LAC/HARBOR-UCLA MED CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Torrance, CA 90509
LAC/HARBOR-UCLA MED CENTER PROFILE
Lac/harbor-ucla Med Center is an acute care hospital located in Torrance, CA 90509 that serves the Los Angeles county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
LAC/HARBOR-UCLA MED CENTER
1000 W Carson StTorrance, CA 90509
Phone: (310) 222-2101
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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: 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 - Local
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.
Cardiac Surgery Registry: Yes Cardiac surgery registry
The provider participates in the cardiac surgery registry. Participation in this registry does not mean that the hospital is specialized or only provides this type of care. Registries provide hospitals with the 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.
The hospital patient survey at Lac/harbor-ucla Med 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: FairQuiet Rooms: Poor
Cleanliness: Poor
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Poor
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at Lac/harbor-ucla Med 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: 22 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 4 hours 32 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 10 hours 58 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 4 hours 20 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 56 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Lac/harbor-ucla Med Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in California or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections in icu only - 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 CA. - 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. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 22 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 28 minutes in 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 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 12% for the quality measure incidence of preventable blood clots is better than the 5% average score of California.
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| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF GARDENA | 1145 W Redondo Beach Blvd Gardena, CA 90247 | Yes | 4.29 mi | Compare |
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| MILLER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | 2801 Atlantic Avenue Long Beach, CA 90806 | Yes | 6.25 mi | Compare |
| LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER | 2801 Atlantic Ave Long Beach, CA 90806 | Yes | 6.35 mi | Compare |
| PROVIDENCE LITTLE CO OF MARY MED CTR SAN PEDRO | 1300 W 7th St San Pedro, CA 90732 | Yes | 6.41 mi | Compare |
| ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER | 1050 Linden Ave Long Beach, CA 90813 | Yes | 7.03 mi | Compare |
| LAKEWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 3700 E South St Lakewood, CA 90712 | Yes | 8.48 mi | Compare |
| SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER | 3630 East Imperial Highway Lynwood, CA 90262 | Yes | 8.51 mi | Compare |
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