CareLuminate Quality and Safety Report
University Of Alabama Hospital
619 SOUTH 19TH STREET
BIRMINGHAM, AL
(205) 934-4011
Patient
Recommendation
Strong: Top 20% Hospital
Patient Feedback
Nurse Feedback
Registered Nurse Feedback
79%
Strong: Top 20% Hospital
Based on 79% of 6,613 interviewed patients who would definitely recommend this hospital. Interviews completed as part of HCAHPS patient feedback surveys. Public data not collected by CareLuminate.
Estimated Nurse Recommendation
81%
of Nurses Recommend to Their Loved Ones
CareLuminate does not have nurse interviews for this hospital currently, but is estimating the Nurse Recommendation Score based on the strong relationship between patient feedback and nurse feedback.
How Does CareLuminate Estimate The Nurse Recommendation Score?
With over 1,000 nurses having participated with CareLuminate to date, we have found that the relationship between hospital patient recommendation ratings and nurse recommendation ratings is very strong (p<.001, R-squared = .42).
While the two ratings are often similar, the comments from nurses are extremely important because they show an important 'inside view' into strengths or concerns in a hospital. CareLuminate is working towards offering nurse insights into every hospital in the US.
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Nurses Say it Straight
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Nurses Say it Straight
These comments are not from nurses at University Of Alabama Hospital but are instead nurse comments from hospitals with a similar size and quality ratings for illustration of what feedback from nurses at a hospital of this size and quality might be.
St. Joseph's: kind, helpful, and caring. They treat you like family to help you get well.
Excellent quality of care with skilled team, teamwork, collaboration, and adequate staff including residents, interns, and nursing students.
Overall, the hospital is doing a good job and worth mentioning that it is now a teaching hospital for doctors.
Depends on what they're looking for. Strong CT, cardiothoracic program. AHA-certified with stroke treatments, but all done via telehealth. Uncomfortable with Stanford consultations. Not for pediatrics.
Unsafe practices, old and disconnected systems, poor safety practices. Don't go there, I wouldn't refer my loved ones to Dameron Hospital.
Don't go to Dameron, policies and processes are not well put together, staff is unhappy, management doesn't pay attention to teams.
It's okay, but could be better. Amazing travelers, but problematic long term staff.
I would definitely recommend my friends and neighbors to come here for both elective and emergency care because we're pretty good.
Amazing care, amazing staff. Great discussions with physicians. High level of care and attention. Unable to do certain procedures.
Nurses Say it Straight
These comments are not from nurses at University Of Alabama Hospital but are instead nurse comments from hospitals with a similar size and quality ratings for illustration of what feedback from nurses at a hospital of this size and quality might be.
St. Joseph's: kind, helpful, and caring. They treat you like family to help you get well.
Excellent quality of care with skilled team, teamwork, collaboration, and adequate staff including residents, interns, and nursing students.
Overall, the hospital is doing a good job and worth mentioning that it is now a teaching hospital for doctors.
Depends on what they're looking for. Strong CT, cardiothoracic program. AHA-certified with stroke treatments, but all done via telehealth. Uncomfortable with Stanford consultations. Not for pediatrics.
Unsafe practices, old and disconnected systems, poor safety practices. Don't go there, I wouldn't refer my loved ones to Dameron Hospital.
Don't go to Dameron, policies and processes are not well put together, staff is unhappy, management doesn't pay attention to teams.
It's okay, but could be better. Amazing travelers, but problematic long term staff.
I would definitely recommend my friends and neighbors to come here for both elective and emergency care because we're pretty good.
Amazing care, amazing staff. Great discussions with physicians. High level of care and attention. Unable to do certain procedures.
Decline in hospital quality since Adventist Health took over, more confident in ICU, depends on loved one's unit.
Summary of Hospital-Reported Data
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires hospitals to collect and report on hospital quality and patient satisfaction data. While the data can be dated (collected 1 to 4 years ago) the insights are an important view into hospital safety and quality. We looked through all of this data, and here is our summary of what we found:
According to CMS HCAHPS patient ratings and quality data, University Of Alabama Hospital has shown high overall patient satisfaction. However, it should be noted that the hospital experiences extended wait times in the emergency room, with an average duration of over 3 hours for patients to be seen and treated. Furthermore, the hospital's performance in treating conditions such as pneumonia to prevent readmissions does not meet the expected standard.
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