Saint Anthony Hospital

Saint Anthony Hospital, 2875 W. 19th St., Chicago, Illinois 60623

Saint Anthony Hospital is located on Chicago’s southwest side. Its overall rating has three stars out of five. The hospital has acute care as well as emergency department services. Saint Anthony Hospital is able to track patient’s lab results, tests and referrals electronically between visits. The facility uses both outpatient and inpatient safe surgery checklists.

The survey of patient’s experiences which provides the five-star rating allows consumers to more quickly and easily access the patient’s experience of other patients. The higher number of stars, the better the quality care at the hospital. The surgery assessment was done by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS).

At Saint Anthony Hospital, 77% of patients reported that their nurses “always” communicated well. The Illinois and national averages are both 80% in this category. 80% of the hospital’s patients who reported that their doctors “always” communicated well was at 80%. The Illinois and national averages are both 82%. 62% of Saint Anthony Hospital’s patients reported that staff “always” explained medicines before giving it to them. 56% of patients at Saint Anthony Hospital survey said that they “strongly agree” they understood their care when they left the hospital. The percentage was higher than both the Illinois and national averages which stand at 53% and 52%, respectively. 64% of the patients at the hospital gave this hospital a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest). The Illinois and national averages were both 72%.

Infections are always a problem at many Illinois hospitals. Saint Anthony Hospital reports few infections other than four in the C. Diff. identified in intestinal infections. A predicted number of infections with the patients that were surveyed would have been 7.858 who would have been affected by this infection. The evaluation noted that this would be no different than the national benchmark.

The hospital’s website is www.saintanthonyhospital.org.