REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF SCRANTON
Acute Care Hospital in Scranton, PA 18501
REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF SCRANTON PROFILE
Regional Hospital Of Scranton is an acute care hospital located in Scranton, PA 18501 that serves the Lackawanna county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with NO emergency services.
REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF SCRANTON
746 Jefferson AvenueScranton, PA 18501
Phone: (570) 348-7100
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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 - Church
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.
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: No Emergency Department
This hospital DOESN'T provide emergency services.
The hospital patient survey at Regional Hospital Of Scranton 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: Fair
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at Regional Hospital Of Scranton 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: 46 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 50 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 5 hours 53 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 42 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 Regional Hospital Of Scranton has better average ratings than other hospitals in Pennsylvania or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with pci within 90 minutes of arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with pci within 90 minutes of arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 98% for the quality measure pci within 90 minutes of arrival is better than the 96% average score of Pennsylvania. - 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 Pennsylvania. - 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 Pennsylvania. - 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 Pennsylvania. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 98% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 94% average score of Pennsylvania. - 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 97% average score of Pennsylvania. - 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 95% average score of Pennsylvania. - 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 97% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 92% average score of Pennsylvania.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOSES TAYLOR HOSPITAL | 700 Quincy Avenue Scranton, PA 18510 | Yes | 0.23 mi | Compare |
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| WILKES BARRE VA MEDICAL CENTER | 1111 East End Boulevard Wilkes-barre, PA 18711 | No | 14.78 mi | Compare |
| WILKES-BARRE GENERAL HOSPITAL | 575 North River Street Wilkes-barre, PA 18764 | Yes | 15.37 mi | Compare |
| TYLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 5950 State Route 6 West Tunkhannock, PA 18657 | Yes | 19.94 mi | Compare |
| WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 601 Park Street Honesdale, PA 18431 | Yes | 23.33 mi | Compare |
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