QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Jamaica, NY 11432
QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER PROFILE
Queens Hospital Center is an acute care hospital located in Jamaica, NY 11432 that serves the Queens county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER
82-68 164th StreetJamaica, NY 11432
Phone: (718) 883-3000
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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: Government - Local
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.
The hospital patient survey at Queens Hospital 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: FairQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Good
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Fair
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at Queens Hospital 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: 52 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 3 hours 44 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 7 hours 36 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 13 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 6 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Queens Hospital Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in New York or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- 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 NY. - 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 NY. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 133 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 156 minutes in New York. - 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 New York. - 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 84% average score of New York. - 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 New York. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 98% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 97% average score of New York. - 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 New York. - 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 96% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 95% average score of New York. - 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 96% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 94% average score of New York. - 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 95% average score of New York.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
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JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER | 89th Avenue And Van Wyck Expressway Jamaica, NY 11418 | Yes | 1.28 mi | Compare |
NEW YORK HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF QUEENS | 56-45 Main Street Flushing, NY 11355 | Yes | 2.37 mi | Compare |
FOREST HILLS HOSPITAL | 102 - 01 66th Road Forest Hills, NY 11375 | Yes | 2.61 mi | Compare |
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER | 45th Avenue And Parsons Boulevard Flushing, NY 11355 | Yes | 2.73 mi | Compare |
ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER | 79-01 Broadway Elmhurst, NY 11373 | Yes | 4.7 mi | Compare |
LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER | 270 - 05 76th Avenue New Hyde Park, NY 11040 | Yes | 5.62 mi | Compare |
WYCKOFF HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTER | 374 Stockholm Street Brooklyn, NY 11237 | Yes | 6.02 mi | Compare |
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL | 900 Franklin Avenue Valley Stream, NY 11580 | Yes | 6.67 mi | Compare |
NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | 300 Community Drive Manhasset, NY 11030 | Yes | 6.75 mi | Compare |
BROOKDALE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1 Brookdale Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11212 | Yes | 7.09 mi | Compare |
WOODHULL MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER | 760 Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11206 | Yes | 7.36 mi | Compare |
INTERFAITH MEDICAL CENTER | 1545 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11213 | Yes | 7.5 mi | Compare |
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