ST VINCENT'S EAST
Acute Care Hospital in Birmingham, AL 35235
ST VINCENT'S EAST PROFILE
St Vincent's East is an acute care hospital located in Birmingham, AL 35235 that serves the Jefferson county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
ST VINCENT'S EAST
50 Medical Park East DriveBirmingham, AL 35235
Phone: (205) 838-3122
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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: 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
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.
The hospital patient survey at St Vincent's East 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: Average
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at St Vincent's East 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: 46 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 26 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 33 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 14 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 12 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where St Vincent's East 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 bloodstream infections in icu only Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections in icu only - Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections in icu only Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for catheter urinary tract infections in icu only - 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 AL. - Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment
The provider's use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment 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 74 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 75 minutes in Alabama. - 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 99% average score of Alabama. - Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early
The provider's Pregnancy and Delivery Care performance score of 2% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 4% average score of 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 96% 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 discontinued after 24 hours Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 99% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 98% average score of Alabama. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 99% for the quality measure catheter removal is better than the 98% average score of Alabama. - 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 Alabama. - Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy is better than the 97% average score of Alabama. - 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 Alabama. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure intravenous blood thinner is better than the 99% average score of Alabama. - 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 96% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 89% average score of Alabama. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 25% for the quality measure incidence of preventable blood clots is better than the 8% average score of Alabama.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
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TRINITY MEDICAL CENTER | 800 Montclair Rd Birmingham, AL 35213 | Yes | 7.28 mi | Compare |
ST VINCENT'S BIRMINGHAM | 810 St Vincent's Drive Birmingham, AL 35205 | Yes | 9.32 mi | Compare |
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL | 619 South 19th Street Birmingham, AL 35233 | Yes | 9.96 mi | Compare |
BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER | 700 South 19th Street Birmingham, AL 35233 | No | 10 mi | Compare |
CALLAHAN EYE HOSPITAL | 1720 University Blvd Birmingham, AL 35233 | Yes | 10.08 mi | Compare |
BROOKWOOD MEDICAL CENTER | 2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive Birmingham, AL 35209 | Yes | 11.07 mi | Compare |
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER-PRINCETON | 701 Princeton Avenue Southwest Birmingham, AL 35211 | Yes | 12.32 mi | Compare |
ST VINCENT'S ST CLAIR | 7063 Veterans Parkway Pell City, AL 35125 | Yes | 21.11 mi | Compare |
MEDICAL WEST, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM | 995 9th Avenue Southwest Bessemer, AL 35021 | Yes | 24.23 mi | Compare |
SHELBY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER | 1000 First Street North Alabaster, AL 35007 | Yes | 25.12 mi | Compare |
ST VINCENTS BLOUNT | 150 Gilbreath Drive Oneonta, AL 35121 | No | 25.25 mi | Compare |
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