MERIT HEALTH CENTRAL

Acute Care Hospital in Jackson, MS 39204

MERIT HEALTH CENTRAL PROFILE

Merit Health Central is an acute care hospital located in Jackson, MS 39204 that serves the Hinds county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.

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.

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.

PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

The hospital patient survey at Merit Health Central 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: Excellent

Cleanliness: Fair

Pain Management: Average

Discharge Information: Fair

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Merit Health Central 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: 18 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 1 hour 29 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 3 hours 35 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 32 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 53 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Merit Health Central has better average ratings than other hospitals in Mississippi 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.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
MISSISSIPPI METHODIST REHAB CTR1350 E Woodrow Wilson Dr
Jackson, MS 39216
No3.46 miCompare
MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER1225 N State St
Jackson, MS 39202
Yes4.82 miCompare
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER2500 N State St
Jackson, MS 39216
Yes5.48 miCompare
G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY VA MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON1500 E. Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MS 39216
No5.81 miCompare
ST DOMINIC-JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL969 Lakeland Dr
Jackson, MS 39216
Yes6.07 miCompare
MERIT HEALTH WOMEN'S HOSPITAL1026 River Oaks Drive
Flowood, MS 39232
No9.01 miCompare
MERIT HEALTH RIVER OAKS1030 River Oaks Drive
Flowood, MS 39232
Yes9.11 miCompare
WHITFIELD MEDICAL SURGICAL HOSPITAL3550 Hwy 468 W, Bldg 60
Whitfield, MS 39193
No11.26 miCompare
MERIT HEALTH RANKIN350 Crossgates Blvd
Brandon, MS 39042
Yes12.86 miCompare
MERIT HEALTH MADISON161 River Oaks Drive
Canton, MS 39046
Yes22.72 miCompare

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