SACRED HEART HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Allentown, PA 18102
SACRED HEART HOSPITAL PROFILE
Sacred Heart Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Allentown, PA 18102 that serves the Lehigh county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
SACRED HEART HOSPITAL
421 Chew StreetAllentown, PA 18102
Phone: (610) 776-4900
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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: Voluntary Non-profit - Private
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.
The hospital patient survey at Sacred Heart 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: Average
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Poor
These performance measures at Sacred Heart 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: 27 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 26 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 5 hours 18 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 34 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 2 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Sacred Heart Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Pennsylvania 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 PA. - 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 99% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 86% average score of Pennsylvania. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 86 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 134 minutes in Pennsylvania. - 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 0% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 2% 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. - 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 95% average score of Pennsylvania.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL | 1200 South Cedar Crest Boulvard Allentown, PA 18105 | Yes | 1.44 mi | Compare |
| SURGICAL SPECIALTY CENTER AT COORDINATED HEALTH | 1503 Cedar Crest Boulevard Allentown, PA 18104 | No | 3.21 mi | Compare |
| ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM | 801 Ostrum Street Bethlehem, PA 18015 | Yes | 3.95 mi | Compare |
| LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - MUHLENBERG | 2545 Schoenersville Road Bethlehem, PA 18017 | Yes | 4.02 mi | Compare |
| COORDINATED HEALTH ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL | 2310 Highland Avenue Bethlehem, PA 18017 | No | 6.98 mi | Compare |
| ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS | 1872 Riverside Circle Easton, PA 18045 | Yes | 9.89 mi | Compare |
| EASTON HOSPITAL | 250 South 21st Street Easton, PA 18042 | Yes | 13.04 mi | Compare |
| ST LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN HOSPITAL | 1021 Park Avenue Quakertown, PA 18951 | Yes | 13.3 mi | Compare |
| PALMERTON HOSPITAL | 135 Lafayette Avenue Palmerton, PA 18071 | Yes | 15.48 mi | Compare |
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| GRAND VIEW HOSPITAL | 700 Lawn Avenue Sellersville, PA 18960 | Yes | 18.49 mi | Compare |
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