PICKENS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER

Acute Care Hospital in Carrollton, AL 35447

PICKENS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE

Pickens County Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Carrollton, AL 35447 that serves the Pickens county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

PICKENS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER

241 Robert K Wilson Drive
Carrollton, AL 35447
Phone: (205) 367-8111
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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: Government - Hospital District Or Authority

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.

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 Pickens County 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: Not Available

Quiet Rooms: Not Available

Cleanliness: Not Available

Pain Management: Not Available

Discharge Information: Not Available

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Not Available

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Pickens County 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: 27 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 1 minute before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 4 hours 2 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 41 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 1 hour 32 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Pickens County Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Alabama or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
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BAPTIST MEM HOSP/ GOLDEN TRIANGLE INC2520 5th St N
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Yes49.41 miCompare

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