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VISTA MEDICAL CENTER EAST

Acute Care Hospital in Waukegan, IL 60085

VISTA MEDICAL CENTER EAST PROFILE

Vista Medical Center East is an acute care hospital located in Waukegan, IL 60085 that serves the Lake county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.

VISTA MEDICAL CENTER EAST

1324 North Sheridan Road
Waukegan, IL 60085
Phone: (847) 360-4000
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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.
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: Voluntary Non-profit - Other

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.
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 Vista Medical Center East 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: Fair

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Poor

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Vista Medical Center East 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: 26 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 8 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 5 hours 39 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 2 hours 27 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 1 hour before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Vista Medical Center East has better average ratings than other hospitals in Illinois 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.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
VISTA MEDICAL CENTER WEST2615 Washington St
Waukegan, IL 60085		Yes2.21 miCompare
MIDWESTERN REGION MED CENTER2520 Elisha Avenue
Zion, IL 60099		Yes4.89 miCompare
NORTH CHICAGO VA MEDICAL CENTER3001 Greenbay Road
North Chicago, IL 60064		No5.2 miCompare
NORTHWESTERN LAKE FOREST HOSPITAL660 N Westmoreland Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045		Yes8.77 miCompare
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER801 S Milwaukee Ave
Libertyville, IL 60048		Yes9.6 miCompare
UNITED HOSPITAL SYSTEM6308 Eighth Ave
Kenosha, WI 53143		Yes13.79 miCompare
AURORA MEDICAL CTR KENOSHA10400 75th St
Kenosha, WI 53142		Yes14.25 miCompare
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL450 West Highway 22
Barrington, IL 60010		Yes21.52 miCompare
EVANSTON HOSPITAL2650 Ridge Ave
Evanston, IL 60201		Yes22.87 miCompare
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL 1800 W Central Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60005		Yes22.98 miCompare
CENTEGRA HEALTH SYSTEM - MC HENRY HOSPITAL4201 Medical Center Drive
Mchenry, IL 60050		Yes23.24 miCompare
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL1775 Dempster St
Park Ridge, IL 60068		Yes23.46 miCompare

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