TIPPAH COUNTY HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Ripley, MS 38663
TIPPAH COUNTY HOSPITAL PROFILE
Tippah County Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Ripley, MS 38663 that serves the Tippah county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
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: Government - Local
Electronic Lab Results: Yes Able to receive lab results electronically
The provider has the ability of receiving laboratory results through a certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system as discrete searchable data.
Electronically Track Patients Visits: Yes Able to track patients’ lab results, tests, and referrals electronically between visits
The provider is capable of tracking lab tests, diagnostic studies, or patient referrals through a certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
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.
Emergency Services: Yes Emergency Department
This hospital provides emergency services which might include acute medical care or trauma care.
The hospital patient survey at Tippah County 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: Not AvailableQuiet Rooms: Not Available
Cleanliness: Not Available
Pain Management: Not Available
Discharge Information: Not Available
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Not Available
These performance measures at Tippah County 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: 31 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 44 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 33 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 2 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 22 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Tippah County Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Mississippi or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- 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 MS. - 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 MS. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 213 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 222 minutes in Mississippi. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 104 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 111 minutes in Mississippi. - Emergency Department:
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being seen Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 2% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 3% average score of Mississippi. - 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 7 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 10 minutes in Mississippi.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL UNION COUNTY | 200 Hwy 30 West New Albany, MS 38652 | Yes | 17.19 mi | Compare |
| BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BOONEVILLE | 100 Hospital Drive Booneville, MS 38829 | Yes | 22.53 mi | Compare |
| MAGNOLIA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER | 611 Alcorn Drive Corinth, MS 38834 | Yes | 25.99 mi | Compare |
| ALLIANCE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM | 1430 Highway 4 East / P O Box 6000 Holly Springs, MS 38635 | Yes | 26.81 mi | Compare |
| PONTOTOC HEALTH SERVICE CAH | 176 South Main Street Pontotoc, MS 38863 | Yes | 34.27 mi | Compare |
| TENNOVA HEALTHCARE-MCNAIRY REGIONAL | 705 E Poplar Ave Selmer, TN 38375 | Yes | 36.05 mi | Compare |
| BOLIVAR GENERAL HOSPITAL | 650 Nuckolls Road Bolivar, TN 38008 | Yes | 36.58 mi | Compare |
| NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER | 830 S Gloster Tupelo, MS 38801 | Yes | 36.7 mi | Compare |
| METHODIST HEALTHCARE FAYETTE HOSPITAL | 214 Lakeview Rd Somerville, TN 38068 | Yes | 42.21 mi | Compare |
| BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTH MS | 2301 South Lamar Oxford, MS 38655 | Yes | 42.22 mi | Compare |
| TISHOMINGO HEALTH SERVICES INC | 1777 Curtis Drive Iuka, MS 38852 | No | 42.32 mi | Compare |
| METHODIST HEALTHCARE - OLIVE BRANCH HOSPITAL | 4250 Bethel Road Olive Branch, MS 38654 | Yes | 49.57 mi | Compare |
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