NORTHWESTERN LAKE FOREST HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Lake Forest, IL 60045
NORTHWESTERN LAKE FOREST HOSPITAL PROFILE
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Lake Forest, IL 60045 that serves the Lake county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
NORTHWESTERN LAKE FOREST HOSPITAL
660 N Westmoreland RoadLake Forest, IL 60045
Phone: (847) 234-5600
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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: Voluntary Non-profit - Other
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.
General Surgery Registry: Yes General Surgery Registry
The provider participates in the general surgery registry. Registries provide hospitals with information necessary to help them improve the care they provide.
Nursing Care Registry: Yes Nursing care registry
The provider participates in the nursing care registry. This registry collects and analyzes information on nursing care topics, conditions, or 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 Northwestern Lake Forest 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: FairQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Fair
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Northwestern Lake Forest 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: 15 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 10 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 44 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 35 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 40 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Illinois or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for intestinal infections Better performance for intestinal infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for intestinal infections - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 224 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 266 minutes in Illinois. - Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function
The provider's Heart Failure performance score of 100% for the quality measure evaluation of left ventricular function is better than the 99% average score of Illinois. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 98% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 95% average score of Illinois. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 130 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 148 minutes in Illinois. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 15 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 26 minutes in Illinois. - 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 2% average score of Illinois. - Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan
The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 82% for the quality measure ct scan is better than the 71% average score of Illinois. - Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early
The provider's Pregnancy and Delivery Care performance score of 1% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 2% average score of Illinois. - 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 98% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 96% average score of Illinois. - 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 Illinois. - Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 98% average score of Illinois. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on antithrombotic therapy Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on antithrombotic therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged on antithrombotic therapy is better than the 99% average score of Illinois. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged on statin medication is better than the 97% average score of Illinois. - 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 96% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 94% average score of Illinois. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 96% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 87% average score of Illinois. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 15% for the quality measure incidence of preventable blood clots is better than the 6% average score of Illinois.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH CHICAGO VA MEDICAL CENTER | 3001 Greenbay Road North Chicago, IL 60064 | No | 3.61 mi | Compare |
| ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER | 801 S Milwaukee Ave Libertyville, IL 60048 | Yes | 4.99 mi | Compare |
| VISTA MEDICAL CENTER WEST | 2615 Washington St Waukegan, IL 60085 | Yes | 7.22 mi | Compare |
| VISTA MEDICAL CENTER EAST | 1324 North Sheridan Road Waukegan, IL 60085 | Yes | 8.77 mi | Compare |
| MIDWESTERN REGION MED CENTER | 2520 Elisha Avenue Zion, IL 60099 | Yes | 13.63 mi | Compare |
| NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL 1 | 800 W Central Road Arlington Heights, IL 60005 | Yes | 14.44 mi | Compare |
| ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL | 1775 Dempster St Park Ridge, IL 60068 | Yes | 14.85 mi | Compare |
| EVANSTON HOSPITAL | 2650 Ridge Ave Evanston, IL 60201 | Yes | 15.92 mi | Compare |
| ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL | 450 West Highway 22 Barrington, IL 60010 | Yes | 16.29 mi | Compare |
| PRESENCE SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL | 355 Ridge Ave Evanston, IL 60202 | Yes | 18.32 mi | Compare |
| PRESENCE RESURRECTION MEDICAL CENTER | 7435 W Talcott Avenue Chicago, IL 60631 | Yes | 18.5 mi | Compare |
| ALEXIAN BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER 1 | 800 W Biesterfield Rd Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 | Yes | 18.81 mi | Compare |
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