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NORTHERN LOUISIANA MEDICAL CENTER

Acute Care Hospital in Ruston, LA 71270

NORTHERN LOUISIANA MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE

Northern Louisiana Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Ruston, LA 71270 that serves the Lincoln county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.

NORTHERN LOUISIANA MEDICAL CENTER

401 East Vaughn Avenue
Ruston, LA 71270
Phone: (318) 254-2100
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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.
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 Northern Louisiana Medical Center 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: Average

Cleanliness: Fair

Pain Management: Average

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Northern Louisiana Medical Center 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: 34 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 1 minute before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 3 hours 51 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 11 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 52 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Northern Louisiana Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Louisiana 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
GREEN CLINIC SURGICAL HOSPITAL1118 Farmerville Street
Ruston, LA 71270		No0.21 miCompare
BIENVILLE MEDICAL CENTER1175 Pine Street
Arcadia, LA 71001		Yes16.54 miCompare
JACKSON PARISH HOSPITAL165 Beech Springs Road
Jonesboro, LA 71251		Yes18.78 miCompare
REEVES MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER409 First Street
Bernice, LA 71222		Yes21.29 miCompare
UNION GENERAL HOSPITAL901 James Ave
Farmerville, LA 71241		Yes23.44 miCompare

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