WILLIS KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Shreveport, LA 71103
WILLIS KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER PROFILE
Willis Knighton Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Shreveport, LA 71103 that serves the Caddo county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.
WILLIS KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER
2600 Greenwood RoadShreveport, LA 71103
Phone: (318) 212-4000
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Patient Survey Summary Rating Summary Star Rating
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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 - 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 Willis Knighton 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: GoodQuiet Rooms: Good
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Good
These performance measures at Willis Knighton 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: 52 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 13 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 32 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 41 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 14 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Willis Knighton Medical Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Louisiana or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance for infection from hysterectomy Better performance for infection from hysterectomy
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for infection from hysterectomy - Better performance for mrsa infections Better performance for mrsa infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for mrsa infections - Better performance for intestinal infections Better performance for intestinal infections
The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for intestinal infections - 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 LA. - 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 LA. - Better mortality rates with average payment for heart failure care Better mortality rates with average payment for heart failure care
The provider has better mortality rates and is more efficient with average payments for heart failure care patients. - Better performance for heart failure 30-day mortality rate Better performance for heart failure 30-day mortality rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for heart failure 30-day mortality rate. - Better performance for pneumonia 30-day mortality rate Better performance for pneumonia 30-day mortality rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for pneumonia 30-day mortality rate. - Better performance for copd 30-day readmission rate Better performance for copd 30-day readmission rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for copd 30-day readmission rate. - Better performance for heart failure 30-day readmission rate Better performance for heart failure 30-day readmission rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for heart failure 30-day readmission rate. - Better performance for hospital-wide unplanned 30-day readmission rate Better performance for hospital-wide unplanned 30-day readmission rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for hospital-wide unplanned 30-day readmission rate. - Better performance for pneumonia 30-day readmission rate Better performance for pneumonia 30-day readmission rate
Compared to the national average rate the provider has a better performance for pneumonia 30-day readmission rate. - 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 97% average score of Louisiana. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 95% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 92% average score of Louisiana. - 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 93% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 92% average score of Louisiana. - 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 97% average score of Louisiana. - 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 97% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 93% average score of Louisiana. - Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with incidence of preventable blood clots
The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 9% for the quality measure incidence of preventable blood clots is better than the 5% average score of Louisiana.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
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UNIVERSITY HEALTH SHREVEPORT | 1541 Kings Highway Shreveport, LA 71103 | Yes | 1.1 mi | Compare |
CHRISTUS HEALTH SHREVEPORT - BOSSIER | 1453 E Bert Kouns Industrial Drive Shreveport, LA 71105 | Yes | 1.88 mi | Compare |
SPECIALISTS HOSPITAL SHREVEPORT | 1500 Line Avenue Shreveport, LA 71101 | No | 2.11 mi | Compare |
OVERTON BROOKS VA MEDICAL CENTER - SHREVEPORT | 510 East Stoner Avenue Shreveport, LA 71101 | No | 3.61 mi | Compare |
WILLIS KNIGHTON BOSSIER HEALTH CENTER | 2400 Hospital Dr Bossier City, LA 71111 | Yes | 6.24 mi | Compare |
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