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NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER

Acute Care Hospital in Tucson, AZ 85741

NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE

Northwest Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Tucson, AZ 85741 that serves the Pima county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.

NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER

6200 North La Cholla Boulevard
Tucson, AZ 85741
Phone: (520) 469-8100
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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.
Fair

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.
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.
Cardiac Surgery Registry: Yes Cardiac surgery registry
The provider participates in the cardiac surgery registry. Participation in this registry does not mean that the hospital is specialized or only provides this type of care. Registries provide hospitals with the information necessary to help them improve the care they provide.
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 Northwest 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: Fair

Quiet Rooms: Poor

Cleanliness: Poor

Pain Management: Average

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Northwest 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: 27 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 3 hours 38 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 8 hours 9 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 4 hours 14 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 1 hour 36 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Northwest Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Arizona 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
ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL1601 West St Mary's Road
Tucson, AZ 85745		Yes6.43 miCompare
BANNER-UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER TUCSON CAMPUS1501 North Campbell Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85724		Yes6.71 miCompare
ORO VALLEY HOSPITAL1551 East Tangerine Road
Oro Valley, AZ 85755		Yes8.25 miCompare
TUCSON MEDICAL CENTER5301 East Grant Road
Tucson, AZ 85712		Yes9.1 miCompare
VA S. ARIZONA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM3601 South Sixth Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85723		No9.99 miCompare
BANNER-UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH CAMPUS2800 East Ajo Way
Tucson, AZ 85713		No11.05 miCompare
ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL350 North Wilmot Road
Tucson, AZ 85711		Yes11.2 miCompare

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