WALDO COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL
Critical Access Hospital in Belfast, ME 04915
WALDO COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL PROFILE
Waldo County General Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Belfast, ME 04915 that serves the Waldo county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
WALDO COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL
Po Box 287Belfast, ME 04915
Phone: (207) 338-2500
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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.
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ABOUT THIS PROVIDER
Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals What's a critical access hospital?A critical access hospital is a small facility that provides outpatient and inpatient services on a limited basis, usually to people in rural areas.
Hospital Owner: Voluntary Non-profit - Private
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 Waldo County General 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Good
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at Waldo County General 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: Not AvailableDischarge Time: Not Available
Time Before Admission: Not Available before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: Not Available admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: Not Available
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Waldo County General Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Maine or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s)
The provider's Pneumonia performance score of 100% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 99% average score of Maine. - 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 100% for the quality measure beta-blocker prior to admission is better than the 99% average score of Maine. - 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 100% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 99% average score of Maine.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENOBSCOT BAY MEDICAL CENTER | 6 Glen Cove Drive Rockport, ME 04856 | Yes | 19.05 mi | Compare |
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| MAINE COAST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 50 Union Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 | Yes | 30.01 mi | Compare |
| SEBASTICOOK VALLEY HEALTH | 447 North Main Street Pittsfield, ME 04967 | Yes | 32.02 mi | Compare |
| INLAND HOSPITAL | 200 Kennedy Memorial Drive Waterville, ME 04901 | Yes | 34.19 mi | Compare |
| ST ANDREWS HOSPITAL (LINCOLN COUNTY HEALTHCARE) | 35 Miles Street Damariscotta, ME 04543 | Yes | 37.61 mi | Compare |
| MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | 35 Medical Center Parkway Augusta, ME 04330 | Yes | 39.11 mi | Compare |
| MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL | 10 Wayman Lane, Po Box 8 Bar Harbor, ME 04609 | Yes | 39.25 mi | Compare |
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