MEDSTAR GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Washington, DC 20007

MEDSTAR GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PROFILE

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Washington, DC 20007 that serves the District Of Columbia county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

MEDSTAR GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

3800 Reservoir Rd
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 784-3000
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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 - 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 Medstar Georgetown University 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: Fair

Pain Management: Average

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Medstar Georgetown University 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: 44 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 3 hours 18 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 8 hours 45 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 4 hours 24 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 1 hour 14 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Medstar Georgetown University Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in District Of Columbia 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.
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MEDSTAR WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER110 Irving St Nw
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No3.72 miCompare
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