MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Charlottesville, VA 22911

MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL PROFILE

Martha Jefferson Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Charlottesville, VA 22911 that serves the Albemarle county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL

500 Martha Jefferson Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22911
Phone: (434) 654-7000
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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.

Good

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 - Private

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.

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 Martha Jefferson 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: Good

Quiet Rooms: Good

Cleanliness: Average

Pain Management: Average

Discharge Information: Good

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Martha Jefferson 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: 15 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 44 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 5 hours 58 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 4 hours 17 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 39 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

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

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTERJefferson Park Ave
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Yes3.14 miCompare
SALEM VA MEDICAL CENTER1970 Boulevard
Salem, VA 24153
No21.62 miCompare
AUGUSTA HEALTH78 Medical Center Drive
Fishersville, VA 22939
Yes29.97 miCompare
SENTARA RMH MEDICAL CENTER2010 Health Campus Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Yes34.6 miCompare
CULPEPER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL501 Sunset Lane
Culpeper, VA 22701
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PAGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC200 Memorial Drive
Luray, VA 22835
Yes44.3 miCompare
SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC800 Oak Street
Farmville, VA 23901
Yes49.68 miCompare

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