WATERBURY HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Waterbury, CT 06721
WATERBURY HOSPITAL PROFILE
Waterbury Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Waterbury, CT 06721 that serves the New Haven county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
WATERBURY HOSPITAL
64 Robbins StWaterbury, CT 06721
Phone: (203) 573-6000
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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 - 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.
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.
The hospital patient survey at Waterbury 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: FairQuiet Rooms: Fair
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
These performance measures at Waterbury 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: 57 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 3 hours 17 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 6 hours 55 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 3 hours 15 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 25 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Waterbury Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Connecticut or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for bloodstream infections Better performance for bloodstream infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for bloodstream infections - 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 in icu only Better performance for catheter urinary tract infections in icu only
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for catheter urinary tract infections in icu only - Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of abdomen CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of CT. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 96% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 95% average score of Connecticut. - 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 100% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 86% average score of Connecticut. - 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 Connecticut. - 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 Connecticut. - Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis Stroke Care: better performance with venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 99% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 97% average score of Connecticut. - 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 98% average score of Connecticut. - Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy Stroke Care: better performance with thrombolytic therapy
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure thrombolytic therapy is better than the 88% average score of Connecticut. - Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication Stroke Care: better performance with discharged on statin medication
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged on statin medication is better than the 97% average score of Connecticut. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 94% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 93% average score of Connecticut. - 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 99% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 94% average score of Connecticut. - 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 96% average score of Connecticut. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with intravenous blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure intravenous blood thinner is better than the 98% average score of Connecticut.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
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SAINT MARYS HOSPITAL | 56 Franklin St Waterbury, CT 06706 | Yes | 1.23 mi | Compare |
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MASONIC HOME AND HOSPITAL | 22 Masonic Ave Wallingford, CT 06492 | No | 13.33 mi | Compare |
MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER | 435 Lewis Avenue Meriden, CT 06450 | Yes | 13.42 mi | Compare |
GRIFFIN HOSPITAL | 130 Division St Derby, CT 06418 | Yes | 15.47 mi | Compare |
HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT, THE | 100 Grand Street New Britain, CT 06050 | Yes | 15.79 mi | Compare |
CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL | 540 Litchfield St Torrington, CT 06790 | Yes | 16.55 mi | Compare |
JOHN DEMPSEY HOSPITAL | 263 Farmington Ave Farmington, CT 06032 | Yes | 18.27 mi | Compare |
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL | 20 York St New Haven, CT 06504 | Yes | 18.72 mi | Compare |
WEST HAVEN VA MEDICAL CENTER | 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516 | No | 19.67 mi | Compare |
MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL | 28 Crescent St Middletown, CT 06457 | Yes | 21.36 mi | Compare |
DANBURY HOSPITAL | 24 Hospital Ave Danbury, CT 06810 | Yes | 22.71 mi | Compare |
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