SHORE MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Somers Point, NJ 08244
SHORE MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Shore Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Somers Point, NJ 08244 that serves the Atlantic county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
SHORE MEDICAL CENTER
100 Medical Center WaySomers Point, NJ 08244
Phone: (609) 653-3545
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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 - Private
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 Shore 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Average
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Shore 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: 19 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 57 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 5 hours 1 minute before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 28 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 30 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Shore 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.
- Lower rate of accidental cuts and tears from medical treatment Lower rate of accidental cuts and tears from medical treatment
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a lower rate of accidental cuts from medical treatment. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 301 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 364 minutes in New Jersey. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 148 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 156 minutes in New Jersey. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 117 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 157 minutes in New Jersey. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 19 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 30 minutes in New Jersey. - Emergency Department:
left without
being seen Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 0% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 2% average score of New Jersey. - Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan
The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 89% for the quality measure ct scan is better than the 74% average score of New Jersey. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 100% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 99% average score of New Jersey. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 4 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 7 minutes in New Jersey. - Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early
The provider's Pregnancy and Delivery Care performance score of 0% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 2% average score of New Jersey. - 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 100% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 98% average score of New Jersey. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic within 1 hour is better than the 99% average score of New Jersey. - 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 98% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 97% average score of New Jersey. - 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 99% average score of New Jersey. - 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 New Jersey. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 98% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 96% average score of New Jersey. - 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 95% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 93% average score of New Jersey. - 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 97% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 92% average score of New Jersey. - 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 17% for the quality measure incidence of preventable blood clots is better than the 6% average score of New Jersey.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATLANTICARE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - CITY DIV | 1925 Pacific Avenue Atlantic City, NJ 08401 | Yes | 9.07 mi | Compare |
| CAPE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC | Two Stone Harbor Blvd Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 | Yes | 19.71 mi | Compare |
| INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER VINELAND | 1505 W Sherman Ave Vineland, NJ 08360 | Yes | 26.45 mi | Compare |
| SOUTHERN OCEAN MEDICAL CENTER | 1140 Rt 72 W Manahawkin, NJ 08050 | Yes | 32.56 mi | Compare |
| INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER ELMER | 501 West Front Street, Post Office Box 1090 Elmer, NJ 08318 | Yes | 36.61 mi | Compare |
| VIRTUA WEST JERSEY HOSPITALS BERLIN | Whitehorse Pike And Townsend Avenue Berlin, NJ 08009 | Yes | 36.71 mi | Compare |
| KENNEDY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - STRATFORD DIV | 18 East Laurel Road Stratford, NJ 08084 | Yes | 41.77 mi | Compare |
| DEBORAH HEART AND LUNG CENTER | 200 Trenton Road Browns Mills, NJ 08015 | No | 45.65 mi | Compare |
| INSPIRA MEDICAL CENTER WOODBURY | 509 N Broad St Woodbury, NJ 08096 | Yes | 47.06 mi | Compare |
| VIRTUA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF BURLINGTON COUNTY | 175 Madison Ave Mount Holly, NJ 08060 | Yes | 47.55 mi | Compare |
| BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER | 424 Savannah Rd Lewes, DE 19958 | Yes | 47.71 mi | Compare |
| COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER | 99 Rt 37 West Toms River, NJ 08755 | Yes | 49.12 mi | Compare |
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