UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR
Acute Care Hospital in Seattle, WA 98195
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR PROFILE
University Of Washington Medical Ctr is an acute care hospital located in Seattle, WA 98195 that serves the King county area. This facility is a public state hospital with emergency services.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR
1959 Ne Pacific St Box 356151Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: (206) 598-3300
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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.
Good
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 - State
Multispecialty Surgical Registry: Yes Multispecialty surgical registry
The provider participates in the multispecialty surgical registry. Participants of this registry report one or any combination of three surgical measures elderly surgical outcomes, colectomy outcomes and lower-extremity bypass outcomes.
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 University Of Washington Medical Ctr 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: Good
Discharge Information: Excellent
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Excellent
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at University Of Washington Medical Ctr 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: 24 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 4 hours 21 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 6 hours 41 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 33 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 58 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where University Of Washington Medical Ctr has better average ratings than other hospitals in Washington or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Lower rate of accidental cuts and tears from medical treatment Lower rate of accidental cuts and tears from medical treatment
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a lower rate of accidental cuts from medical treatment. - Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only Better performance for bloodstream infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections in icu only - Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for catheter urinary tract infections - Excellent Discharge Information Rating Excellent Discharge Information Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure discharge information is excellent. - Excellent Overall Hospital Rating Excellent Overall Hospital Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure overall hospital is excellent. - Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure recommend hospital is excellent. - 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 WA. - 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 Washington. - 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 93% average score of Washington. - Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 95% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 87% average score of Washington. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 99% for the quality measure beta-blocker prior to admission is better than the 98% average score of Washington. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic within 1 hour is better than the 99% average score of Washington. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 99% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 98% average score of Washington. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 99% for the quality measure catheter removal is better than the 97% average score of Washington. - Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy Stroke Care: better performance with irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure irregular heartbeat with anticoagulation therapy is better than the 95% average score of Washington. - 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 99% average score of Washington. - 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 91% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 90% average score of Washington. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 94% average score of Washington. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 97% average score of Washington. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 8% for the quality measure incidence of preventable blood clots is better than the 4% average score of Washington.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER | 925 Seneca St Seattle, WA 98101 | Yes | 0.31 mi | Compare |
| HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER | 325 9th Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 | Yes | 0.41 mi | Compare |
| SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER | 747 Broadway Seattle, WA 98122 | Yes | 0.53 mi | Compare |
| SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER / CHERRY HILL | 500 17th Avenue Seattle, WA 98122 | Yes | 1.01 mi | Compare |
| GROUP HEALTH CENTRAL HOSPITAL | 201 - 16th Avenue East Seattle, WA 98112 | Yes | 1.3 mi | Compare |
| SEATTLE VA MEDICAL CENTER - VA PUGIT SOUND | 1660 S. Columbian Way Seattle, WA 98108 | No | 3.18 mi | Compare |
| SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | 4800 Sand Point Way Ne, Po Box C-5371 Seattle, WA 98105 | Yes | 4.63 mi | Compare |
| OVERLAKE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1035-116th Ave Ne Bellevue, WA 98004 | Yes | 6.83 mi | Compare |
| NORTHWEST HOSPITAL | 1550 North 115th Street Seattle, WA 98133 | Yes | 7.49 mi | Compare |
| HIGHLINE MEDICAL CENTER | 16251 Sylvester Road Sw Burien, WA 98166 | Yes | 10.28 mi | Compare |
| EVERGREEN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER | 12040 Ne 128th Street Kirkland, WA 98034 | Yes | 10.41 mi | Compare |
| VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER | 400 S 43rd St Renton, WA 98055 | Yes | 12.59 mi | Compare |
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