WESTLAKE REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Columbia, KY 42728

WESTLAKE REGIONAL HOSPITAL PROFILE

Westlake Regional Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Columbia, KY 42728 that serves the Adair county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

WESTLAKE REGIONAL HOSPITAL

901 Westlake Drive
Columbia, KY 42728
Phone: (270) 384-4753
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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.

Excellent

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: Government - Hospital District Or Authority

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.

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.

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 Westlake Regional 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: Excellent

Quiet Rooms: Excellent

Cleanliness: Excellent

Pain Management: Excellent

Discharge Information: Excellent

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Excellent

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Westlake Regional 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: 22 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 3 hours 57 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 4 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 1 hour 9 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Westlake Regional Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Kentucky 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
RUSSELL COUNTY HOSPITAL153 Dowell Road
Russell Springs, KY 42642
Yes12.83 miCompare
JANE TODD CRAWFORD HOSPITAL202-206 Milby Street
Greensburg, KY 42743
Yes15 miCompare
TAYLOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL1700 Old Lebanon Road
Campbellsville, KY 42718
Yes18.75 miCompare
CUMBERLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL299 Glasgow Road
Burkesville, KY 42717
Yes21.16 miCompare
CASEY COUNTY HOSPITAL187 Wolford Avenue
Liberty, KY 42539
Yes25.09 miCompare

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