WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Wilkes Regional Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 that serves the Wilkes county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
1370 West D StNorth Wilkesboro, NC 28659
Phone: (336) 651-8100
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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: Government - Local
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.
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 Wilkes Regional 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: AverageQuiet Rooms: Good
Cleanliness: Good
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average
EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES
These performance measures at Wilkes Regional 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: 24 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 49 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 45 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 38 minutes before receiving pain meds.
HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Wilkes Regional Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in North Carolina or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT
The provider's use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of NC. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 229 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 288 minutes in North Carolina. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 45 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 95 minutes in North Carolina. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 97% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 96% average score of North Carolina. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 120 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 151 minutes in North Carolina. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 24 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 30 minutes in North Carolina. - Emergency Department:
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being seen Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 1% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 2% average score of North Carolina. - 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 98% average score of North Carolina. - 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 5 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 8 minutes in North Carolina. - Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early
The provider's Pregnancy and Delivery Care performance score of 0% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 2% average score of North Carolina. - 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 98% average score of North Carolina. - Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal
The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure catheter removal is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina. - 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 98% average score of North Carolina. - Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina. - Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two Stroke Care: better performance with antithrombotic medication by day two
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure antithrombotic medication by day two is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina. - Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education Stroke Care: better performance with stroke education
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure stroke education is better than the 95% average score of North Carolina. - 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 95% average score of North Carolina. - 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 97% average score of North Carolina. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with anticoagulation
overlap therapy
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure anticoagulation overlap therapy is better than the 96% average score of North Carolina. - 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 99% average score of North Carolina. - 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 95% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 92% average score of North Carolina.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGH CHATHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 180 Parkwood Dr Elkin, NC 28621 | Yes | 19.18 mi | Compare |
| ALLEGHANY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 617 Doctors Street Sparta, NC 28675 | Yes | 24.23 mi | Compare |
| ASHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 200 Hospital Ave Jefferson, NC 28640 | Yes | 24.82 mi | Compare |
| CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 321 Mulberry St Sw Lenoir, NC 28645 | Yes | 27.21 mi | Compare |
| YADKIN VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | 624 West Main St Yadkinville, NC 27055 | Yes | 27.23 mi | Compare |
| WATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER | 336 Deerfield Road Boone, NC 28607 | Yes | 27.76 mi | Compare |
| DAVIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 218 Old Mocksbville Rd Po Box 1823 Statesville, NC 28687 | Yes | 29.85 mi | Compare |
| IREDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC | 557 Brookdale Dr P O Box 1828 Statesville, NC 28677 | Yes | 30.07 mi | Compare |
| FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 420 N Center St Hickory, NC 28601 | Yes | 30.76 mi | Compare |
| CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER | 810 Fairgrove Church Rd Hickory, NC 28602 | Yes | 31.28 mi | Compare |
| DAVIE MEDICAL CENTER | 223 Hospital Street Mocksville, NC 27028 | Yes | 37.39 mi | Compare |
| TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL | 200 Hospital Drive Galax, VA 24333 | Yes | 37.76 mi | Compare |
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