TOURO INFIRMARY

Acute Care Hospital in New Orleans, LA 70115

TOURO INFIRMARY PROFILE

Touro Infirmary is an acute care hospital located in New Orleans, LA 70115 that serves the Orleans county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

TOURO INFIRMARY

1401 Foucher Street
New Orleans, LA 70115
Phone: (504) 897-7011
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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

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.

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 Touro Infirmary 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: Good

Quiet Rooms: Good

Cleanliness: Poor

Pain Management: Good

Discharge Information: Good

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Touro Infirmary 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: 12 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 21 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 4 hours 22 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 57 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 48 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Touro Infirmary has better average ratings than other hospitals in Louisiana or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
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ST CHARLES SURGICAL HOSPITAL LLC1717 St Charles Ave
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No1.18 miCompare
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EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL4200 Houma Blvd
Metairie, LA 70006
Yes8.12 miCompare
NEW ORLEANS EAST HOSPITAL5620 Read Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70127
Yes9.98 miCompare
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-KENNER LLC180 West Esplanade Avenue
Kenner, LA 70065
Yes12.69 miCompare
ST CHARLES PARISH HOSPITAL1057 Paul Maillard Road
Luling, LA 70070
Yes16.73 miCompare

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