MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Sacramento, CA 95819
MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL PROFILE
Mercy General Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Sacramento, CA 95819 that serves the Sacramento county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL
4001 J StSacramento, CA 95819
Phone: (916) 453-4545
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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 - Church
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 Mercy 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Mercy 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: 17 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 48 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 5 hours 20 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 10 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 10 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Mercy General Hospital 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 Better performance for bloodstream infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections - 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 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. - Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of thorax CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of CA. - Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment
The provider's use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of CA. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 320 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 335 minutes in California. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 94% average score of California. - Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 94% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 82% 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 17 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 28 minutes in California. - Emergency Department:
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being seen Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 1% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 2% average score of California. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 100% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 97% average score of California. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 8 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 9 minutes in California. - Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early
The provider's Pregnancy and Delivery Care performance score of 0% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 3% average score of California. - Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s)
The provider's Pneumonia performance score of 100% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 97% average score of California. - 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 California. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 99% for the quality measure antibiotic selection is better than the 98% average score of California. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 98% average score of California. - 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 California. - Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 97% average score of California. - Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 98% average score of California. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on antithrombotic therapy Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on antithrombotic therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged on antithrombotic therapy is better than the 99% average score of California. - Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy is better than the 97% average score of California. - Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 96% for the quality measure thrombolytic therapy is better than the 85% average score of California. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure discharged on statin medication is better than the 97% average score of California. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 94% average score of California. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 98% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 92% average score of California. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 99% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 96% average score of California. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 95% average score of 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 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 98% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 93% average score of California.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO | 2825 Capitol Avenue Sacramento, CA 95816 | Yes | 0.95 mi | Compare |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER | 2315 Stockton Boulevard Sacramento, CA 95817 | Yes | 1.11 mi | Compare |
| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO | 2025 Morse Avenue Sacramento, CA 95825 | No | 3.84 mi | Compare |
| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP SO SACRAMENTO | 6600 Bruceville Road Sacramento, CA 95823 | Yes | 7.13 mi | Compare |
| METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO | 7500 Hospital Drive Sacramento, CA 95823 | Yes | 7.65 mi | Compare |
| VA N CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM | 10535 Hospital Way Mather, CA 95655 | No | 8.48 mi | Compare |
| MERCY SAN JUAN MEDICAL CENTER | 6501 Coyle Ave Carmichael, CA 95608 | Yes | 10.14 mi | Compare |
| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ROSEVILLE | 1600 Eureka Road Roseville, CA 95661 | Yes | 16.36 mi | Compare |
| SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL | 2000 Sutter Place Davis, CA 95616 | Yes | 17.29 mi | Compare |
| SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER | One Medical Plaza Roseville, CA 95661 | Yes | 17.32 mi | Compare |
| MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM | 1650 Creekside Drive Folsom, CA 95630 | Yes | 17.95 mi | Compare |
| WOODLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 1325 Cottonwood Street Woodland, CA 95695 | Yes | 19.49 mi | Compare |
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