PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Hialeah, FL 33016
PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL PROFILE
Palmetto General Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Hialeah, FL 33016 that serves the Miami-dade county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.
PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL
2001 W 68th StHialeah, FL 33016
Phone: (305) 823-5000
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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: 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.
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.
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 Palmetto General 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: Fair
Discharge Information: Poor
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Palmetto General 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: 31 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 3 hours 14 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 9 hours 36 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 5 hours 58 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 12 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Palmetto General Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Florida or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections in icu only - Better performance for intestinal infections Better performance for intestinal infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for intestinal infections - 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 FL. - Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of thorax CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of FL. - 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 FL. - 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 97% average score of Florida. - 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 3% average score of Florida. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure beta-blocker prior to admission is better than the 99% average score of Florida. - 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 Florida. - 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 99% average score of Florida. - 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 Florida. - 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 Florida. - Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy is better than the 98% average score of Florida. - Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure thrombolytic therapy is better than the 86% average score of Florida. - 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 99% for the quality measure antithrombotic medication by day two is better than the 98% average score of Florida. - 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 99% for the quality measure discharged on statin medication is better than the 98% average score of Florida. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 96% average score of Florida. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 98% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 95% average score of Florida. - 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 Florida.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALM SPRINGS GENERAL HOSPITAL | 1475 W 49th St Hialeah, FL 33012 | Yes | 1.49 mi | Compare |
| HIALEAH HOSPITAL | 651 E 25th St Hialeah, FL 33013 | Yes | 4.54 mi | Compare |
| JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 1611 Nw 12th Ave Miami, FL 33136 | Yes | 5.78 mi | Compare |
| NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER | 1100 Nw 95th St Miami, FL 33150 | Yes | 7.19 mi | Compare |
| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MIRAMAR | 1901 Sw 172nd Ave Miramar, FL 33029 | Yes | 7.81 mi | Compare |
| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WEST | 703 N Flamingo Rd Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 | Yes | 8.79 mi | Compare |
| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PEMBROKE | 7800 Sheridan St Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 | Yes | 9.02 mi | Compare |
| DOUGLAS GARDENS HOSPITAL | 5200 Ne 2nd Ave Miami, FL 33137 | No | 9.4 mi | Compare |
| WESTCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL | 2500 Sw 75th Ave Miami, FL 33155 | Yes | 9.55 mi | Compare |
| UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL | 1400 Nw 12th Ave Miami, FL 33136 | Yes | 9.62 mi | Compare |
| ANNE BATES LEACH EYE HOSPITAL | 900 Nw 17th St Miami, FL 33136 | Yes | 9.72 mi | Compare |
| CORAL GABLES HOSPITAL | 3100 Douglas Rd Coral Gables, FL 33134 | Yes | 10.77 mi | Compare |
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