YAKIMA VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Yakima, WA 98902

YAKIMA VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROFILE

Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Yakima, WA 98902 that serves the Yakima county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

YAKIMA VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

2811 Tieton Drive
Yakima, WA 98902
Phone: (509) 575-8000
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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 - 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.

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 Yakima Valley Memorial 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: Fair

Quiet Rooms: Poor

Cleanliness: Average

Pain Management: Average

Discharge Information: Average

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Average

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Yakima Valley Memorial 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: 29 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 1 hour 41 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 3 hours 20 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 1 hour 16 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 51 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Washington or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 60 mile range from this location.
Hospital Name Address Emergency Services Distance
YAKIMA REGIONAL MEDICAL AND CARDIAC CENTER110 South Ninth Ave
Yakima, WA 98902
Yes1.27 miCompare
TOPPENISH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL502 W Fourth Ave
Toppenish, WA 98948
Yes18.95 miCompare
KITTITAS VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL603 South Chestnut
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Yes27.18 miCompare
SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL1016 Tacoma Avenue
Sunnyside, WA 98944
Yes31.89 miCompare
PROSSER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL723 Memorial Street
Prosser, WA 99350
Yes45.95 miCompare

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