Hospital in Jamaica, NY 11418

JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Jamaica, NY 11418 that serves the Queens county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER

89th Avenue And Van Wyck Expressway
Jamaica, NY 11418
Phone: (718) 262-6000
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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.

Fair

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 - Private

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.

PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

The hospital patient survey at Jamaica Hospital 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: Fair

Quiet Rooms: Poor

Cleanliness: Fair

Pain Management: Fair

Discharge Information: Fair

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Poor

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Jamaica Hospital 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: 54 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 3 hours 58 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 8 hours 21 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 3 hours 24 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 0 hours 59 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Jamaica Hospital Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in New York or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER82-68 164th Street
Jamaica, NY 11432
Yes1.28 miCompare
FOREST HILLS HOSPITAL102 - 01 66th Road
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Yes2.67 miCompare
NEW YORK HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF QUEENS56-45 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355
Yes3.23 miCompare
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER45th Avenue And Parsons Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11355
Yes3.76 miCompare
ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER79-01 Broadway
Elmhurst, NY 11373
Yes4.75 miCompare
WYCKOFF HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTER374 Stockholm Street
Brooklyn, NY 11237
Yes5.32 miCompare
BROOKDALE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER1 Brookdale Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11212
Yes5.94 miCompare
INTERFAITH MEDICAL CENTER1545 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Yes6.56 miCompare
WOODHULL MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER760 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Yes6.63 miCompare
LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER270 - 05 76th Avenue
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Yes6.72 miCompare
KINGSBROOK JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER585 Schenectady Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Yes6.78 miCompare
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL900 Franklin Avenue
Valley Stream, NY 11580
Yes6.96 miCompare

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