SCENIC MOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER

Acute Care Hospital in Big Spring, TX 79720

SCENIC MOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE

Scenic Mountain Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Big Spring, TX 79720 that serves the Howard county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.

SCENIC MOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER

1601 W 11th Place
Big Spring, TX 79720
Phone: (432) 263-1211
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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: Proprietary

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.

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 Scenic Mountain 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: Good

Quiet Rooms: Average

Cleanliness: Fair

Pain Management: Fair

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Scenic Mountain 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: 56 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 16 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 4 hours 12 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 22 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 52 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

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

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
VA WEST TEXAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM300 Veterans Blvd.
Big Spring, TX 79720
No1.17 miCompare
MARTIN COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT600 E Interstate 20 Po Box 640
Stanton, TX 79782
Yes18.62 miCompare
MITCHELL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT997 West I-20
Colorado City, TX 79512
Yes37.85 miCompare
MIDLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL400 Rosalind Redfern Grover Parkway
Midland, TX 79701
Yes39.33 miCompare
MEDICAL ARTS HOSPITAL2200 N Bryan Ave
Lamesa, TX 79331
Yes44.97 miCompare
COGDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL1700 Cogdell Blvd
Snyder, TX 79549
Yes45.72 miCompare

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