Loading ads...
No ads

Overview of Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital is a 98-bed hospital offering a full range of healthcare services including emergency services. Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital is a short-term, acute-care community hospital in DeKalb, Illinois, with more than 150 physicians on the medical staff. The Emergency Department at Kishwaukee Hospital provides 24-hour access to board-certified emergency physicians.

With Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, we’re dedicated to consistently providing high-quality, cost-effective, patient-focused care. We seek to improve the health of the communities, individuals, family and friends we serve by delivering a broad range of services with leading medicine and compassion. Because what makes us better, makes you better.

Total beds: 98

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospital

No of Affiliated Doctors: 197

Specialities: Multi Speciality
Affiliated Providers :
Show all 197 doctors

Patient ratings

of Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital

Overall

(3.2/5)

Doctor's care

(3.7/5)

Nursing care

(4.3/5)

Food Services

(4.0/5)

Speciality Summary

Emergency Room

(3.2/5)

Medicare Quality data

The Medicare quality data presented below is derived from the www.cms.gov hospital compare data. Star ratings are limited in scope to the data sources they are derived from. The Hospital Compare overall hospital rating summarizes a variety of measures across 7 areas of quality into a single rating for each hospital.


Overall rating

(2/5)

Patient Experience

(2/5)

Safety of care

(2/5)

Timeliness of care

(2/5)

Staying out of Hospital after treatment

(1/5)


Above national average

Same as national average

Below national average

Patient Experience (HCHAPS) data from Medicare


This data is based on HCAHPS survey by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (www.cms.gov).The HCAHPS survey is administered to a random sample of adult patients across medical conditions between 48 hours and 6 weeks after discharge; the survey isn't restricted to Medicare beneficiaries. Hospital Compare currently reports results for the categories listed below.    

68% Patients that would definitely recommend ( 4% lower than the national average )

Patient reviews of Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital

mat579323
04-20-2020

Services Used: Emergency Room

Fast and Efficient. Willing to help at all times for he day.

  • Date Visited 04-2020
  • Overall Satisfaction

    Care by Doctors
    Care by Nurses
    Hospital Cleanliness
    Hosptial Food services

Recommended: Yes

mrm865
Reviewer
04-18-2018

Services Used: Emergency Room

The doctors and nurses have always been great in explaining the situation and what they thought would be best for the patient.

  • Date Visited 06-2016
  • Overall Satisfaction

    Care by Doctors
    Care by Nurses
    Hospital Cleanliness
    Hosptial Food services

Recommended: Yes

mol309
Reviewer
04-17-2018

Services Used: Emergency Room

The wait was long, but once I got to a room things went okay.b

  • Date Visited 01-2018
  • Overall Satisfaction

    Care by Doctors
    Care by Nurses
    Hospital Cleanliness
    Hosptial Food services

Recommended: Maybe

FAQ's ABOUT HOSPITAL

Aetna, Aetna Golden Medicare, Aetna Health Exchange Plan, BCBS of Illinois, Care Improvement Plus, Champus/Tricare, CIGNA HealthCare, Coventry, Harmony HealthLink, Health Alliance, Humana – Choice Care Network, Humana Medicare Advantage Plan, Illinicare, Medicare, Medicaid, Meridian, Molina Health Exchange, Molina Healthcare Tricare, UniCare Life & Health Insurance Company, UnitedHealthcare Commercial Managed Care, UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage

98

1998

The hospital accepts various types of health insurance, but individual coverage may be variable. You should check with your insurance whether the hospital is in network or not. You can make payment via cash, online, credit card or debit card.

Elburn, Train station

DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport

You can request an appointment with specific doctor on hospital's website or make appointment request on HealthSoul.

Loading ads...
No ads

HEALTHCARE Q&A

Do You Have Questions About Healthcare? ASK A QUESTION

Loading ads...
No ads
Loading ads...
No ads

Privacy Policy

As part of my use of HealthSoul, I acknowledge the use of my information will be processed in accordance with the HealthSoul Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By clicking "Accept", I am hereby providing consent to this use and agree to all of the terms and conditions.