SAINT JOSEPH LONDON
Acute Care Hospital in London, KY 40741
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON PROFILE
Saint Joseph London is an acute care hospital located in London, KY 40741 that serves the Laurel county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON
1001 Saint Joseph LaneLondon, KY 40741
Phone: (606) 330-6000
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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.
Good
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.
PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
The hospital patient survey at Saint Joseph London 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: Excellent
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Saint Joseph London 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: 36 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 3 hours 3 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 5 hours 52 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 13 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 1 minute before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Saint Joseph London has better average ratings than other hospitals in Kentucky 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 - Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure quiet rooms is excellent. - 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. - Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment
The provider's use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of KY. - Better mortality rates with lower payment for pneumonia care Better mortality rates with lower payment for pneumonia care
The provider has better mortality rates and is more efficient with lower payments for pneumonia care patients. - Better performance for pneumonia 30-day mortality rate Better performance for pneumonia 30-day mortality rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for pneumonia 30-day mortality rate. - 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 100% 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 98% 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 100% 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 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 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 100% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 98% average score of Kentucky. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure catheter removal is better than the 98% average score of Kentucky. - Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 96% average score of Kentucky. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged on statin medication is better than the 96% average score of Kentucky. - 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 97% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 91% average score of Kentucky. - 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 99% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 94% average score of Kentucky. - 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 96% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 93% 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 100% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 87% average score of Kentucky.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAPTIST HEALTH CORBIN | One Trillium Way Corbin, KY 40701 | Yes | 13.44 mi | Compare |
| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 210 Marie Langdon Drive Manchester, KY 40962 | Yes | 19.41 mi | Compare |
| ROCKCASTLE REGIONAL HOSPITAL & RESPIRATORY CARE CT | 145 Newcomb Avenue Mount Vernon, KY 40456 | Yes | 20.74 mi | Compare |
| KNOX COUNTY HOSPITAL | 80 Hospital Drive Barbourville, KY 40906 | Yes | 22.65 mi | Compare |
| LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL | 305 Langdon Street Somerset, KY 42502 | Yes | 28.21 mi | Compare |
| PINEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 850 Riverview Avenue Pineville, KY 40977 | Yes | 33.07 mi | Compare |
| SAINT JOSEPH BEREA | 305 Estill Street Berea, KY 40403 | Yes | 33.1 mi | Compare |
| JELLICO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 188 Hospital Lane Jellico, TN 37762 | Yes | 37.53 mi | Compare |
| MARY BRECKINRIDGE ARH HOSPITAL | 130 Kate Ireland Drive Hyden, KY 41749 | Yes | 40.48 mi | Compare |
| MIDDLESBORO APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HOSPIT | 3600 West Cumberland Avenue Middlesboro, KY 40965 | Yes | 40.78 mi | Compare |
| MARCUM AND WALLACE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 60 Mercy Court Irvine, KY 40336 | Yes | 41.18 mi | Compare |
| EPHRAIM MCDOWELL FORT LOGAN HOSPITAL | 110 Metker Trail Stanford, KY 40484 | Yes | 42.02 mi | Compare |
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