KENTUCKY RIVER MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Jackson, KY 41339
KENTUCKY RIVER MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Kentucky River Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Jackson, KY 41339 that serves the Breathitt county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
KENTUCKY RIVER MEDICAL CENTER
540 Jett DriveJackson, KY 41339
Phone: (606) 666-6000
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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.
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
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.
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 Kentucky River 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Good
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Fair
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Kentucky River 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: 21 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 55 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 18 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 42 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 23 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Kentucky River Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Kentucky 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 - 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 KY. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 198 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 247 minutes in Kentucky. - 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 97% average score of Kentucky. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 95% average score of Kentucky. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with median time to fibrinolysis Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with median time to fibrinolysis
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 16 minutes for median time to fibrinolysis is better than the statewide average of 21 minutes in Kentucky. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 115 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 136 minutes in Kentucky. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with fibrinolytic therapy received within 30 minutes Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with fibrinolytic therapy received within 30 minutes
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 100% for the quality measure fibrinolytic therapy received within 30 minutes is better than the 75% average score of Kentucky. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 21 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 23 minutes in Kentucky. - Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan
The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 73% for the quality measure ct scan is better than the 67% average score of Kentucky. - 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 100% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 97% average score of Kentucky. - 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 5 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 6 minutes in Kentucky. - 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 94% average score of Kentucky. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic within 1 hour is better than the 99% average score of Kentucky. - 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 Kentucky. - 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 91% average score of Kentucky.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 100 Medical Center Drive Hazard, KY 41701 | Yes | 21.33 mi | Compare |
| MORGAN COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL | 476 Liberty Road West Liberty, KY 41472 | Yes | 25.08 mi | Compare |
| MARY BRECKINRIDGE ARH HOSPITAL | 130 Kate Ireland Drive Hyden, KY 41749 | Yes | 27.77 mi | Compare |
| SAINT JOSEPH MARTIN | 11203 Main Street Martin, KY 41649 | Yes | 33.89 mi | Compare |
| MARCUM AND WALLACE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 60 Mercy Court Irvine, KY 40336 | Yes | 34.73 mi | Compare |
| HIGHLANDS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 5000 Kentucky Route 321 Prestonsburg, KY 41653 | Yes | 34.9 mi | Compare |
| PAUL B HALL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 625 James S Trimble Boulevard Paintsville, KY 41240 | Yes | 35.03 mi | Compare |
| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 210 Marie Langdon Drive Manchester, KY 40962 | Yes | 35.25 mi | Compare |
| MCDOWELL ARH HOSPITAL | 9879 Kentucky Route 122 Mc Dowell, KY 41647 | Yes | 36.28 mi | Compare |
| ST CLAIRE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 222 Medical Circle Morehead, KY 40351 | Yes | 42.55 mi | Compare |
| WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL | 240 Hospital Road Whitesburg, KY 41858 | Yes | 43.77 mi | Compare |
| PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER | 911 Bypass Road Pikeville, KY 41501 | Yes | 46.93 mi | Compare |
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