SOUTH TEXAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Corpus Christi, TX 78414
SOUTH TEXAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL PROFILE
South Texas Surgical Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Corpus Christi, TX 78414 that serves the Nueces county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.
SOUTH TEXAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL
6130 Parkway DriveCorpus Christi, TX 78414
Phone: (361) 993-2000
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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.
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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.
The hospital patient survey at South Texas Surgical 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: GoodQuiet Rooms: Excellent
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
These performance measures at South Texas Surgical 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: 15 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 10 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 10 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 38 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: Not Available before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where South Texas Surgical Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Texas or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure quiet rooms is excellent. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 190 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 274 minutes in Texas. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 38 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 99 minutes in Texas. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 95% average score of Texas. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 70 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 136 minutes in Texas. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 15 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 22 minutes in Texas. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 1% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 3% average score of Texas. - 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 100% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 92% average score of Texas.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL KLEBERG | 1311 East General Cavazos Blvd Kingsville, TX 78363 | Yes | 32.08 mi | Compare |
| CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL ALICE | 2500 E Main Street Alice, TX 78332 | Yes | 40.75 mi | Compare |
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