NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Newton, MA 02462
NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL PROFILE
Newton-wellesley Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Newton, MA 02462 that serves the Middlesex county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL
2014 Washington StreetNewton, MA 02462
Phone: (617) 243-6000
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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.
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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 - Other
Multispecialty Surgical Registry: Yes Multispecialty surgical registry
The provider participates in the multispecialty surgical registry. Participants of this registry report one or any combination of three surgical measures elderly surgical outcomes, colectomy outcomes and lower-extremity bypass outcomes.
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.
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 Newton-wellesley 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: GoodQuiet Rooms: Average
Cleanliness: Good
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Excellent
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Newton-wellesley 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: 58 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 55 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 5 hours 18 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 5 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 2 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Newton-wellesley Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Massachusetts or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for intestinal infections Better performance for intestinal infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for intestinal infections - Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure recommend hospital is excellent. - Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT
The provider's use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of MA. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 318 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 325 minutes in Massachusetts. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 125 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 129 minutes in Massachusetts. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 96% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 93% average score of Massachusetts. - 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 Massachusetts. - 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 3 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 8 minutes in Massachusetts. - 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 100% for the quality measure antibiotic selection is better than the 99% average score of Massachusetts. - 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 100% for the quality measure catheter removal is better than the 98% average score of Massachusetts. - 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 Massachusetts. - 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 98% average score of Massachusetts. - Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure thrombolytic therapy is better than the 84% average score of Massachusetts. - Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure antithrombotic medication by day two is better than the 99% average score of Massachusetts. - 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 98% average score of Massachusetts. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 96% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 92% average score of Massachusetts. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
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The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 99% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 97% average score of Massachusetts. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 23% for the quality measure incidence of preventable blood clots is better than the 4% average score of Massachusetts.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - NEEDHAM | 148 Chestnut Street Needham, MA 02494 | Yes | 3.76 mi | Compare |
| ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER | 736 Cambridge Street Brighton, MA 02135 | Yes | 5.19 mi | Compare |
| BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S FAULKNER HOSPITAL | 1153 Centre Street Boston, MA 02130 | Yes | 6.34 mi | Compare |
| MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL | 330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge, MA 02138 | Yes | 6.45 mi | Compare |
| VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - JAMAICA PLAIN | 150 S. Huntington Avenue Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 | No | 6.97 mi | Compare |
| NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL | 125 Parker Hill Avenue Boston, MA 02120 | No | 7.1 mi | Compare |
| BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL | 75 Francis Street Boston, MA 02115 | Yes | 7.13 mi | Compare |
| BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | 300 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115 | Yes | 7.2 mi | Compare |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM - FAIRMONT | 800 Medical Center Drive, Po Box 800 Fairmont, MN 56031 | Yes | 7.24 mi | Compare |
| BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER | 330 Brookline Avenue Boston, MA 02215 | Yes | 7.25 mi | Compare |
| CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE | 1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02138 | Yes | 7.99 mi | Compare |
| BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION | 1 Boston Medical Center Place Boston, MA 02118 | Yes | 8.85 mi | Compare |
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