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Updated September 19, 2019

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KERN VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT

6412 laurel ave, lake isabella, Calif. 93240

(760) 379-2681

47% of Patients Would "Definitely Recommend" this Hospital
(Calif. Avg: 70%)

1 violation related to ER care since 2015

Hospital Type

Critical Access Hospitals

Hospital Owner

Government - Hospital District or Authority

ER Volume

Low (0 - 20K patients a year)

See this hospital's CMS profile page or inspection reports.

Patient Pathways Through This ER

After a patient arrives at the emergency room, they are typically seen by a doctor or medical practitioner and then either sent home or admitted to the hospital and taken to a room. A small percentage of patients leave without being seen. The chart below shows on average how long each of these pathways take. Lower numbers are better, and all times refer to the average length of time people waited.

Arrives at ER
5% of patients leave without being seen
9hrs 9min Admitted to hospital
12hrs 24min Taken to room
3hrs 14min Sent home

All wait times are average.

Detailed Quality Measures

Here is a more in depth look at each quality measure, compared to state and national averages for hospitals with low ER volumes. Experts caution that very small differences between hospitals for a given measure are unlikely to correspond to noticeable differences in the real world.

Measure
Average for this Hospital
How this Hospital Compares

(to other hospitals with similar
ER volumes, when available)

Discharged Patients
Time Until Sent Home

Average time patients spent in the emergency room before being sent home (if not admitted).

3hrs 14min
National Avg.
1hr 53min
Calif. Avg.
2hrs 10min
This Hospital
3hrs 14min
Impatient Patients
Left Without
Being Seen

Percentage of patients who left the emergency room without being seen by a doctor or medical practitioner.

5%
Avg. U.S. Hospital
2%
Avg. Calif. Hospital
2%
This Hospital
5%
Admitted Patients
Time Before Admission

Average time patients spent in the emergency room before being admitted to the hospital.

9hrs 9min
National Avg.
3hrs 30min
Calif. Avg.
4hrs 49min
This Hospital
9hrs 9min
Admitted Patients
Transfer Time

Among patients admitted, additional time they spent waiting before being taken to their room (sometimes referred to as "boarding time.")

3hrs 15min
National Avg.
57min
Calif. Avg.
1hr 50min
This Hospital
3hrs 15min
Special Patients
CT Scan

Percentage of patients who arrived with stroke symptoms and did not receive brain scan results within 45 mins.

No Data Available

The number of cases/patients is too few to report.

National Avg.
27%
Calif. Avg.
28%
This Hospital
No Data Available

Violations Related to ER Care

Problems found in emergency rooms at this hospital since 2015, as identified during the investigation of a complaint. About This Data →

Violation
Full Text
EMERGENCY ROOM LOG

Oct 21, 2015

Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to follow it's policy and procedure to log all patients presenting to the emergency department which had the potential to result missing information to determine if all patient care needs were met.

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Based on interview and record review, the hospital failed to follow it's policy and procedure to log all patients presenting to the emergency department which had the potential to result missing information to determine if all patient care needs were met. Findings: During a concurrent interview with the Quality Improvement Manager (QIM), on 10/21/15 at 10:10 AM and review of the electronic emergency department patient log, the patient list for 10/13/15 was reviewed. There was no entry for Patient 10 noted on the log. This was confirmed by the QIM. During an interview with Registered Nurse (RN) 1 on 10/21/15 at 11:45 AM, she stated she was the nurse on duty in the emergency department when Patient 10 arrived at the hospital. She stated the hospital received a call on the radio from the ambulance staff stating they were in route with a patient with a possible hip dislocation. She stated when Patient 10 arrived, she was at the hospital for less than five minutes before the paramedic reloaded Patient 10 into the ambulance and drove away because Patient 10 refused to stay. RN 1 stated she did not have time to triage Patient 10, take her vital signs, or prepare a chart. She stated there was no entry of Patient 10 into the emergency department log. The hospital policy and procedure titled "Emergency Department Patient Registration", dated 11/2007, indicated "All Emergency Department patient information will be maintained in a central log..."

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Notes

“Average time” refers to the median wait time (the midpoint of all patients' wait times). References to “doctor or medical practitioner” indicate a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician's assistant. CMS reports the CT scan quality measure as the percentage of patients who received a scan within 45 minutes. We have reversed that measure so that all measures follow a “lower is better” pattern.

Additional design and development by Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei.

Sources

All data comes from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Detailed quality measures at the hospital, state and national level were last updated September 2019. Most data was collected between October 2017 and October 2018. Data on ER-related violations is from January 2015 to June 2019.

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