Benchmarking Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital in Solvang, CA against
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Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital in Solvang, CA, along with San Ramon Regional Medical Center in San Ramon, CA, are the only two hospitals out of 378 in California 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.
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital has these nationwide comparisons, plus standings among those 378 hospitals:
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital has these nationwide comparisons, plus standings among those 378 hospitals:
- median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status = 56 mins (14th-lowest, tied)
the nationwide average is 99.0 mins - median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients = 117 mins (22nd-lowest, tied)
the nationwide average is 142.1 mins - median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged psychiatric/mental health patients = 217 mins (75th-lowest, tied)
the nationwide average is 258.2 mins - patients who left the emergency department before being seen = 1% (34th-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 = 80% (48th-most, tied)
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.
- in state. 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.
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital in Solvang, CA is in Santa Barbara County, CA, is in the Western states, provides emergency services, meets criteria for promoting interoperability of Electronic Health Records, is critical access, is voluntary non-profit (private), its emergency department volume is low, is better than the national patient-care averages in 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:
- patients who arrived to the emergency department with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 minutes (80%)
- healthcare workers given influenza vaccination (68%)
- patients who left the emergency department before being seen (1%)
- median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status (56 mins)
- median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients (117 mins)
- median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged psychiatric/mental health patients (217 mins)
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