SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Lexington, KY 40504
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL PROFILE
Saint Joseph Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Lexington, KY 40504 that serves the Fayette county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL
One Saint Joseph DriveLexington, KY 40504
Phone: (859) 313-1000
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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 - Church
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 Joseph 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: Poor
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Saint Joseph 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: 1 hour before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 44 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 8 hours 34 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 4 hours 24 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 56 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Saint Joseph Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Kentucky or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Lower rate of serious blood clots after surgery Lower rate of serious blood clots after surgery
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a lower rate of serious blood clots after surgery. - Better performance for bloodstream infections Better performance for bloodstream infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections - Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections in icu only - Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for catheter urinary tract infections - Better performance for infection from colon surgery Better performance for infection from colon surgery
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for infection from colon surgery - 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 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 99% for the quality measure evaluation of left ventricular function is better than the 97% average score of Kentucky. - 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 87% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 77% 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 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 Kentucky. - 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 99% for the quality measure antithrombotic medication by day two is better than the 98% average score of Kentucky. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 7% for the quality measure incidence of preventable blood clots is better than the 6% average score of Kentucky.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HOSPITAL | 800 Rose Street Lexington, KY 40536 | Yes | 0.79 mi | Compare |
| LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER | 1101 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40502 | No | 0.91 mi | Compare |
| BAPTIST HEALTH LEXINGTON | 1740 Nicholasville Road Lexington, KY 40503 | Yes | 1.06 mi | Compare |
| SAINT JOSEPH EAST | 150 North Eagle Creek Drive Lexington, KY 40509 | Yes | 5.12 mi | Compare |
| GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 1140 Lexington Road Georgetown, KY 40324 | Yes | 10.86 mi | Compare |
| BLUEGRASS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 360 Amsden Avenue Versailles, KY 40383 | Yes | 11.03 mi | Compare |
| CLARK REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 175 Hospital Drive Winchester, KY 40391 | Yes | 16.9 mi | Compare |
| BOURBON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 9 Linville Drive Paris, KY 40361 | Yes | 20.28 mi | Compare |
| FRANKFORT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 299 Kings Daughters Drive Frankfort, KY 40601 | Yes | 22.69 mi | Compare |
| BAPTIST HEALTH RICHMOND | 801 Eastern Bypass Richmond, KY 40475 | Yes | 24.31 mi | Compare |
| THE JAMES B HAGGIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 464 Linden Avenue Harrodsburg, KY 40330 | Yes | 26 mi | Compare |
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