NOVATO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Novato, CA 94945
NOVATO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL PROFILE
Novato Community Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Novato, CA 94945 that serves the Marin county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
NOVATO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
180 Rowland WayNovato, CA 94945
Phone: (415) 209-1300
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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: 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.
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 Novato Community 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: Good
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Excellent
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Novato Community 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: 25 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 14 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 12 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 55 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Novato Community Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in California or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure recommend hospital 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 CA. - Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT
The provider's use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of CA. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 252 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 335 minutes in California. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 115 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 129 minutes in California. - 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 California. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 94% average score of California. - Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 83% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 82% average score of California. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 134 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 167 minutes in California. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 25 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 28 minutes in California. - 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 California. - Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan
The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 81% for the quality measure ct scan is better than the 66% average score of California. - 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 100% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 97% average score of California. - 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 California. - 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 99% for the quality measure antibiotic selection is better than the 98% average score of California. - 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 California. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure catheter removal is better than the 98% average score of California. - Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 97% average score of California. - 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 California. - Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure antithrombotic medication by day two is better than the 99% average score of California. - 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 100% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 92% average score of California. - 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 96% average score of California. - 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 95% average score of California. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure intravenous blood thinner is better than the 99% average score of California. - 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 100% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 93% average score of California.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL | 99 Montecillo Rd San Rafael, CA 94903 | Yes | 6.56 mi | Compare |
| MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL | 250 Bon Air Road, Po Box 8010 Greenbrae, CA 94904 | Yes | 10.55 mi | Compare |
| PETALUMA VALLEY HOSPITAL | 400 N Mcdowell Blvd Petaluma, CA 94954 | Yes | 11.41 mi | Compare |
| SONOMA VALLEY HOSPITAL | 347 Andrieux St Sonoma, CA 95476 | Yes | 14.01 mi | Compare |
| SONOMA DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER | 15000 Arnold Drive / P O Box 1493 Eldridge, CA 95431 | No | 17.02 mi | Compare |
| KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER | 975 Sereno Dr Vallejo, CA 94589 | Yes | 17.1 mi | Compare |
| SUTTER SOLANO MEDICAL CENTER | 300 Hospital Dr Vallejo, CA 94589 | Yes | 17.73 mi | Compare |
| QUEEN OF THE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER | 1000 Trancas St Napa, CA 94558 | Yes | 21.14 mi | Compare |
| SAN FRANCISCO VA MEDICAL CENTER | 4150 Clement Street San Francisco, CA 94121 | No | 22.06 mi | Compare |
| CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CTR-PACIFIC CAMPUS HOSP | 2333 Buchanan Street San Francisco, CA 94115 | Yes | 22.4 mi | Compare |
| CHINESE HOSPITAL | 845 Jackson St San Francisco, CA 94133 | Yes | 22.51 mi | Compare |
| SAINT FRANCIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 900 Hyde St San Francisco, CA 94109 | Yes | 22.73 mi | Compare |
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