ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Hartford, CT 06105
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Hartford, CT 06105 that serves the Hartford county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER
114 Woodland StreetHartford, CT 06105
Phone: (860) 714-4000
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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 - Church
Multispecialty Surgical Registry: Yes Multispecialty surgical registry
The provider participates in the multispecialty surgical registry. Participants of this registry report one or any combination of three surgical measures elderly surgical outcomes, colectomy outcomes and lower-extremity bypass outcomes.
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.
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 St Francis Hospital & 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 St Francis Hospital & 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: 29 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 3 hours 4 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 7 hours 25 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 3 hours 11 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 12 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where St Francis Hospital & Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Connecticut or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections in icu only - 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 CT. - Better performance for copd 30-day readmission rate Better performance for copd 30-day readmission rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for copd 30-day readmission rate. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 98% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 95% average score of Connecticut. - 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 99% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 86% average score of Connecticut. - 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 99% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 97% average score of Connecticut. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure beta-blocker prior to admission is better than the 98% average score of Connecticut. - 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 98% for the quality measure discharged on statin medication is better than the 97% average score of Connecticut. - 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 100% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 96% average score of Connecticut. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
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The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 98% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 96% average score of Connecticut. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 99% for the quality measure intravenous blood thinner is better than the 98% average score of Connecticut. - 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 95% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 89% average score of Connecticut.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONNECTICUT CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER | 282 Washington Street Hartford, CT 06106 | Yes | 1.7 mi | Compare |
| HARTFORD HOSPITAL | 80 Seymour Street Hartford, CT 06102 | Yes | 1.72 mi | Compare |
| HEBREW HOME AND HOSPITAL INC | 1 Abrahms Boulevard West Hartford, CT 06117 | No | 2.39 mi | Compare |
| JOHN DEMPSEY HOSPITAL | 263 Farmington Ave Farmington, CT 06032 | Yes | 5.67 mi | Compare |
| MANCHESTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 71 Haynes St Manchester, CT 06040 | Yes | 8.94 mi | Compare |
| HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT, THE | 100 Grand Street New Britain, CT 06050 | Yes | 9.09 mi | Compare |
| BRISTOL HOSPITAL | Brewster Rd Bristol, CT 06010 | Yes | 14.05 mi | Compare |
| ROCKVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL | 31 Union St Rockville, CT 06066 | Yes | 14.25 mi | Compare |
| MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL | 28 Crescent St Middletown, CT 06457 | Yes | 15.43 mi | Compare |
| MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER | 435 Lewis Avenue Meriden, CT 06450 | Yes | 16.47 mi | Compare |
| JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 201 Chestnut Hill Rd Stafford Springs, CT 06076 | Yes | 21.14 mi | Compare |
| CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL | 540 Litchfield St Torrington, CT 06790 | Yes | 22.52 mi | Compare |
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