BALLINGER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - BALLINGER, TX

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Addresss:
608 AVENUE B
BALLINGER, TX, 76821
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (325) 365-2531

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 4.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 6.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 51.00
Physical Therapists : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 2.00
Nurse Practitioners: 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 25
Total Certified: 25

Provided Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Geriatric Psychiatric Services
Gerontological Specialty Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Organ Bank Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services

Process of Care

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

31.0%
Texas:

96.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

12.1%
Texas:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

17.0%
Texas:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

17.5%
State:

18.0%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Fewer than 100
Survey Response Rate: 38%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Usually
Here:

19%
Texas:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

81%
Texas:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

10%
State:

13%
Always
Here:

87%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Usually
Here:

17%
Texas:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

83%
State:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

1%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

27%
State:

21%
Always
Here:

72%
Texas:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

27%
State:

19%
Usually
Here:

11%
Texas:

17%
Always
Here:

62%
Texas:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

1%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

13%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

86%
Texas:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

8%
Usually
Here:

23%
Texas:

25%
Always
Here:

73%
Texas:

67%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

84%
Texas:

83%
No
This Hospital:

16%
State:

17%

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

6 or lower
Here:

10%
State:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

25%
State:

21%
9 or 10
Here:

65%
State:

71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Yes, probably
This Hospital:

24%
Texas:

23%
Yes, definitely
Here:

76%
Texas:

72%

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