ST VINCENTS BLOUNT
Critical Access Hospital in Oneonta, AL 35121
ST VINCENTS BLOUNT PROFILE
St Vincents Blount is a critical access hospital located in Oneonta, AL 35121 that serves the Blount county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with NO emergency services.
ST VINCENTS BLOUNT
150 Gilbreath DriveOneonta, AL 35121
Phone: (205) 274-3000
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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: Critical Access Hospitals What's a critical access hospital?A critical access hospital is a small facility that provides outpatient and inpatient services on a limited basis, usually to people in rural areas.
Hospital Owner: Voluntary Non-profit - Private
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: No Emergency Department
This hospital DOESN'T provide emergency services.
The hospital patient survey at St Vincents Blount 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: GoodQuiet Rooms: Good
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Excellent
Discharge Information: Fair
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at St Vincents Blount 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: 39 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 23 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 13 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 32 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 6 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where St Vincents Blount has better average ratings than other hospitals in Alabama 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 - Excellent Pain Management Rating Excellent Pain Management Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure pain management 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 AL. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 32 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 75 minutes in Alabama. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 96% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 94% average score of Alabama. - 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 4 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 7 minutes in Alabama. - 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 95% average score of Alabama. - 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 Alabama. - 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 Alabama. - 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 96% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 94% average score of Alabama.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST VINCENT'S EAST | 50 Medical Park East Drive Birmingham, AL 35235 | Yes | 25.25 mi | Compare |
| ST VINCENT'S ST CLAIR | 7063 Veterans Parkway Pell City, AL 35125 | Yes | 25.26 mi | Compare |
| CULLMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1912 Alabama Highway 157 Cullman, AL 35058 | Yes | 25.63 mi | Compare |
| MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH | 2505 U S Highway 431 North Boaz, AL 35957 | Yes | 27.58 mi | Compare |
| RIVERVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 600 South Third Street Gadsden, AL 35901 | Yes | 28.65 mi | Compare |
| GADSDEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1007 Goodyear Avenue Gadsden, AL 35903 | Yes | 30.81 mi | Compare |
| TRINITY MEDICAL CENTER | 800 Montclair Rd Birmingham, AL 35213 | Yes | 32.31 mi | Compare |
| ST VINCENT'S BIRMINGHAM | 810 St Vincent's Drive Birmingham, AL 35205 | Yes | 33.9 mi | Compare |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL | 619 South 19th Street Birmingham, AL 35233 | Yes | 34.36 mi | Compare |
| BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER | 700 South 19th Street Birmingham, AL 35233 | No | 34.44 mi | Compare |
| CALLAHAN EYE HOSPITAL | 1720 University Blvd Birmingham, AL 35233 | Yes | 34.51 mi | Compare |
| BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER-PRINCETON | 701 Princeton Avenue Southwest Birmingham, AL 35211 | Yes | 36.15 mi | Compare |
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