MERIT HEALTH RIVER OAKS

Acute Care Hospital in Flowood, MS 39232

MERIT HEALTH RIVER OAKS PROFILE

Merit Health River Oaks is an acute care hospital located in Flowood, MS 39232 that serves the Rankin county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.

MERIT HEALTH RIVER OAKS

1030 River Oaks Drive
Flowood, MS 39232
Phone: (601) 932-1030
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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: 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.

PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

The hospital patient survey at Merit Health River Oaks 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: Good

Quiet Rooms: Excellent

Cleanliness: Fair

Pain Management: Good

Discharge Information: Good

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Merit Health River Oaks 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: 1 hour 28 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 3 hours 18 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 57 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 41 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Merit Health River Oaks 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
MERIT HEALTH WOMEN'S HOSPITAL1026 River Oaks Drive
Flowood, MS 39232
No0.09 miCompare
ST DOMINIC-JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL969 Lakeland Dr
Jackson, MS 39216
Yes3.51 miCompare
G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY VA MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON1500 E. Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MS 39216
No3.63 miCompare
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER2500 N State St
Jackson, MS 39216
Yes4.06 miCompare
MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER1225 N State St
Jackson, MS 39202
Yes4.37 miCompare
MERIT HEALTH RANKIN350 Crossgates Blvd
Brandon, MS 39042
Yes4.92 miCompare
WHITFIELD MEDICAL SURGICAL HOSPITAL3550 Hwy 468 W, Bldg 60
Whitfield, MS 39193
No6.13 miCompare
MISSISSIPPI METHODIST REHAB CTR1350 E Woodrow Wilson Dr
Jackson, MS 39216
No6.37 miCompare
MERIT HEALTH CENTRAL1850 Chadwick Dr
Jackson, MS 39204
Yes9.11 miCompare
MERIT HEALTH MADISON161 River Oaks Drive
Canton, MS 39046
Yes17.87 miCompare
SCOTT REGIONAL HOSPITAL CAH317 Highway 13 South
Morton, MS 39117
Yes25.36 miCompare

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