ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Philadelphia, PA 19130
ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL PROFILE
St Joseph's Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Philadelphia, PA 19130 that serves the Philadelphia county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL
1600 West Girard AvenuePhiladelphia, PA 19130
Phone: (215) 787-2000
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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: Voluntary Non-profit - Private
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.
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 St Joseph's 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: Poor
Discharge Information: Poor
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Poor
These performance measures at St Joseph's 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: 1 hour 22 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 3 hours 2 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 6 hours 1 minute before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 52 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 33 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where St Joseph's Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Pennsylvania 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 PA. - 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 98% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 86% average score of Pennsylvania.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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