LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Lancaster, PA 17604

LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL PROFILE

Lancaster General Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Lancaster, PA 17604 that serves the Lancaster county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.

LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL

555 North Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17604
Phone: (717) 299-5511
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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.

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.

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.

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 Lancaster General Hospital 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: Average

Quiet Rooms: Fair

Cleanliness: Average

Pain Management: Good

Discharge Information: Good

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Lancaster General Hospital 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: 16 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 15 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 4 hours 7 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 27 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 58 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Lancaster General Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Pennsylvania or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
LANCASTER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER250 College Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17604
Yes0.96 miCompare
HEART OF LANCASTER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER1500 Highlands Drive
Lititz, PA 17543
Yes6.09 miCompare
EPHRATA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL169 Martin Avenue
Ephrata, PA 17522
Yes11.62 miCompare
LEBANON VA MEDICAL CENTER1700 South Lincoln Avenue
Lebanon, PA 17042
No19.38 miCompare
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITALFourth And Walnut Streets
Lebanon, PA 17042
Yes20.78 miCompare
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL325 South Belmont Street
York, PA 17403
Yes21.29 miCompare
OSS ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL1861 Powder Mill Rd
York, PA 17402
No22.58 miCompare
YORK HOSPITAL1001 South George Street
York, PA 17403
Yes23.02 miCompare
WELLSPAN SURGERY AND REHABILITATION HOSPITAL55 Monument Road
York, PA 17403
No23.48 miCompare
MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER500 University Drive
Hershey, PA 17033
Yes24.72 miCompare

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