PENOBSCOT BAY MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Rockport, ME 04856
PENOBSCOT BAY MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Penobscot Bay Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Rockport, ME 04856 that serves the Knox county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
PENOBSCOT BAY MEDICAL CENTER
6 Glen Cove DriveRockport, ME 04856
Phone: (207) 596-8000
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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.
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 Penobscot Bay Medical Center 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: Average
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Penobscot Bay Medical Center 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: 1 hour 52 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 46 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 11 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 23 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Penobscot Bay Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Maine or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- 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 ME. - 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 ME. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 286 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 296 minutes in Maine. - 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 92% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 85% average score of Maine. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with median time to fibrinolysis Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with median time to fibrinolysis
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 15 minutes for median time to fibrinolysis is better than the statewide average of 20 minutes in Maine. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 112 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 131 minutes in Maine. - 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 Maine. - 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 99% average score of Maine. - 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 100% for the quality measure antibiotic selection is better than the 99% average score of Maine. - 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 Maine. - 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 Maine. - 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 Maine. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 93% average score of Maine. - 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 99% average score of Maine. - 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 100% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 99% average score of Maine. - 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 92% average score of Maine.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALDO COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL | Po Box 287 Belfast, ME 04915 | Yes | 19.05 mi | Compare |
| ST ANDREWS HOSPITAL (LINCOLN COUNTY HEALTHCARE) | 35 Miles Street Damariscotta, ME 04543 | Yes | 23.48 mi | Compare |
| BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 57 Water Street Blue Hill, ME 04614 | Yes | 30.85 mi | Compare |
| TOGUS VA MEDICAL CENTER | 1 Va Center Augusta, ME 04330 | No | 36.3 mi | Compare |
| MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | 35 Medical Center Parkway Augusta, ME 04330 | Yes | 37.64 mi | Compare |
| INLAND HOSPITAL | 200 Kennedy Memorial Drive Waterville, ME 04901 | Yes | 39.59 mi | Compare |
| MAINE COAST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 50 Union Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 | Yes | 43.25 mi | Compare |
| MID COAST HOSPITAL | 123 Medical Center Drive Brunswick, ME 04011 | Yes | 43.35 mi | Compare |
| SEBASTICOOK VALLEY HEALTH | 447 North Main Street Pittsfield, ME 04967 | Yes | 46.75 mi | Compare |
| MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL | 10 Wayman Lane, Po Box 8 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 | Yes | 46.89 mi | Compare |
| PARKVIEW ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER | 329 Main St Brunswick, ME 04011 | Yes | 47.2 mi | Compare |
| ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL | 360 Broadway Bangor, ME 04401 | Yes | 48.77 mi | Compare |
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