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OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER - BATON ROUGE

Acute Care Hospital in Baton Rouge, LA 70816

OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER - BATON ROUGE PROFILE

Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge is an acute care hospital located in Baton Rouge, LA 70816 that serves the East Baton Rouge county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER - BATON ROUGE

17000 Medical Center Dr
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Phone: (225) 755-4876
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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.
Average

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 - Private

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.
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 Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge 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: Average

Quiet Rooms: Good

Cleanliness: Average

Pain Management: Average

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge 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: 21 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 1 hour 42 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 4 hours 31 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 53 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 53 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge has better average ratings than other hospitals in Louisiana 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
WOMAN'S HOSPITAL100 Woman's Way
Baton Rouge, LA 70817		Yes4.15 miCompare
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER5000 Hennessy Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70808		Yes6.4 miCompare
THE SPINE HOSPITAL OF LOUISIANA10105 Park Row Circle, Suite 250
Baton Rouge, LA 70810		No6.62 miCompare
SURGICAL SPECIALTY CENTER OF BATON ROUGE8080 Bluebonnet Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70810		No7.07 miCompare
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER3600 Florida Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70806		Yes8.72 miCompare
LANE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER6300 Main Street
Zachary, LA 70791		Yes16.39 miCompare
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL1125 West Highway 30
Gonzales, LA 70737		Yes16.48 miCompare

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