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Pondera Medical Center vs Covenant Children's Hospital vs Teton Medical Center

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

Hospital comparison: Pondera Medical Center, Covenant Children's Hospital and Teton Medical Center
3 hospitals Pondera Medical Center Conrad, MT ✕ Remove Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX ✕ Remove Teton Medical Center Choteau, MT ✕ Remove
Overview
Location Conrad, MT Lubbock, TX Choteau, MT
Hospital type Critical Access Children's Critical Access
Ownership Voluntary Non-Profit - Private Voluntary Non-Profit - Private Voluntary Non-Profit - Private
Emergency room Yes Yes Yes
Beds – 73 –
Ratings
Google rating 3.0 of 5 (7 reviews) – –
Emergency room
Typical ER visitMedian minutes, patients sent home 1 hr 29 min – 1 hr 34 min
Left before being seen 4% – 0%
ER volume Low – Low
Readmissions
Hospital visits within 7 days of an outpatient colonoscopy 13.5
Same as national
– –
Timely care
Typical time in the ER before going homeLower is better 89 min – 94 min
Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeLower is better 137 min – 93 min
Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityLower is better 181 min – 147 min
Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better 4% – 0%
Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better 28% – 42%
Blood clot prevention givenHigher is better – – 50%

"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.