DAY KIMBALL HOSPITAL - PUTNAM, CT

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Addresss:
320 POMFRET STREET
PUTNAM, CT, 06260
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (860) 928-6541

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Registered Professional Nurses : 98.07
Other Salaried Personnel : 431.93
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 2.00
Dieticians : 3.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.55
Physical Therapists : 4.20
Registered Pharmacists : 4.00
Respiratory Therapists : 2.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 0.50
Physicians : 10.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Physician Assistants : 2.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 104
Total Certified: 104
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 15

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.264%
State:

0.552%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.264%
State:

0.559%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
Here:

0.264%
State:

0.384%

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%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

17%
State:

19%
Always
Here:

79%
Connecticut:

76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

17%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

79%
Connecticut:

78%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
Connecticut:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

26%
Connecticut:

28%
Always
Here:

66%
Connecticut:

61%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
State:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

26%
State:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
State:

69%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

20%
State:

21%
Usually
Here:

19%
Connecticut:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

61%
Connecticut:

59%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
Connecticut:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

15%
Connecticut:

16%
Usually
Here:

38%
State:

34%
Always
This Hospital:

47%
State:

50%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

79%
Connecticut:

82%
No
Here:

21%
State:

18%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

10%
State:

9%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

27%
Connecticut:

25%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

63%
Connecticut:

66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

4%
Connecticut:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

32%
State:

24%
Yes, definitely
Here:

64%
Connecticut:

71%

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

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

$9,585
State:

$27,386
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,493
State:

$9,347
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.96%
State:

0.69%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,102
Connecticut:

$38,238
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,540
State:

$14,189
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.12%
State:

1.09%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,217
State:

$13,696
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,814
State:

$4,619
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

2.32%
State:

0.46%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,014
Connecticut:

$19,361
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,686
Connecticut:

$7,100
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.96%
Connecticut:

0.45%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,741
State:

$20,093
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,390
State:

$6,843
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

2.48%
State:

1.67%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,079
Connecticut:

$30,562
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,285
Connecticut:

$10,269
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.76%
Connecticut:

1.11%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,319
Connecticut:

$13,908
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,754
State:

$4,693
Number of discharges: 51
Here:

4.08%
State:

1.50%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,051
Connecticut:

$17,391
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,328
Connecticut:

$6,829
Number of discharges: 45
This Hospital:

3.60%
State:

2.20%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,577
Connecticut:

$13,775
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,665
Connecticut:

$4,433
Number of discharges: 88
This Hospital:

7.03%
State:

2.05%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,833
Connecticut:

$20,121
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,383
Connecticut:

$7,670
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

2.64%
State:

1.65%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,464
State:

$25,184
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,740
Connecticut:

$9,367
Number of discharges: 50
Here:

4.00%
Connecticut:

2.02%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,035
State:

$15,964
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,685
Connecticut:

$5,852
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

3.20%
Connecticut:

1.04%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,269
State:

$17,901
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,707
State:

$6,035
Number of discharges: 42
This Hospital:

3.36%
State:

3.42%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,994
State:

$23,273
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,650
State:

$8,238
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

2.56%
State:

2.28%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,702
State:

$16,524
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,702
Connecticut:

$5,755
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.44%
Connecticut:

0.55%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,108
Connecticut:

$22,058
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,919
State:

$7,886
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.52%
Connecticut:

0.75%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,850
State:

$15,343
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,187
Connecticut:

$5,328
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.96%
State:

0.65%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,893
State:

$23,261
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,515
State:

$8,225
Number of discharges: 57
Here:

4.56%
Connecticut:

3.23%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,807
Connecticut:

$34,260
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,781
State:

$12,013
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

2.72%
Connecticut:

2.85%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,789
Connecticut:

$16,051
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,407
Connecticut:

$5,485
Number of discharges: 48
Here:

3.84%
Connecticut:

1.22%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,940
State:

$40,189
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,254
State:

$14,834
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.84%
State:

1.26%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,351
State:

$21,952
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,425
State:

$6,692
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

2.00%
State:

0.83%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,782
Connecticut:

$17,907
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,858
Connecticut:

$6,303
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.36%
State:

3.14%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,810
Connecticut:

$39,932
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,180
State:

$16,970
Number of discharges: 97
This Hospital:

7.75%
Connecticut:

5.53%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,995
State:

$16,214
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,521
State:

$5,761
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.84%
State:

2.20%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,087
State:

$28,498
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,457
State:

$10,512
Number of discharges: 44
Here:

3.52%
Connecticut:

1.82%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,948
Connecticut:

$18,463
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,206
Connecticut:

$6,672
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.28%
Connecticut:

1.07%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,606
Connecticut:

$22,174
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,311
State:

$8,399
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.76%
Connecticut:

2.40%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,285
State:

$36,172
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,331
Connecticut:

$13,936
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.96%
State:

1.43%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,055
Connecticut:

$39,858
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,178
State:

$16,055
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.28%
Connecticut:

1.45%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,439
State:

$42,041
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,042
Connecticut:

$15,726
Number of discharges: 42
Here:

3.36%
State:

4.77%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,038
Connecticut:

$24,014
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,035
Connecticut:

$9,143
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

2.48%
Connecticut:

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

$10,746
State:

$22,205
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,673
Connecticut:

$8,065
Number of discharges: 52
This Hospital:

4.16%
State:

2.98%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,941
State:

$31,282
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,873
Connecticut:

$11,583
Number of discharges: 50
This Hospital:

4.00%
State:

2.13%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,477
Connecticut:

$16,163
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,746
State:

$5,689
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

2.16%
Connecticut:

1.07%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,727
State:

$17,349
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,689
Connecticut:

$5,919
Number of discharges: 41
This Hospital:

3.28%
State:

2.87%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,040
State:

$18,401
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,766
Connecticut:

$5,864
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

1.92%
State:

1.26%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

95.0%
State:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

95.0%
Connecticut:

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

9
State:

9
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital
Here:

50
State:

73
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.4%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

95.0%
Connecticut:

97.1%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

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

95.0%
State:

94.3%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

89.0%
Connecticut:

88.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Connecticut:

99.6%

Pneumonia

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

91.0%
State:

95.3%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

95.0%
State:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Connecticut:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

98.0%
Connecticut:

95.5%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

81.0%
State:

91.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

86.0%
Connecticut:

95.9%

Surgery

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

96.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

95.0%
Connecticut:

96.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

100.0%
Connecticut:

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

96.0%
Connecticut:

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

98.0%
Connecticut:

97.9%
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%
Connecticut:

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

89.0%
State:

92.3%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

99.0%
Connecticut:

94.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

97.0%
State:

95.4%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

98.0%
Connecticut:

94.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.4%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

14.8%
Connecticut:

14.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

13.1%
State:

11.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

13.7%
State:

10.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

19.0%
Connecticut:

19.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

25.1%
Connecticut:

25.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

16.9%
State:

19.0%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

29.200%
State:

31.695%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

6.500%
Connecticut:

12.604%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.022%
State:

0.092%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

3.300%
Connecticut:

5.008%

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