ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER

Acute Care Hospital in Houston, TX 77002

ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE

St Joseph Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Houston, TX 77002 that serves the Harris county area. This facility is a physician owned hospital with emergency services.

ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER

1401 St. Joseph Parkway
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: (713) 757-1000
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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: Physician

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 Joseph 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: Average

Quiet Rooms: Average

Cleanliness: Poor

Pain Management: Fair

Discharge Information: Fair

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at St Joseph 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: 49 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 3 hours 24 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 5 hours 34 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 2 hours 24 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 St Joseph Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Texas or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
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HOUSTON HOSPITAL FOR SPECIALIZED SURGERY5445 Labranch Street
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HOUSTON VA MEDICAL CENTER2002 Holcombe Blvd.
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No3.61 miCompare
TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL7401 South Main Street
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Yes4.21 miCompare
WOMANS HOSPITAL OF TEXAS,THE7600 Fannin
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Yes4.38 miCompare
MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL SYSTEM1635 North Loop West
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Yes5.83 miCompare
HOUSTON ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPITAL5410 West Loop South
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DOCTORS HOSPITAL TIDWELL510 W Tidwell
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HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM2525 Holly Hall
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Yes8.53 miCompare

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