KERN VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT
Critical Access Hospital in Lake Isabella, CA 93240
KERN VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT PROFILE
Kern Valley Healthcare District is a critical access hospital located in Lake Isabella, CA 93240 that serves the Kern county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
KERN VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT
6412 Laurel AveLake Isabella, CA 93240
Phone: (760) 379-2681
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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.
Fair
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 - 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.
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 Kern Valley Healthcare District 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: FairQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Good
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Poor
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
These performance measures at Kern Valley Healthcare District 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 Available before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: Not Available before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 8 hours 33 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 18 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: Not Available before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Kern Valley Healthcare District has better average ratings than other hospitals in California or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- 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 CA. - 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 CA.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
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TEHACHAPI HOSPITAL | 115 West E Street Tehachapi, CA 93561 | Yes | 34.89 mi | Compare |
KERN MEDICAL CENTER | 1700 Mount Vernon Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93306 | Yes | 36.16 mi | Compare |
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 420 34th St Box 1888 Bakersfield, CA 93301 | Yes | 37.72 mi | Compare |
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 2615 Chester Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 | Yes | 38.69 mi | Compare |
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL | 901 Olive Drive Bakersfield, CA 93308 | No | 38.87 mi | Compare |
BAKERSFIELD HEART HOSPITAL | 3001 Sillect Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93308 | Yes | 39.6 mi | Compare |
PORTERVILLE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER | 26501 Avenue 140 Porterville, CA 93257 | No | 42.74 mi | Compare |
MERCY HOSPITAL | 2215 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 | Yes | 44.31 mi | Compare |
SIERRA VIEW MEDICAL CENTER | 465 W Putnam Ave Porterville, CA 93257 | Yes | 45.91 mi | Compare |
DELANO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1401 Garces Highway Delano, CA 93215 | Yes | 47.62 mi | Compare |
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