KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK
Acute Care Hospital in Walnut Creek, CA 94596
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK PROFILE
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek is an acute care hospital located in Walnut Creek, CA 94596 that serves the Contra Costa county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK
1425 S Main StreetWalnut Creek, CA 94596
Phone: (925) 295-4000
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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: Voluntary Non-profit - Other
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.
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 Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Poor
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek 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: Not AvailableDischarge Time: Not Available
Time Before Admission: 5 hours 43 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: Not Available
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek has better average ratings than other hospitals in California or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with pci within 90 minutes of arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with pci within 90 minutes of arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 100% for the quality measure pci within 90 minutes of arrival is better than the 96% average score of California. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 60 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 129 minutes in California. - 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 California. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 97% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 94% average score of California. - 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 90% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 82% average score of California. - Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early
The provider's Pregnancy and Delivery Care performance score of 2% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 3% average score of California. - 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 97% average score of California. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure beta-blocker prior to admission is better than the 98% average score of California. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 99% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 98% average score of California. - Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 98% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 97% average score of California. - Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 98% average score of California. - Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy is better than the 97% average score of California. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 95% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 92% average score of California. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 99% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 96% average score of California. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 99% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 95% average score of California. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure intravenous blood thinner is better than the 99% average score of California. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 97% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 93% average score of California.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN MUIR MEDICAL CENTER - WALNUT CREEK CAMPUS | 1601 Ygnacio Valley Rd Walnut Creek, CA 94598 | Yes | 1.44 mi | Compare |
| JOHN MUIR MEDICAL CENTER - CONCORD CAMPUS | 2540 East St Concord, CA 94520 | Yes | 5.98 mi | Compare |
| CONTRA COSTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 2500 Alhambra Ave Martinez, CA 94553 | Yes | 8.37 mi | Compare |
| SAN RAMON REGIONAL MEDICAL CTR | 6001 Norris Canyon Road San Ramon, CA 94583 | Yes | 10.21 mi | Compare |
| ALTA BATES SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER - ALTA BATES CAMP | 2450 Ashby Ave Berkeley, CA 94705 | Yes | 11.15 mi | Compare |
| HIGHLAND HOSPITAL | 1411 E 31st Street Oakland, CA 94602 | Yes | 11.65 mi | Compare |
| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND | 275 W Macarthur Boulevard Oakland, CA 94611 | Yes | 11.98 mi | Compare |
| ALTA BATES SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | 350 Hawthorne Avenue Oakland, CA 94609 | Yes | 12.41 mi | Compare |
| SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL | 13855 E 14th Street San Leandro, CA 94578 | Yes | 13.68 mi | Compare |
| EDEN MEDICAL CENTER | 20103 Lake Chabot Road Castro Valley, CA 94546 | Yes | 13.95 mi | Compare |
| ALAMEDA HOSPITAL | 2070 Clinton Avenue Alameda, CA 94501 | Yes | 14.17 mi | Compare |
| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO | 2500 Merced Street San Leandro, CA 94577 | Yes | 14.49 mi | Compare |
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