NORTHWEST HILLS SURGICAL HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Austin, TX 78731
NORTHWEST HILLS SURGICAL HOSPITAL PROFILE
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Austin, TX 78731 that serves the Travis county area. This facility is a physician owned hospital with emergency services.
NORTHWEST HILLS SURGICAL HOSPITAL
6818 Austin Ctr Blvd Suite 100Austin, TX 78731
Phone: (512) 346-1994
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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: Physician
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.
The hospital patient survey at Northwest Hills Surgical 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: Excellent
Cleanliness: Good
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
These performance measures at Northwest Hills Surgical 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: 10 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 9 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: Not Available before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: Not Available admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: Not Available before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Texas or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Excellent Nurse Communication Rating Excellent Nurse Communication Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure nurse communication is excellent. - Excellent Staff Responsiveness Rating Excellent Staff Responsiveness Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure staff responsiveness is excellent. - Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure quiet rooms is excellent. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 69 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 136 minutes in Texas. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 10 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 22 minutes in Texas. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 0% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 3% average score of Texas. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic within 1 hour is better than the 99% average score of Texas. - 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 Texas. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 98% average score of Texas.
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