NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Winfield, AL 35594
NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Northwest Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Winfield, AL 35594 that serves the Marion county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.
NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER
1530 U S Highway 43Winfield, AL 35594
Phone: (205) 487-7736
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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: Proprietary
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 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: ExcellentQuiet Rooms: Excellent
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
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: 10 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 30 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 24 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 55 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 31 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 Alabama or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Excellent Doctor Communication Rating Excellent Doctor Communication Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure doctor communication 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. - Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of abdomen CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of AL. - Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment
The provider's use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of AL. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 204 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 245 minutes in Alabama. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 55 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 75 minutes in Alabama. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 90 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 132 minutes in Alabama. - 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 30 minutes in Alabama. - 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 3% average score of Alabama. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 100% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 97% average score of Alabama. - 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 6 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 7 minutes in Alabama. - Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s)
The provider's Pneumonia performance score of 96% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 95% average score of Alabama. - 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 Alabama. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 93% average score of Alabama. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 92% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 89% average score of Alabama. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 94% average score of Alabama. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
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The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 94% average score of Alabama.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER | 1653 Temple Avenue North Fayette, AL 35555 | Yes | 15.34 mi | Compare |
| MARION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1256 Military Street South Hamilton, AL 35570 | Yes | 16.58 mi | Compare |
| LAKELAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 42024 Highway 195 E Haleyville, AL 35565 | Yes | 25.29 mi | Compare |
| WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER | 3400 Highway 78 East Jasper, AL 35502 | Yes | 34.36 mi | Compare |
| MERIT HEALTH GILMORE MEMORIAL | 1105 Earl Frye Blvd Amory, MS 38821 | Yes | 37.58 mi | Compare |
| RUSSELLVILLE HOSPITAL | 15155 Highway 43 Russellville, AL 35653 | Yes | 40.44 mi | Compare |
| RED BAY HOSPITAL | 211 Hospital Road Red Bay, AL 35582 | Yes | 40.8 mi | Compare |
| PIONEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF ABERDEEN | 400 S Chestnut Street Aberdeen, MS 39730 | Yes | 41.82 mi | Compare |
| BAPTIST MEM HOSP/ GOLDEN TRIANGLE INC | 2520 5th St N Columbus, MS 39701 | Yes | 44.54 mi | Compare |
| PICKENS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER | 241 Robert K Wilson Drive Carrollton, AL 35447 | Yes | 47.69 mi | Compare |
| LAWRENCE MEDICAL CENTER | 202 Hospital Street Moulton, AL 35650 | Yes | 49.04 mi | Compare |
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