SOUTHERN NH MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Nashua, NH 03060
SOUTHERN NH MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Southern Nh Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Nashua, NH 03060 that serves the Hillsborough county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
SOUTHERN NH MEDICAL CENTER
8 Prospect StreetNashua, NH 03060
Phone: (603) 577-2000
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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.
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
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.
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.
General Surgery Registry: Yes General Surgery Registry
The provider participates in the general surgery registry. Registries provide hospitals with information necessary to help them improve the care they provide.
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.
PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
The hospital patient survey at Southern Nh 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: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Southern Nh 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: 30 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 42 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 43 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 53 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 20 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Southern Nh Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in New Hampshire or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of thorax CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of NH. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with pci within 90 minutes of arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with pci within 90 minutes of arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 97% for the quality measure pci within 90 minutes of arrival is better than the 96% average score of New Hampshire. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 283 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 295 minutes in New Hampshire. - 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 97% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 94% average score of New Hampshire. - Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan Emergency Department: better performance with ct scan
The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 100% for the quality measure ct scan is better than the 71% average score of New Hampshire. - 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 1% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 3% average score of New Hampshire. - 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 97% average score of New Hampshire. - 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 Hampshire. - 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 New Hampshire. - 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 99% average score of New Hampshire. - 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 99% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 97% average score of New Hampshire. - Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure antithrombotic medication by day two is better than the 99% average score of New Hampshire. - 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 99% for the quality measure discharged on statin medication is better than the 97% average score of New Hampshire. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 88% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 86% average score of New Hampshire. - 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 96% average score of New Hampshire. - 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 97% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 96% average score of New Hampshire. - 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 100% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 98% average score of New Hampshire. - 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 98% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 86% average score of New Hampshire. - 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 7% for the quality measure incidence of preventable blood clots is better than the 2% average score of New Hampshire.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL | 172 Kinsley St Nashua, NH 03060 | Yes | 1.13 mi | Compare |
| LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL | 295 Varnum Avenue Lowell, MA 01854 | Yes | 9.64 mi | Compare |
| PARKLAND MEDICAL CENTER | 1 Parkland Drive Derry, NH 03038 | Yes | 10.98 mi | Compare |
| NASHOBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER | 200 Groton Road Ayer, MA 01432 | Yes | 13.65 mi | Compare |
| HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL | 70 East Street Methuen, MA 01844 | Yes | 14.98 mi | Compare |
| ELLIOT HOSPITAL | 1 Elliot Way Manchester, NH 03103 | Yes | 15.76 mi | Compare |
| LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL | One General Street Lawrence, MA 01842 | Yes | 16.17 mi | Compare |
| CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER | 100 Mcgregor Street Manchester, NH 03102 | Yes | 16.27 mi | Compare |
| BEDFORD VA MEDICAL CENTER | 200 Springs Road Bedford, MA 01730 | No | 19.6 mi | Compare |
| HEALTHALLIANCE HOSPITALS, INC | 60 Hospital Road Leominster, MA 01453 | Yes | 21.35 mi | Compare |
| EMERSON HOSPITAL | Old Road To 9 Acre Corner W Concord, MA 01742 | Yes | 21.44 mi | Compare |
| LAHEY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER, BURLINGTON | 41 & 45 Mall Road Burlington, MA 01803 | Yes | 22.7 mi | Compare |
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