JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER
Critical Access Hospital in Ranson, WV 25438
JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Jefferson Medical Center is a critical access hospital located in Ranson, WV 25438 that serves the Jefferson county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER
300 South Preston StreetRanson, WV 25438
Phone: (304) 728-1600
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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.
Good
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: 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.
Emergency Services: Yes Emergency Department
This hospital provides emergency services which might include acute medical care or trauma care.
The hospital patient survey at Jefferson 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: GoodQuiet Rooms: Average
Cleanliness: Excellent
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at Jefferson 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: 19 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 3 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: Not Available before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: Not Available admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 54 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Jefferson Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in West Virginia or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Excellent Cleanliness Rating Excellent Cleanliness Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure cleanliness is excellent. - Excellent Nurse Communication Rating Excellent Nurse Communication Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure nurse communication 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 WV. - Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT
The provider's use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of WV. - Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function
The provider's Heart Failure performance score of 100% for the quality measure evaluation of left ventricular function is better than the 99% average score of West Virginia. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 123 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 147 minutes in West Virginia. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 19 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 27 minutes in West Virginia. - Emergency Department:
left without
being seen 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 2% average score of West Virginia. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with transfer time for acute coronary
intervention Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with transfer time for acute coronary
intervention
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 54 minutes for transfer time for acute coronary intervention is better than the statewide average of 77 minutes in West Virginia. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 6 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 8 minutes in West Virginia. - Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s)
The provider's Pneumonia performance score of 100% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 95% average score of West Virginia.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTINSBURG VA MEDICAL CENTER | 510 Butler Ave. Martinsburg, WV 25401 | No | 8.84 mi | Compare |
| BERKELEY MEDICAL CENTER | 2500 Hospital Drive Martinsburg, WV 25401 | Yes | 13.9 mi | Compare |
| WINCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER | 1840 Amherst St Winchester, VA 22601 | Yes | 19.29 mi | Compare |
| MERITUS MEDICAL CENTER | 11116 Medical Campus Road Hagerstown, MD 21742 | Yes | 24.37 mi | Compare |
| FREDERICK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 400 West Seventh St Frederick, MD 21701 | Yes | 25.33 mi | Compare |
| INOVA LOUDOUN HOSPITAL | 44045 Riverside Parkway Leesburg, VA 20176 | Yes | 25.57 mi | Compare |
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