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Wheaton Community Hospital vs Prairie Ridge Hospital and Health Services vs Hillsboro Medical Center - CAH

Side by side on Medicare (CMS) ratings, patient survey results, ER times, infections, readmissions and more.

Hospital comparison: Wheaton Community Hospital, Prairie Ridge Hospital and Health Services and Hillsboro Medical Center - CAH
3 hospitals Wheaton Community Hospital Wheaton, MN ✕ Remove Prairie Ridge Hospital and Health Services Elbow Lake, MN ✕ Remove Hillsboro Medical Center - CAH Hillsboro, ND ✕ Remove
Overview
Location Wheaton, MN Elbow Lake, MN Hillsboro, ND
Hospital type Critical Access Critical Access Critical Access
Ownership Voluntary Non-Profit - Private Voluntary Non-Profit - Private Voluntary Non-Profit - Private
Emergency room Yes Yes Yes
Ratings
Google rating 4.0 of 5 (1 reviews) 3.0 of 5 (16 reviews) 4.0 of 5 (1 reviews)
Emergency room
Typical ER visitMedian minutes, patients sent home 1 hr 43 min 2 hr 8 min 1 hr 12 min
Left before being seen 0% 0% 0%
ER volume Low Low Low
Safety
Death rate: Hospital-wide, all conditionsWithin 30 days, risk-adjusted 3.8% 3.8% 4.3%
Readmissions
Hospital visits within 7 days of an outpatient colonoscopy 12.8
Same as national
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Timely care
Typical time in the ER before going homeLower is better 103 min 128 min 72 min
Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeLower is better – 235 min –
Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityLower is better 167 min 225 min 113 min
Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better 0% 0% 0%
Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better 88% 60% 97%
Discharged on two opioids, or an opioid and a benzodiazepineLower is better 28% 28% 15%

"Better" or "worse" means CMS found a statistically significant difference from the national rate. Figures without a verdict are shown for context; small differences may be chance. A dash means CMS has no result for that hospital, often because it treats too few patients for that measure. About the data.

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How to compare hospitals

Start with the CMS overall star rating, which rolls up deaths, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Then look at the measures that matter for your situation: infection and complication results before surgery, maternity measures if you're expecting, and ER times for emergencies.

Most hospitals are "no different from national" on most measures. A single "worse" result covers one measure over a past period; ask the hospital about it rather than ruling it out. In an emergency, go to the nearest emergency room or call 911.