WASHAKIE MEDICAL CENTER

Critical Access Hospital in Worland, WY 82401

WASHAKIE MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE

Washakie Medical Center is a critical access hospital located in Worland, WY 82401 that serves the Washakie county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.

WASHAKIE MEDICAL CENTER

400 South 15th Street
Worland, WY 82401
Phone: (307) 347-3221
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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 - Other

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 Washakie Medical Center 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: Not Available

Quiet Rooms: Not Available

Cleanliness: Not Available

Pain Management: Not Available

Discharge Information: Not Available

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Not Available

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Washakie Medical Center 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 Available before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: Not Available before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 2 hours 34 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 47 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: Not Available before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Washakie Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Wyoming 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
SOUTH BIG HORN COUNTY CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL388 Us Highway 20 South
Basin, WY 82410
Yes5.96 miCompare
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL150 East Arapahoe
Thermopolis, WY 82443
Yes28.17 miCompare

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