MT EDGECUMBE HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Sitka, AK 99835
MT EDGECUMBE HOSPITAL PROFILE
Mt Edgecumbe Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Sitka, AK 99835 that serves the Sitka county area. This facility is a private non-profit 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: Voluntary Non-profit - Private
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 Mt Edgecumbe 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: 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 Mt Edgecumbe 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: Not AvailableDischarge Time: Not Available
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 5 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 50 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: Not Available
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Mt Edgecumbe Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Alaska 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 185 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 284 minutes in Alaska. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 50 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 120 minutes in Alaska. - 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 91% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 71% average score of Alaska.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
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SITKA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 209 Moller Drive Sitka, AK 99835 | Yes | 0.62 mi | Compare |
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