SOUTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in San Antonio, TX 78224
SOUTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL PROFILE
Southwest General Hospital is an acute care hospital located in San Antonio, TX 78224 that serves the Bexar county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.
SOUTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL
7400 Barlite BlvdSan Antonio, TX 78224
Phone: (210) 921-2000
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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.
Poor
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.
Cardiac Surgery Registry: Yes Cardiac surgery registry
The provider participates in the cardiac surgery registry. Participation in this registry does not mean that the hospital is specialized or only provides this type of care. Registries provide hospitals with the 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.
The hospital patient survey at Southwest General 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: FairQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Poor
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Fair
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Poor
These performance measures at Southwest General 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: 52 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 12 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 6 hours 23 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 3 hours 8 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 2 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Southwest General Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Texas or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for intestinal infections Better performance for intestinal infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for intestinal infections - Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of abdomen CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of TX. - 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 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 97% 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 132 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 136 minutes in Texas. - 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 96% average score of Texas. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 96% 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 97% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 92% average score of Texas. - 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 95% average score of Texas.
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