JAY COUNTY HOSPITAL

Critical Access Hospital in Portland, IN 47371

JAY COUNTY HOSPITAL PROFILE

Jay County Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Portland, IN 47371 that serves the Jay county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

JAY COUNTY HOSPITAL

500 W Votaw St
Portland, IN 47371
Phone: (260) 726-7131
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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.

Excellent

ABOUT THIS PROVIDER

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals What's a critical access hospital?
A critical access hospital is a small facility that provides outpatient and inpatient services on a limited basis, usually to people in rural areas.

Hospital Owner: Government - Local

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 Jay County 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: Good

Quiet Rooms: Excellent

Cleanliness: Average

Pain Management: Excellent

Discharge Information: Excellent

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Jay County 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: 17 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 1 hour 52 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 3 hours 20 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 45 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 33 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Jay County Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Indiana 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.
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MERCER COUNTY JOINT TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY HOSPITAL800 West Main Street
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Yes18.39 miCompare
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Yes18.8 miCompare
INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH BLACKFORD HOSPITAL410 Pilgrim Blvd
Hartford City, IN 47348
Yes20.53 miCompare
BLUFFTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER303 S Main St
Bluffton, IN 46714
Yes22.67 miCompare
ADAMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL1100 Mercer Ave
Decatur, IN 46733
Yes26.18 miCompare

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