THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
Acute Care Hospital in Port Arthur, TX 77640
THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS PROFILE
The Medical Center Of Southeast Texas is an acute care hospital located in Port Arthur, TX 77640 that serves the Jefferson county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.
THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
2555 Jimmy Johnson BlvdPort Arthur, TX 77640
Phone: (409) 853-5900
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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: Proprietary
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.
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 The Medical Center Of Southeast Texas 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: Good
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at The Medical Center Of Southeast Texas 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: 45 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 47 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 5 hours 22 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 6 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 6 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where The Medical Center Of Southeast Texas has better average ratings than other hospitals in Texas or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Lower rate of serious complications Lower rate of serious complications
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a lower rate of serious complications. - Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections in icu only Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for catheter urinary tract 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 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 TX. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 96% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 95% average score of Texas. - Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan
The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 87% for the quality measure ct scan is better than the 63% average score of Texas. - 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 Texas. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 99% for the quality measure catheter removal is better than the 98% average score of Texas. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 93% average score of Texas. - 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 14% for the quality measure incidence of preventable blood clots is better than the 4% average score of Texas.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| BAYSIDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 200 Hospital Drive Anahuac, TX 77514 | Yes | 43.74 mi | Compare |
| LAKE AREA MEDICAL CENTER | 4200 Nelson Road Lake Charles, LA 70605 | Yes | 47.36 mi | Compare |
| CHRISTUS ST PATRICK HOSPITAL | 524 Dr Michael Debakey Street Lake Charles, LA 70601 | Yes | 49.54 mi | Compare |
| LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 1701 Oak Park Blvd Lake Charles, LA 70601 | Yes | 50.92 mi | Compare |
| SOUTH CAMERON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 5360 West Creole Hwy Cameron, LA 70631 | Yes | 52.48 mi | Compare |
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