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St Bernards Five Rivers Medical Center vs Unity Health - Newport

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

Hospital comparison: St Bernards Five Rivers Medical Center and Unity Health - Newport
2 hospitals St Bernards Five Rivers Medical Center Pocahontas, AR ✕ Remove Unity Health - Newport Newport, AR ✕ Remove
Overview
Location Pocahontas, AR Newport, AR
Hospital type Rural Emergency Hospital Critical Access
Ownership Voluntary Non-Profit - Private Government - Local
Emergency room Yes Yes
Ratings
Would definitely recommend – 70% of patients
Emergency room
Typical ER visitMedian minutes, patients sent home – 1 hr 43 min
Left before being seen – 0%
ER volume – Low
Safety
Death rate: Pneumonia patientsWithin 30 days, risk-adjusted – 17.3%
Death rate: COPD patientsWithin 30 days, risk-adjusted – 8.3%
Death rate: Hospital-wide, all conditionsWithin 30 days, risk-adjusted – 4.3%
Readmissions
Readmitted: Heart failureWithin 30 days – 20.4%
Readmitted: PneumoniaWithin 30 days – 17.8%
Readmitted: COPD (chronic lung disease)Within 30 days – 20.4%
Extra days back in hospital after pneumonia – +28.7
Timely care
Sepsis: got all recommended early treatmentHigher is better – 21%
Stroke: brain scan read within 45 minutes of ER arrivalHigher is better – 67%
Typical time in the ER before going homeLower is better – 103 min
Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeLower is better – 265 min
Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityLower is better – 295 min
Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better – 0%
Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better – 54%
Discharged on two opioids, or an opioid and a benzodiazepineLower is better – 13%

"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.