MERCY HOSPITAL COLUMBUS
Critical Access Hospital in Columbus, KS 66725
MERCY HOSPITAL COLUMBUS PROFILE
Mercy Hospital Columbus is a critical access hospital located in Columbus, KS 66725 that serves the Cherokee county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
MERCY HOSPITAL COLUMBUS
220 N Pennsylvania AvenueColumbus, KS 66725
Phone: (620) 429-2545
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ABOUT THIS PROVIDER
Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals What's a critical access hospital?A critical access hospital is a small facility that provides outpatient and inpatient services on a limited basis, usually to people in rural areas.
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.
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 Mercy Hospital Columbus 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: Not AvailableQuiet Rooms: Not Available
Cleanliness: Not Available
Pain Management: Not Available
Discharge Information: Not Available
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Not Available
These performance measures at Mercy Hospital Columbus 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: 1 hour 13 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 2 hours 17 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 21 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: Not Available before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Mercy Hospital Columbus has better average ratings than other hospitals in Kansas or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 137 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 189 minutes in Kansas. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 21 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 53 minutes in Kansas. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 73 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 112 minutes in Kansas. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 16 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 18 minutes in Kansas.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PREMIER SURGICAL INSTITUTE | 1619 K Highway 66, Po Box 127 Galena, KS 66739 | No | 13.82 mi | Compare |
| OSWEGO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 800 Barker Drive Oswego, KS 67356 | Yes | 14.82 mi | Compare |
| VIA CHRISTI HOSPITAL PITTSBURG INC | 1 Mt Carmel Way Pittsburg, KS 66762 | Yes | 16.69 mi | Compare |
| FREEMAN HEALTH SYSTEM - FREEMAN WEST | 1102 West 32nd Street Joplin, MO 64804 | Yes | 19.33 mi | Compare |
| MERCY HOSPITAL JOPLIN | 100 Mercy Way Joplin, MO 64804 | Yes | 20.68 mi | Compare |
| INTEGRIS BAPTIST REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER | 200 Second Avenue Southwest Miami, OK 74355 | Yes | 20.78 mi | Compare |
| GIRARD MEDICAL CENTER | 302 North Hospital Drive Girard, KS 66743 | Yes | 23.55 mi | Compare |
| LABETTE HEALTH | 1902 South Us Hwy 59 Parsons, KS 67357 | Yes | 25.38 mi | Compare |
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