St. Francis Hospital-Wilmington
Overview
Patient Experience
Medical Surgical ICU
Yes
Cardiac ICU
No
Bariatric/Weight Control Services
Yes
Addiction Treatment Services
None
Onsite Emergency Department
Yes
Patient Experience
Medical Surgical ICU
Yes
Cardiac ICU
No
Bariatric/Weight Control Services
Yes
Addiction Treatment Services
None
Onsite Emergency Department
Yes
Doctors at St. Francis Hospital-Wilmington
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Karen Alderfer MD
Trevose, PA
Radiology
Interventional Neuroradiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Carissa M. Baker-Smith MD
Wilmington, DE
Pediatric Cardiology
General Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiac Genetics, Pediatric Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation
Bikash Bose MD
Newark, DE
Neurosurgery
Brain & Spinal Tumor, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, Peripheral Nerve
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Satisfaction with the hospital overall
How the patient felt about their hospital stay and discharge overall.
Willingness to recommend
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Satisfaction with doctors’ communications
How patients rated physicians in listening and explaining in a way that patients could understand.
Satisfaction with nurses’ communications
How patients rated nurses in listening and explaining in a way that patients could understand.
Satisfaction with efforts to prevent medication harm
How well medications, how they were to be taken, and side effects were explained before they were administered.
Satisfaction with quality of discharge information
How well staff reviewed adequacy of help at home and provided enough information in writing about symptoms and problems to watch for.
Satisfaction with involvement in recovery
How well patients’ wishes were considered in discharge planning and how well patients understood when they left how to care for themselves, what medications they will take and why.
Satisfaction with staff responsiveness
How promptly help was provided when needed or requested.
Satisfaction with hospital room cleanliness
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Satisfaction with noise volume
How well patients rated the quietness of their hospital experience.
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Health Equity
Health equity is the absence of unjust and avoidable differences among groups of people, regardless of social, economic, or demographic identification. U.S. News evaluates hospital performance in health equity by analyzing data on various dimensions of equity for historically underserved patients.
See how we collect and evaluate data for health equityRacial Disparities in OutcomesNew
How successful the hospital is in enabling Black patients to live at home during their first 30 days of recovery, compared to White patients at that hospital. Recovery at home, rather than at a hospital or nursing home, is preferred by most patients and families.
Days at home after knee replacement, hip replacement, or back surgery (spinal fusion)
Average
Charity Care
How well hospital spending on free and discounted care for uninsured patients aligns with the proportion of uninsured in the surrounding community.
Charity care provision for uninsured patients
Similar to other hospitals
Community Residents Who Accessed Care at this HospitalNew
How well the surrounding community is represented in the population treated by the hospital.
Representation of low-income patients
Similar to other hospitals
Breakdown by Race & Ethnicity
The percentage of patients treated by the hospital for elective procedures compared to the community. County and state percentages were not included in the calculation of hospital scores.
Representation of non-white patients
Comparable to or higher than the community
Demographics
Representation of Black patients
Comparable to or higher than the community
Demographics
Representation of Asian American and Pacific Islander patients
Insufficient data
Representation of Hispanic patients
Insufficient data
Representation of Native American patients
Insufficient data
Certain data used for the health equity analysis was provided by CareJourney and the Dartmouth Atlas Data website.
Elements of the Racial Disparities in Outcomes and Breakdown by Race & Ethnicity measures were developed by CareJourney using data accessed securely through the CMS Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC).
The data set forth at certain elements of the Community Residents Who Accessed Care at This Hospital and Charity Care portions of this Health Equity section were obtained from the Dartmouth Atlas Data website, which was funded by the...
Contact & Location
- Address
- Seventh and Clayton Streets Wilmington, DE 19805-0500
- Phone Number
- (302) 421-4100
Hospital Location
St. Francis Hospital-Wilmington
Seventh and Clayton Streets, Wilmington, DE, 19805-0500
Map Key
Affiliated Hospital
