UPMC ST MARGARET

Acute Care Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA 15215

UPMC ST MARGARET PROFILE

Upmc St Margaret is an acute care hospital located in Pittsburgh, PA 15215 that serves the Allegheny county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

UPMC ST MARGARET

815 Freeport Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15215
Phone: (412) 784-4000
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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: 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.

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 Upmc St Margaret 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: Poor

Cleanliness: Fair

Pain Management: Good

Discharge Information: Good

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Upmc St Margaret 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: 2 hours 50 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 3 hours 52 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 39 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 1 hour 6 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Upmc St Margaret has better average ratings than other hospitals in Pennsylvania 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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CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH OF UPMC4401 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Yes3.39 miCompare
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No4.45 miCompare
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Yes4.7 miCompare
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Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Yes4.97 miCompare
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Yes5.97 miCompare
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Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Yes6.09 miCompare
UPMC EAST2775 Mosside Boulevard
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Yes8.67 miCompare
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