JOHNSTON HEALTH
Acute Care Hospital in Smithfield, NC 27577
JOHNSTON HEALTH PROFILE
Johnston Health is an acute care hospital located in Smithfield, NC 27577 that serves the Johnston county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
JOHNSTON HEALTH
509 Bright Leaf BlvdSmithfield, NC 27577
Phone: (919) 934-8171
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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: 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
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 Johnston Health 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: Excellent
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Johnston Health 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: 34 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 25 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 43 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 10 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 43 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Johnston Health has better average ratings than other hospitals in North Carolina or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for intestinal infections Better performance for intestinal infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for intestinal infections - Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure quiet rooms is excellent. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 283 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 288 minutes in North Carolina. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 70 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 95 minutes in North Carolina. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 96% average score of North Carolina. - 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 95% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 94% average score of North Carolina. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 145 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 151 minutes in North Carolina. - Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan
The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 91% for the quality measure ct scan is better than the 67% average score of North Carolina. - 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 31 minutes for transfer time for acute coronary intervention is better than the statewide average of 46 minutes in North Carolina. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 99% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 98% average score of North Carolina. - 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 3 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 8 minutes in North Carolina. - 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 North Carolina. - Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina. - Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure antithrombotic medication by day two is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 19% for the quality measure incidence of preventable blood clots is better than the 4% average score of North Carolina.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL | 800 Tilghman Dr Dunn, NC 28334 | Yes | 21.06 mi | Compare |
| WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 2700 Wayne Memorial Dr Goldsboro, NC 27534 | Yes | 22.98 mi | Compare |
| WAKEMED, RALEIGH CAMPUS | 3000 New Bern Ave Raleigh, NC 27610 | Yes | 23.48 mi | Compare |
| WILSON MEDICAL CENTER | 1705 S Tarboro St Wilson, NC 27893 | Yes | 26.1 mi | Compare |
| DUKE HEALTH RALEIGH HOSPITAL | 3400 Wake Forest Rd Raleigh, NC 27609 | Yes | 26.93 mi | Compare |
| REX HOSPITAL | 4420 Lake Boone Trail Raleigh, NC 27607 | Yes | 29.48 mi | Compare |
| WAKEMED, CARY HOSPITAL | 1900 Kildare Farm Road Cary, NC 27518 | Yes | 29.6 mi | Compare |
| SAMPSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 607 Beaman St Clinton, NC 28328 | Yes | 34.98 mi | Compare |
| NOVANT HEALTH FRANKLIN MEDICAL CENTER | 100 Hospital Dr Box 609 Louisburg, NC 27549 | Yes | 41.31 mi | Compare |
| NASH GENERAL HOSPITAL | 2460 Curtis Ellis Drive Rocky Mount, NC 27804 | Yes | 41.86 mi | Compare |
| FAYETTEVILLE NC VA MEDICAL CENTER | 2300 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, NC 28301 | No | 42.47 mi | Compare |
| VIDANT DUPLIN HOSPITAL | 401 N Main St Kenansville, NC 28349 | Yes | 43.33 mi | Compare |
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