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Addresss:
140 ACADEMY ST - PO BOX 151
PRESQUE ISLE, ME, 04769
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (207) 768-4000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: COUNTY DIALYSIS CENTER

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 35.60
Registered Professional Nurses : 198.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 567.30
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 4.30
Dieticians : 3.00
Occupational Therapists : 8.20
Physical Therapists : 2.20
Registered Pharmacists : 6.30
Respiratory Therapists : 5.60
Physicians : 52.20
Medical Social Workers : 9.50
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 3.00
Physician Assistants : 9.30
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 16.50
Nurse Practitioners: 11.50

Number Of Beds
Total: 105
Total Certified: 105
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 16
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 6

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Chemotherapy Services
Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical 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
Outppatient Psychiatric Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 20%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
Maine:

16%
Always
Here:

78%
Maine:

81%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
State:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

76%
Maine:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

11%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
State:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
State:

71%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

27%
Maine:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
State:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

19%
Maine:

16%
Usually
Here:

22%
Maine:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

59%
State:

66%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

80%
Maine:

78%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

14%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

33%
Maine:

31%
Always
This Hospital:

53%
State:

59%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

80%
Maine:

86%
No
This Hospital:

20%
State:

14%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

10%
Maine:

6%
7 or 8
Here:

27%
State:

20%
9 or 10
Here:

63%
Maine:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

5%
State:

3%
Yes, probably
Here:

32%
Maine:

21%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

63%
State:

76%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.411%
State:

0.602%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

0.822%
Maine:

0.734%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
This Hospital:

0.411%
Maine:

0.342%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

8.700%
Maine:

7.557%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.389%
Maine:

0.075%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.240%
Maine:

0.019%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

6.600%
State:

5.252%

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,617
State:

$17,212
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,824
State:

$7,677
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

5.86%
State:

1.43%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,357
Maine:

$25,538
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,223
State:

$12,045
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

5.86%
Maine:

1.59%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,092
State:

$13,020
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,220
Maine:

$5,531
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

2.61%
Maine:

0.89%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,405
Maine:

$10,573
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,512
Maine:

$3,985
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.79%
Maine:

0.64%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,172
Maine:

$9,756
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,408
Maine:

$3,940
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

2.61%
State:

1.79%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,919
Maine:

$14,315
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,447
State:

$5,795
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

4.89%
State:

1.99%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,118
State:

$14,306
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,696
State:

$6,528
Number of discharges: 48
Here:

7.82%
State:

2.69%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,842
State:

$18,521
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,204
State:

$8,032
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

5.21%
State:

2.32%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,122
State:

$10,886
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,589
State:

$4,923
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

4.23%
Maine:

1.67%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,987
State:

$17,498
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,390
Maine:

$7,635
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

2.28%
Maine:

1.95%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,529
State:

$12,349
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,552
Maine:

$4,900
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.28%
Maine:

3.68%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,796
Maine:

$15,660
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,883
Maine:

$6,775
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

2.12%
State:

1.82%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,941
Maine:

$15,313
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,971
State:

$6,810
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

6.03%
Maine:

3.65%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,656
State:

$22,568
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,565
State:

$10,010
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

3.42%
Maine:

2.09%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$40,429
Maine:

$31,415
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,401
Maine:

$12,288
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

2.93%
Maine:

1.39%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$55,425
State:

$31,667
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,342
State:

$13,897
Number of discharges: 58
Here:

9.45%
Maine:

7.55%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,972
Maine:

$21,838
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,504
Maine:

$8,951
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

4.23%
Maine:

1.65%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,231
Maine:

$15,297
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,930
State:

$6,784
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.79%
State:

2.06%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$62,029
Maine:

$32,951
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,068
State:

$13,636
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.95%
Maine:

0.92%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,479
Maine:

$30,707
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,954
State:

$13,381
Number of discharges: 53
This Hospital:

8.63%
State:

4.23%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,613
State:

$17,487
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,749
State:

$7,807
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

4.89%
State:

1.75%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,453
Maine:

$15,404
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,792
State:

$6,810
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

4.40%
Maine:

3.64%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,474
State:

$23,730
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,830
Maine:

$9,907
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

4.72%
Maine:

2.09%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

98.0%
Maine:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Maine:

99.7%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
This Hospital:

6
Maine:

6
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

100.0%
Maine:

98.7%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

97.7%

Heart Failure

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

98.0%
State:

99.5%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

96.7%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

86.0%
Maine:

95.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.3%

Pneumonia

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

93.0%
Maine:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

99.0%
Maine:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Maine:

98.3%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

100.0%
Maine:

96.3%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
Maine:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
Maine:

97.6%

Surgery

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

99.0%
State:

98.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

97.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.3%
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%
Maine:

100.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

94.7%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

96.0%
Maine:

96.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

99.0%
State:

96.3%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

96.0%
Maine:

96.6%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
Maine:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

14.3%
State:

14.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

10.2%
State:

11.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

10.9%
State:

11.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

17.2%
State:

18.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

22.6%
Maine:

23.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

16.7%
State:

17.9%

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