STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Critical Access Hospital in Norway, ME 04268
STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROFILE
Stephens Memorial Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Norway, ME 04268 that serves the Oxford county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
181 Main StreetNorway, ME 04268
Phone: (207) 743-5933
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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.
Good
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
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.
General Surgery Registry: Yes General Surgery Registry
The provider participates in the general surgery registry. Registries provide hospitals with 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 Stephens Memorial 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Good
Cleanliness: Good
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Excellent
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Stephens Memorial 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: 28 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 52 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 19 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 54 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: Not Available before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Stephens Memorial Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Maine or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Excellent Discharge Information Rating Excellent Discharge Information Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure discharge information is excellent. - 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 ME. - Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT
The provider's use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of ME. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 259 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 296 minutes in Maine. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 54 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 111 minutes in Maine. - 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 96% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 85% average score of Maine. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 112 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 131 minutes in Maine. - 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 6 minutes in Maine. - 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 99% average score of Maine. - 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 Maine. - 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 100% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 99% average score of Maine.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGTON HOSPITAL | 10 Hospital Drive Bridgton, ME 04009 | Yes | 14.52 mi | Compare |
| CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER | 300 Main Street Lewiston, ME 04240 | Yes | 17.47 mi | Compare |
| ST MARYS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Campus Avenue - Po Box 291 (hospital) Lewiston, ME 04240 | Yes | 17.51 mi | Compare |
| RUMFORD HOSPITAL | 420 Franklin Street Rumford, ME 04276 | Yes | 23.61 mi | Compare |
| MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE | 3073 White Mountain Highway North Conway, NH 03860 | Yes | 31.75 mi | Compare |
| FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 111 Franklin Health Commons Farmington, ME 04938 | Yes | 34.09 mi | Compare |
| PARKVIEW ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER | 329 Main St Brunswick, ME 04011 | Yes | 35.51 mi | Compare |
| ANDROSCOGGIN VALLEY HOSPITAL | 59 Page Hill Road Berlin, NH 03570 | Yes | 36.29 mi | Compare |
| TOGUS VA MEDICAL CENTER | 1 Va Center Augusta, ME 04330 | No | 38 mi | Compare |
| MID COAST HOSPITAL | 123 Medical Center Drive Brunswick, ME 04011 | Yes | 38.21 mi | Compare |
| MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | 35 Medical Center Parkway Augusta, ME 04330 | Yes | 38.74 mi | Compare |
| MAINE MEDICAL CENTER | 22 Bramhall St Portland, ME 04102 | Yes | 40.53 mi | Compare |
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