BROWNSVILLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL - BROWNSVILLE, TX

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Addresss:
4750 NORTH EXPRESSWAY
BROWNSVILLE, TX, 78526
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (956) 554-2000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 11.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 31.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 93.00
Respiratory Therapists : 2.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 3.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 9.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 8
Total Certified: 8

Provided Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner 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
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Organ Bank Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Objects Accidentally Left in the Body After Surgery
Here:

1.397%
State:

0.256%

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

Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$62,148
State:

$57,689
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,509
Texas:

$13,787
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

17.72%
State:

0.45%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,087
Texas:

$22,469
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,754
State:

$4,747
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

27.85%
State:

1.59%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$73,731
State:

$60,653
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,230
State:

$13,908
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

29.11%
Texas:

6.27%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$101,756
Texas:

$103,546
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$25,303
State:

$25,970
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

25.32%
Texas:

1.13%

Process of Care

Surgery

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

100.0%
State:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

91.0%
State:

97.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

94.0%
Texas:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

92.0%
State:

96.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

92.0%
Texas:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

99.0%
Texas:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

88.0%
Texas:

95.1%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

86.0%
Texas:

96.7%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
Texas:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

10.7%
State:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

19.0%
Texas:

18.0%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.
This Hospital:

48.500%
State:

37.857%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

30.400%
State:

8.275%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.523%
State:

0.250%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.185%
Texas:

0.110%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 77%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Usually
Here:

1%
Texas:

17%
Always
Here:

99%
State:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Usually
This Hospital:

2%
State:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

98%
Texas:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

1%
State:

10%
Usually
Here:

4%
Texas:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

95%
State:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Usually
Here:

3%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

97%
State:

72%

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

Usually
Here:

3%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

97%
Texas:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

4%
Texas:

18%
Always
Here:

94%
State:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

8%
Usually
Here:

12%
State:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

85%
State:

67%

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

Yes
Here:

94%
State:

83%
No
Here:

6%
Texas:

17%

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

6 or lower
Here:

2%
Texas:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

10%
State:

21%
9 or 10
Here:

88%
Texas:

71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

2%
Texas:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

4%
Texas:

23%
Yes, definitely
Here:

94%
Texas:

72%

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