NORTHWEST SPECIALTY HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Post Falls, ID 83854

NORTHWEST SPECIALTY HOSPITAL PROFILE

Northwest Specialty Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Post Falls, ID 83854 that serves the Kootenai county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with NO emergency services.

NORTHWEST SPECIALTY HOSPITAL

1593 East Polston Avenue
Post Falls, ID 83854
Phone: (208) 262-2300
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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.

Excellent

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: No Emergency Department
This hospital DOESN'T provide emergency services.

PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

The hospital patient survey at Northwest Specialty 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: Excellent

Quiet Rooms: Excellent

Cleanliness: Good

Pain Management: Excellent

Discharge Information: Excellent

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Excellent

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Northwest Specialty 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: Not Available before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: Not Available 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.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Northwest Specialty Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Idaho 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
KOOTENAI HEALTH2003 Kootenai Health Way
Coeur D'alene, ID 83814
Yes6.2 miCompare
VALLEY HOSPITAL12606 East Mission Avenue
Spokane, WA 99216
Yes14.83 miCompare
PROVIDENCE HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL5633 North Lidgerwood
Spokane, WA 99208
Yes22.5 miCompare
PROVIDENCE SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER101 West 8th Avenue
Spokane, WA 99204
Yes23.26 miCompare
DEACONESS HOSPITALW 800 Fifth Avenue
Spokane, WA 99210
Yes23.67 miCompare
SPOKANE VA MEDICAL CENTER4815 N. Assembly Street
Spokane, WA 99205
No25.82 miCompare

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