TULARE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Tulare, CA 93274
TULARE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Tulare Regional Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Tulare, CA 93274 that serves the Tulare county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
TULARE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
869 Cherry AvenueTulare, CA 93274
Phone: (559) 688-0821
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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: Government - Hospital District Or Authority
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.
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.
The hospital patient survey at Tulare Regional 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: FairQuiet Rooms: Poor
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Fair
Discharge Information: Poor
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Poor
These performance measures at Tulare Regional 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: 1 hour 10 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 42 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 5 hours 8 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 40 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 Tulare Regional Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in California 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 CA. - 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 CA. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 308 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 335 minutes in California. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 100 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 129 minutes in California. - 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 California. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 162 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 167 minutes in California.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAWEAH DELTA MEDICAL CENTER | 400 W Mineral King Ave Visalia, CA 93291 | Yes | 7.83 mi | Compare |
| CENTRAL VALLEY GENERAL HOSPITAL | 1025 N Douty St Hanford, CA 93230 | Yes | 18.87 mi | Compare |
| ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER | 115 Mall Drive Hanford, CA 93230 | Yes | 19.66 mi | Compare |
| SIERRA VIEW MEDICAL CENTER | 465 W Putnam Ave Porterville, CA 93257 | Yes | 20.31 mi | Compare |
| PORTERVILLE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER | 26501 Avenue 140 Porterville, CA 93257 | No | 23.45 mi | Compare |
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