Benchmarking Tawas St Joseph Hospital in Tawas City, MI against
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Tawas St Joseph Hospital in Tawas City, MI, along with Midmichigan Medical Center-Gladwin in Gladwin, MI, are the only two hospitals out of 31 within 100 miles that are better than the nationwide emergency department averages in each of admit decision to inpatient admission, arrival to discharge, arrival to discharge for psychiatrics, patients who left before being seen, and patients with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 mins. Nationwide there are 163 such hospitals.
Tawas St Joseph Hospital has these nationwide comparisons, plus standings among those 31 hospitals:
Tawas St Joseph Hospital has these nationwide comparisons, plus standings among those 31 hospitals:
- median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status = 52 mins (10th-lowest, tied)
the nationwide average is 99.0 mins - median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients = 97 mins (2nd-lowest)
the nationwide average is 142.1 mins - median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged psychiatric/mental health patients = 162 mins (2nd-lowest)
the nationwide average is 258.2 mins - patients who left the emergency department before being seen = 0% (the fewest, tied)
the nationwide average is 1.5% - patients who arrived to the emergency department with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 minutes = 78% (7th-fewest)
the nationwide average is 73.7%
- are better than the nationwide emergency department averages in. Bigger sets are better. (1) The average nationwide value of admit decision to inpatient admission (median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status) is 99.0 mins, so better is below that. Refer to update frequency and current data collection period. (2) The average nationwide value of arrival to discharge (median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients) is 142.1 mins, so better is below that. Refer to update frequency and current data collection period. (3) The average nationwide value of arrival to discharge for psychiatrics (median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged psychiatric/mental health patients) is 258.2 mins, so better is below that. Refer to update frequency and current data collection period. (4) The average nationwide value of patients who left before being seen (patients who left the emergency department before being seen) is 1.5%, so better is below that. Refer to update frequency and current data collection period. (5) The average nationwide value of patients with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 mins (patients who arrived to the emergency department with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 minutes) is 73.7%, so better is above that. Refer to update frequency and current data collection period. Except where noted, all data come from the Oct 28, 2020 update at Hospital Compare. Changes over one year compare to the Oct 2019 update. Changes over two years compare to the Oct 2018 update.
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within 100 miles.
- The Latitude and Longitude data used by this application were all obtained from the Google Map's geolocation API.
- In some cases, the actual street-level addresses were not available, specifically when only PO Boxes were provided, so in those cases, zip code coordinates were likely used. And because the average land area of a zip code is around 90 square miles, it is possible that some locations may be misrepresented.
Tawas St Joseph Hospital in Tawas City, MI is in Iosco County, MI, is better than the national rate of hospital return days for pneumonia patients, provides emergency services, meets criteria for promoting interoperability of Electronic Health Records, is acute care, is government-owned (hospital district or authority), its emergency department volume is low, has a 5-star rating in staff responsiveness, has a 1- or 2-star rating in doctor communication, has a 4- or 5-star rating in each of cleanliness, communication about medicines, discharge information, nurse communication, quietness, and staff responsiveness (6 total), has at least a 3-star rating in each of care transition, cleanliness, communication about medicines, discharge information, nurse communication, overall patient rating, quietness, recommendation of hospital, and staff responsiveness (9 total), is worse than the national patient-care averages in efficient use of medical imaging, is better than the national patient-care averages in both readmission and timeliness of care, and is better than the nationwide emergency department averages in each of admit decision to inpatient admission, arrival to discharge, arrival to discharge for psychiatrics, patients who left before being seen, and patients with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 mins.
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Numeric values:
- healthcare workers given influenza vaccination (99%)
- patients who arrived to the emergency department with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 minutes (78%)
- patients who received appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock (75%)
- patients who left the emergency department before being seen (0%)
- care-transition rating (3 stars)
- change in care-transition rating over one year (0 stars)
- change in care-transition rating over two years (0 stars)
- change in cleanliness rating over one year (0 stars)
- change in cleanliness rating over two years (0 stars)
- change in communication-about-medicines rating over one year (+1 star)
- change in communication-about-medicines rating over two years (0 stars)
- change in discharge-information rating over one year (0 stars)
- change in discharge-information rating over two years (0 stars)
- change in doctor-communication rating over one year (0 stars)
- change in doctor-communication rating over two years (0 stars)
- change in nurse-communication rating over one year (+1 star)
- change in nurse-communication rating over two years (+1 star)
- change in overall hospital rating over one year (0 stars)
- change in overall hospital rating over two years (0 stars)
- change in overall patient rating over one year (0 stars)
- change in overall patient rating over two years (0 stars)
- change in patient-recommendation rating over one year (0 stars)
- change in patient-recommendation rating over two years (0 stars)
- change in quietness rating over one year (+1 star)
- change in quietness rating over two years (+1 star)
- change in staff-responsiveness rating over one year (0 stars)
- change in staff-responsiveness rating over two years (0 stars)
- change in summary rating over one year (+1 star)
- change in summary rating over two years (+1 star)
- cleanliness rating (4 stars)
- communication-about-medicines rating (4 stars)
- discharge-information rating (4 stars)
- doctor-communication rating (2 stars)
- nurse-communication rating (4 stars)
- overall hospital rating (4 stars)
- overall patient rating (3 stars)
- patient recommendation rating (3 stars)
- quietness rating (4 stars)
- staff-responsiveness rating (5 stars)
- summary rating (4 stars)
- median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status (52 mins)
- median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients (97 mins)
- median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged psychiatric/mental health patients (162 mins)
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