UF HEALTH SHANDS HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Gainesville, FL 32610

UF HEALTH SHANDS HOSPITAL PROFILE

Uf Health Shands Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Gainesville, FL 32610 that serves the Alachua county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

UF HEALTH SHANDS HOSPITAL

1600 Sw Archer Rd
Gainesville, FL 32610
Phone: (352) 265-8000
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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.

Cardiac Surgery Registry: Yes Cardiac surgery registry
The provider participates in the cardiac surgery registry. Participation in this registry does not mean that the hospital is specialized or only provides this type of care. Registries provide hospitals with the information necessary to help them improve the care they provide.

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 Uf Health Shands 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: Fair

Quiet Rooms: Fair

Cleanliness: Fair

Pain Management: Average

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Uf Health Shands 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: 32 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 3 hours 26 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 7 hours 46 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 3 hours 38 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 1 hour 9 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Uf Health Shands Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Florida or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
VA NORTH FLORIDA/SOUTH GEORGIA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM1601 S W Archer Road
Gainesville, FL 32608
No0.23 miCompare
NORTH FLORIDA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER6500 Newberry Rd
Gainesville, FL 32605
Yes4.33 miCompare
REGIONAL GENERAL HOSPITAL WILLISTON125 Sw 7th St
Williston, FL 32696
Yes18.86 miCompare
SHANDS STARKE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER922 E Call St
Starke, FL 32091
Yes25.3 miCompare
LAKE BUTLER HOSPITAL850 E Main St
Lake Butler, FL 32054
Yes26.38 miCompare
MUNROE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER1500 Sw 1st Ave
Ocala, FL 34474
Yes34.32 miCompare
OCALA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER1431 Sw 1st Ave
Ocala, FL 34478
Yes34.33 miCompare
PUTNAM COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER611 Zeagler Dr
Palatka, FL 32177
Yes39.15 miCompare
SHANDS LAKE SHORE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER368 Ne Franklin St
Lake City, FL 32055
Yes41.86 miCompare
LAKE CITY MEDICAL CENTER340 Nw Commerce Dr
Lake City, FL 32055
Yes42.76 miCompare
ST VINCENTS MEDICAL CENTER - CLAY COUNTY1670 St Vincents Way
Middleburg, FL 32068
Yes44.63 miCompare
ED FRASER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL159 N 3rd St
Macclenny, FL 32063
Yes46.49 miCompare

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