ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Trenton, NJ 08629
ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
St Francis Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Trenton, NJ 08629 that serves the Mercer county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER
601 Hamilton AveTrenton, NJ 08629
Phone: (609) 599-5000
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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
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.
PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
The hospital patient survey at St Francis 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: FairQuiet Rooms: Poor
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Fair
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at St Francis 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: 25 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 8 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 41 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 17 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where St Francis Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in New Jersey 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 - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 281 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 364 minutes in New Jersey. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 77 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 156 minutes in New Jersey. - 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 96% average score of New Jersey. - 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 69% average score of New Jersey. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 128 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 157 minutes in New Jersey. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 25 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 30 minutes in New Jersey. - 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 98% average score of New Jersey. - 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 New Jersey. - 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 Jersey. - 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 Jersey. - Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 99% average score of New Jersey. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on antithrombotic therapy Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on antithrombotic therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged on antithrombotic therapy is better than the 99% average score of New Jersey. - 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 98% average score of New Jersey. - 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 New Jersey. - 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 96% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 94% average score of New Jersey. - 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 99% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 98% average score of New Jersey. - 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 100% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 92% average score of New Jersey.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPITAL HEALTH SYSTEM-FULD CAMPUS | 750 Brunswick Ave Trenton, NJ 08638 | Yes | 1.43 mi | Compare |
| ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HAMILTON | One Hamilton Health Place Hamilton, NJ 08690 | Yes | 3.49 mi | Compare |
| CAPITAL HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - HOPEWELL | One Capital Way Pennington, NJ 08534 | Yes | 6.12 mi | Compare |
| BARIX CLINICS OF PENNSYLVANIA | 280 Middletown Road Langhorne, PA 19047 | No | 8 mi | Compare |
| ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER | Langhorne-newtown Rd Langhorne, PA 19047 | Yes | 10.02 mi | Compare |
| LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL | 501 Bath Road Bristol, PA 19007 | Yes | 10.19 mi | Compare |
| UNIV MEDICAL CENTER OF PRINCETON AT PLAINSBORO | One-five Plainsboro Road Plainsboro, NJ 08536 | Yes | 10.55 mi | Compare |
| Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital, LLC | 3300 Tillman Drive Bensalem, PA 19020 | No | 13.74 mi | Compare |
| LOURDES MEDICAL CENTER OF BURLINGTON COUNTY | 218a Sunset Road Willingboro, NJ 08046 | Yes | 13.88 mi | Compare |
| VIRTUA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF BURLINGTON COUNTY | 175 Madison Ave Mount Holly, NJ 08060 | Yes | 16.17 mi | Compare |
| DEBORAH HEART AND LUNG CENTER | 200 Trenton Road Browns Mills, NJ 08015 | No | 18.53 mi | Compare |
| NAZARETH HOSPITAL | 2601 Holme Ave Philadelphia, PA 19152 | Yes | 19.25 mi | Compare |
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