ST JAMES PARISH HOSPITAL

St James Parish Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Lutcher, LA 70071 that serves the Saint James county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

We have identified the following individual quality measures where St James Parish Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Louisiana or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

• Excellent Nurse Communication Rating Excellent Nurse Communication Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure nurse communication is excellent.
• Excellent Doctor Communication Rating Excellent Doctor Communication Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure doctor communication is excellent.
• Excellent Pain Management Rating Excellent Pain Management Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure pain management is excellent.
• Excellent Medicication Explanation Rating Excellent Medicication Explanation Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure medicication explanation is excellent.
• Excellent Care Transition Rating Excellent Care Transition Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure care transition is excellent.
• Excellent Overall Hospital Rating Excellent Overall Hospital Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure overall hospital is excellent.
• Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure quiet rooms is excellent.
• Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure recommend hospital is excellent.
• Excellent Summary Star Rating Excellent Summary Star Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure summary star is excellent.
• 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 LA.
• Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 197 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 255 minutes in Louisiana.
• Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 69 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 86 minutes in Louisiana.
• Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function
  The provider's Heart Failure performance score of 100% for the quality measure evaluation of left ventricular function is better than the 97% average score of Louisiana.
• Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
  The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 94% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 92% average score of Louisiana.
• Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 8 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 23 minutes in Louisiana.
• Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
  The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 100% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 94% average score of Louisiana.
• Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg
  The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 9 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 10 minutes in Louisiana.