SAINT JOSEPH EAST
Acute Care Hospital in Lexington, KY 40509
SAINT JOSEPH EAST PROFILE
Saint Joseph East is an acute care hospital located in Lexington, KY 40509 that serves the Fayette county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
SAINT JOSEPH EAST
150 North Eagle Creek DriveLexington, KY 40509
Phone: (859) 967-5000
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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 - Church
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 Saint Joseph East 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Average
Cleanliness: Poor
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at Saint Joseph East 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: 0 hours 59 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 3 hours 8 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 6 hours 24 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 30 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 8 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Saint Joseph East has better average ratings than other hospitals in Kentucky or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- 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 KY. - 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 98% for the quality measure evaluation of left ventricular function is better than the 97% average score of Kentucky. - Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s)
The provider's Pneumonia performance score of 97% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 94% average score of Kentucky. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 99% for the quality measure beta-blocker prior to admission is better than the 98% average score of Kentucky. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 99% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 98% average score of Kentucky. - Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 98% average score of Kentucky. - 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 94% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 93% average score of Kentucky. - 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 99% average score of Kentucky. - 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 96% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 87% average score of Kentucky.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HOSPITAL | 800 Rose Street Lexington, KY 40536 | Yes | 4.42 mi | Compare |
| SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL | One Saint Joseph Drive Lexington, KY 40504 | Yes | 5.12 mi | Compare |
| CLARK REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 175 Hospital Drive Winchester, KY 40391 | Yes | 12.27 mi | Compare |
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| BLUEGRASS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 360 Amsden Avenue Versailles, KY 40383 | Yes | 15.99 mi | Compare |
| BOURBON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 9 Linville Drive Paris, KY 40361 | Yes | 18.82 mi | Compare |
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