Benchmarking Providence Seward Hospital in Seward, AK against all hospitals
Providence Seward Hospital in Seward, AK has the 2nd-lowest median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status (30 mins) of the 25 Alaska hospitals. Those 30 mins are 71% lower than the average of 102.1 mins across the 25 hospitals.
Providence Seward Hospital has these emergency-department standings among those 25 hospitals:
Note that median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status correlates (0.55) with median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients. But on the latter, Providence Seward Hospital in Seward, AK (with 146 mins) is higher (i.e., worse) than the median (126 mins) of those 25 hospitals.
Providence Seward Hospital has these emergency-department standings among those 25 hospitals:
- median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status = 30 mins (2nd-lowest)
- median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients = 146 mins (4th-highest)
- median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged psychiatric/mental health patients = 280 mins (3rd-highest)
- patients who left the emergency department before being seen = 2% (the most, tied)
Note that median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status correlates (0.55) with median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients. But on the latter, Providence Seward Hospital in Seward, AK (with 146 mins) is higher (i.e., worse) than the median (126 mins) of those 25 hospitals.
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Searhc Wrangell Medical Center-Cah in Wrangell, AK is first with 24 mins.
Incidentally, both are owned by local government and are critical access. Both are hospitals whose emergency department volume is low.
beat Providence Valdez Medical Center in Valdez, AK (50 mins), Bassett Ach (Ft Wainwright) in Fort Wainwright, AK (59 mins), 673rd Medical Group (Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson) in Jber, AK (70 mins), and South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, AK (76 mins), and others, ending with Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, AK (226 mins).
9 out of the other 24 hospitals were ruled out due to missing, unknown, or not-applicable values for median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status, e.g., Cordova Community Medical Center in Cordova, AK.
Incidentally, both are owned by local government and are critical access. Both are hospitals whose emergency department volume is low.
beat Providence Valdez Medical Center in Valdez, AK (50 mins), Bassett Ach (Ft Wainwright) in Fort Wainwright, AK (59 mins), 673rd Medical Group (Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson) in Jber, AK (70 mins), and South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, AK (76 mins), and others, ending with Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, AK (226 mins).
References
- median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status. Lower values are better. 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.