SIERRA VIEW MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Porterville, CA 93257
SIERRA VIEW MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Sierra View Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Porterville, CA 93257 that serves the Tulare county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
SIERRA VIEW MEDICAL CENTER
465 W Putnam AvePorterville, CA 93257
Phone: (559) 784-1110
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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 - 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.
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 Sierra View 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: Fair
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
These performance measures at Sierra View 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: 45 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 3 hours 11 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 6 hours 17 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 58 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 22 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Sierra View Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in California or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for pneumonia 30-day readmission rate Better performance for pneumonia 30-day readmission rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for pneumonia 30-day readmission rate. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 118 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 129 minutes in California. - 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 89% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 82% average score of California. - 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 97% average score of California. - 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 2% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 3% average score of California. - 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 California. - Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy is better than the 97% average score of California. - 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 95% average score of California.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORTERVILLE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER | 26501 Avenue 140 Porterville, CA 93257 | No | 3.17 mi | Compare |
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| GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL | 901 Olive Drive Bakersfield, CA 93308 | No | 45.32 mi | Compare |
| KERN VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT | 6412 Laurel Ave Lake Isabella, CA 93240 | Yes | 45.91 mi | Compare |
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