CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA - PHILADELPHIA, PA

Submitted by:Tiffany Birkholz, Exec Assistant to CEO
Cancer Treatment Centers of America @ Eastern Regional Medical Center
1331 East Wyoming Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19124
County: Philadelphia
Type: Oncology
Phone: 215-537-7400
Emergency Service: No
Ownership: Private

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Addresss:
1331 EAST WYOMING AVENUE
PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19124
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (215) 744-6728

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: No

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Registered Professional Nurses : 22.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 89.50
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 5.00
Physicians : 3.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 5.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 4.00
Psychologists : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 22
Total Certified: 18

Provided Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

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

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,272
Pennsylvania:

$24,456
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,074
State:

$4,986
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

25.00%
State:

3.72%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$67,776
Pennsylvania:

$21,864
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,231
State:

$4,771
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

28.85%
Pennsylvania:

2.03%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$83,946
Pennsylvania:

$24,920
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$28,968
Pennsylvania:

$5,242
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

46.15%
Pennsylvania:

0.72%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 29%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

1%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

13%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

86%
State:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
Pennsylvania:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

10%
Pennsylvania:

16%
Always
Here:

88%
Pennsylvania:

79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
Pennsylvania:

10%
Usually
Here:

20%
State:

26%
Always
Here:

76%
Pennsylvania:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

1%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
Pennsylvania:

24%
Always
Here:

82%
State:

69%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

21%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
Pennsylvania:

19%
Always
Here:

78%
Pennsylvania:

60%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

1%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

10%
Pennsylvania:

20%
Always
Here:

89%
Pennsylvania:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
Pennsylvania:

14%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
Pennsylvania:

34%
Always
This Hospital:

71%
State:

52%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

92%
State:

83%
No
This Hospital:

8%
Pennsylvania:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

1%
State:

10%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

5%
State:

24%
9 or 10
Here:

94%
State:

66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Yes, probably
This Hospital:

5%
Pennsylvania:

28%
Yes, definitely
Here:

95%
Pennsylvania:

67%

Process of Care

Pneumonia

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

82.0%
State:

96.6%

Surgery

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

85.0%
Pennsylvania:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

93.0%
Pennsylvania:

98.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

88.0%
State:

98.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

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

98.0%
State:

95.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

86.0%
State:

96.9%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.8%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

1.890%
Pennsylvania:

0.708%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

1.890%
Pennsylvania:

0.389%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

0.507%
Pennsylvania:

0.151%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.003%
Pennsylvania:

0.023%

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