TENNOVA HEALTHCARE-LAFOLLETT MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in La Follette, TN 37766
TENNOVA HEALTHCARE-LAFOLLETT MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Tennova Healthcare-lafollett Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in La Follette, TN 37766 that serves the Campbell county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
TENNOVA HEALTHCARE-LAFOLLETT MEDICAL CENTER
923 East Central AvenueLa Follette, TN 37766
Phone: (423) 907-1440
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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: Voluntary Non-profit - Church
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.
PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
The hospital patient survey at Tennova Healthcare-lafollett 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: GoodQuiet Rooms: Average
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Tennova Healthcare-lafollett 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: 15 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 48 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 41 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 6 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 45 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Tennova Healthcare-lafollett Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Tennessee 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 thorax CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of thorax CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of TN. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 221 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 244 minutes in Tennessee. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 66 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 78 minutes in Tennessee. - 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 Tennessee. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 95% average score of Tennessee. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 108 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 133 minutes in Tennessee. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 15 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 23 minutes in Tennessee. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 1% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 2% average score of Tennessee. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 97% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 96% average score of Tennessee. - Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 98% average score of Tennessee. - 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 Tennessee. - 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 Tennessee. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 93% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 92% average score of Tennessee. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 96% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 90% average score of Tennessee. - 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 100% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 91% average score of Tennessee.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TENNOVA HEALTHCARE | 900 East Oak Hill Avenue Knoxville, TN 37917 | Yes | 0 mi | Compare |
| JELLICO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 188 Hospital Lane Jellico, TN 37762 | Yes | 12.78 mi | Compare |
| PIONEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SCOTT | 18797 Alberta Street Oneida, TN 37841 | Yes | 23.85 mi | Compare |
| MIDDLESBORO APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HOSPIT | 3600 West Cumberland Avenue Middlesboro, KY 40965 | Yes | 25.54 mi | Compare |
| METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OAK RIDGE | 990 Oak Ridge Turnpike Box 529 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 | Yes | 27.55 mi | Compare |
| CLAIBORNE MEDICAL CENTER | 1850 Old Knoxville Highway Tazewell, TN 37879 | Yes | 30.4 mi | Compare |
| FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1901 W Clinch Ave Knoxville, TN 37916 | Yes | 31.33 mi | Compare |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TN MEDICAL CENTER | 1924 Alcoa Highway Knoxville, TN 37920 | Yes | 32.35 mi | Compare |
| PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER | 9352 Park West Blvd Knoxville, TN 37923 | Yes | 32.55 mi | Compare |
| PINEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 850 Riverview Avenue Pineville, KY 40977 | Yes | 34.2 mi | Compare |
| KNOX COUNTY HOSPITAL | 80 Hospital Drive Barbourville, KY 40906 | Yes | 34.58 mi | Compare |
| BAPTIST HEALTH CORBIN | One Trillium Way Corbin, KY 40701 | Yes | 36.84 mi | Compare |
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