SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER

Acute Care Hospital in Livingston, NJ 07039

SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE

Saint Barnabas Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Livingston, NJ 07039 that serves the Essex county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.

SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER

94 Old Short Hills Road
Livingston, NJ 07039
Phone: (973) 322-5000
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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 - Other

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.

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.

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 Saint Barnabas 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: Average

Quiet Rooms: Fair

Cleanliness: Average

Pain Management: Good

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Saint Barnabas 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: 13 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 33 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 5 hours 46 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 52 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 44 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

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

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The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
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