ADIRONDACK MEDICAL CENTER - SARANAC LAKE, NY

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Addresss:
2233 STATE ROUTE 86
SARANAC LAKE, NY, 12983
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (518) 891-4141

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: ADIRONDACK MEDICAL CENTER ESRD

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 13.41
Registered Professional Nurses : 137.35
Other Salaried Personnel : 280.97
Dieticians : 2.21
Occupational Therapists : 2.00
Physical Therapists : 13.86
Registered Pharmacists : 3.17
Respiratory Therapists : 2.96
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 0.63
Physicians : 6.73
Medical Social Workers : 0.26
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 16.60
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 2.22
Physician Assistants : 12.90
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 9.57
Nurse Practitioners: 2.03

Number Of Beds
Total: 95
Total Certified: 95
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 12

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Geriatric Psychiatric Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,054
New York:

$15,244
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,935
New York:

$5,248
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

2.24%
New York:

0.63%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,601
New York:

$23,294
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,685
State:

$7,529
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.86%
New York:

1.43%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,531
State:

$21,478
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,151
New York:

$7,326
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

3.88%
New York:

2.35%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,818
New York:

$23,013
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,570
New York:

$8,087
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

2.45%
New York:

1.94%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,764
State:

$18,668
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,856
State:

$6,361
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

6.53%
New York:

3.99%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,313
State:

$27,960
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,749
State:

$8,863
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

2.86%
State:

1.98%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,192
State:

$26,907
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,102
New York:

$9,020
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

5.10%
State:

3.05%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,276
New York:

$41,330
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,158
State:

$13,648
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

4.69%
New York:

2.38%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,877
State:

$17,445
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,753
State:

$5,979
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.86%
New York:

1.37%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,996
State:

$33,214
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,629
New York:

$10,434
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.86%
New York:

1.22%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,644
State:

$21,451
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,572
New York:

$7,036
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

2.24%
State:

2.87%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,116
New York:

$45,478
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,522
State:

$17,066
Number of discharges: 66
Here:

13.47%
State:

4.46%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,706
New York:

$61,440
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,124
State:

$21,855
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.86%
New York:

0.58%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$49,856
New York:

$128,517
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$38,858
New York:

$46,905
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

2.24%
New York:

0.47%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,755
State:

$23,275
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,138
New York:

$7,174
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

2.65%
New York:

1.10%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,424
State:

$18,413
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,667
State:

$6,139
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

5.31%
State:

2.44%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,625
State:

$47,465
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,909
New York:

$17,315
Number of discharges: 94
Here:

19.18%
New York:

5.04%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,306
State:

$29,226
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,511
New York:

$9,822
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

7.14%
State:

1.68%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,203
New York:

$24,560
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,831
State:

$8,494
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.86%
New York:

2.61%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,597
New York:

$38,332
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,635
New York:

$12,495
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

3.06%
New York:

1.49%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,090
State:

$19,174
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,390
New York:

$6,619
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

2.65%
New York:

3.39%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

92.0%
New York:

99.0%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

6
New York:

10
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

98.0%
New York:

97.3%
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival
Here:

91
State:

72
Median Time to Fibrinolysis
Here:

18
State:

26

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

96.0%
New York:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

81.0%
State:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

100.0%
State:

92.8%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
This Hospital:

98.0%
New York:

93.8%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.5%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

94.0%
New York:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

68.0%
New York:

90.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

95.0%
New York:

94.0%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

97.0%
New York:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

98.0%
New York:

97.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

85.0%
New York:

97.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

85.0%
New York:

98.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

87.0%
State:

92.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

95.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

90.0%
New York:

94.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

90.0%
New York:

94.4%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

99.0%
State:

99.1%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

15.5%
New York:

14.3%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

10.8%
New York:

11.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

10.9%
State:

11.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

19.7%
State:

20.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

24.5%
New York:

26.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

19.8%
State:

19.8%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.442%
State:

0.660%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.442%
New York:

0.435%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 35%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
New York:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
New York:

20%
Always
Here:

81%
State:

73%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
State:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

11%
New York:

17%
Always
Here:

85%
New York:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

15%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
New York:

27%
Always
Here:

70%
New York:

58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
New York:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
State:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

74%
New York:

66%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

16%
New York:

24%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
New York:

58%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
New York:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
New York:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

73%
New York:

67%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

13%
New York:

17%
Usually
This Hospital:

35%
New York:

34%
Always
Here:

52%
State:

49%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes
Here:

84%
New York:

81%
No
This Hospital:

16%
State:

19%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower
This Hospital:

8%
State:

12%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

24%
New York:

27%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

68%
State:

61%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

5%
New York:

7%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

24%
New York:

29%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

71%
New York:

64%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

19.100%
New York:

11.437%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.612%
New York:

0.112%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.640%
New York:

0.030%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

9.200%
State:

5.961%

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