WELLSTAR KENNESTONE HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Marietta, GA 30060
WELLSTAR KENNESTONE HOSPITAL PROFILE
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Marietta, GA 30060 that serves the Cobb county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
WELLSTAR KENNESTONE HOSPITAL
677 Church StreetMarietta, GA 30060
Phone: (770) 793-5000
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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.
Average
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
Multispecialty Surgical Registry: Yes Multispecialty surgical registry
The provider participates in the multispecialty surgical registry. Participants of this registry report one or any combination of three surgical measures elderly surgical outcomes, colectomy outcomes and lower-extremity bypass outcomes.
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.
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.
PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
The hospital patient survey at Wellstar Kennestone 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: Good
Cleanliness: Average
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Wellstar Kennestone 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: 32 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 3 hours 26 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 5 hours 18 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 2 hours 9 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 58 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Wellstar Kennestone Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Georgia or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Lower rate of deaths among patients with serious treatable complications after surgery Lower rate of deaths among patients with serious treatable complications after surgery
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a lower rate of deaths with serious complications after surgery. - 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 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 GA. - Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material
The provider's use of thorax CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of GA. - Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment
The provider's use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of GA. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with pci within 90 minutes of arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with pci within 90 minutes of arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 99% for the quality measure pci within 90 minutes of arrival is better than the 95% average score of Georgia. - Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function
The provider's Heart Failure performance score of 100% for the quality measure evaluation of left ventricular function is better than the 99% average score of Georgia. - 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 90% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 86% average score of Georgia. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 2% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 3% average score of Georgia. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 100% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 96% average score of Georgia. - Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg
The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 6 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 8 minutes in Georgia. - 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 96% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 95% average score of Georgia. - 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 100% for the quality measure venous thromboembolism (vte) prophylaxis is better than the 97% average score of Georgia. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 98% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 93% average score of Georgia. - 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 99% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 96% average score of Georgia. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
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The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 95% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 94% average score of Georgia. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 91% average score of Georgia.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELLSTAR COBB HOSPITAL | 3950 Austell Rd Austell, GA 30106 | Yes | 8.37 mi | Compare |
| NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL | 1000 Johnson Ferry Road, Ne Atlanta, GA 30342 | Yes | 12.11 mi | Compare |
| SAINT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF ATLANTA, INC | 5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road Atlanta, GA 30342 | Yes | 12.4 mi | Compare |
| WELLSTAR PAULDING HOSPITAL | 2518 Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway Hiram, GA 30141 | Yes | 13.99 mi | Compare |
| PIEDMONT HOSPITAL | 1968 Peachtree Rd Nw Atlanta, GA 30309 | Yes | 14.33 mi | Compare |
| NORTH FULTON HOSPITAL | 3000 Hospital Boulevard Roswell, GA 30076 | Yes | 14.78 mi | Compare |
| EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN | 550 Peachtree St Ne Atlanta, GA 30308 | Yes | 16.8 mi | Compare |
| ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER - ATL CAMPUS & SOUTH CAMPUS | 303 Parkway Dr Ne Atlanta, GA 30312 | Yes | 17.54 mi | Compare |
| GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 80 Jesse Hill, Jr Drive Se Atlanta, GA 30303 | Yes | 17.86 mi | Compare |
| DECATUR (ATLANTA) VA MEDICAL CENTER | 1670 Clairmont Road Decatur, GA 30033 | No | 17.98 mi | Compare |
| EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | 1364 Clifton Road, Ne Atlanta, GA 30322 | Yes | 17.99 mi | Compare |
| WELLSTAR DOUGLAS HOSPITAL | 8954 Hospital Drive Douglasville, GA 30134 | Yes | 18.91 mi | Compare |
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