NORTHFIELD HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Northfield, MN 55057

NORTHFIELD HOSPITAL PROFILE

Northfield Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Northfield, MN 55057 that serves the Dakota county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

NORTHFIELD HOSPITAL

2000 North Avenue
Northfield, MN 55057
Phone: (507) 646-1001
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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.

Good

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: Government - Local

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 Northfield 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: Good

Quiet Rooms: Good

Cleanliness: Average

Pain Management: Good

Discharge Information: Good

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Northfield 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: 22 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 7 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 3 hours 20 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

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

Broken Bones: 36 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Northfield Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Minnesota 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
DISTRICT ONE HOSPITAL200 State Avenue
Faribault, MN 55021
Yes13.16 miCompare
MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM - CANNON FALLS32021 County 24 Boulevard
Cannon Falls, MN 55009
Yes14.31 miCompare
FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL201 East Nicollet Boulevard
Burnsville, MN 55337
Yes19.42 miCompare
MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM - NEW PRAGUE301 2nd Street Northeast
New Prague, MN 56071
Yes19.55 miCompare
REGINA HOSPITAL1175 Nininger Road
Hastings, MN 55033
Yes24.62 miCompare
OWATONNA HOSPITAL2250 26th Street Northwest
Owatonna, MN 55060
Yes25.17 miCompare
ST FRANCIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER1455 St Francis Avenue
Shakopee, MN 55379
Yes25.74 miCompare

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