EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER - GILMER - GILMER, TX

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Addresss:
712 NORTH WOOD
GILMER, TX, 75644
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (903) 841-7100

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 8.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 17.50
Dieticians : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 0.25
Respiratory Therapists : 2.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 37
Total Certified: 37

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Respiratory Care Services
Speech Pathology Services

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

Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,288
State:

$22,187
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,012
State:

$5,512
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

6.29%
State:

2.13%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,581
Texas:

$29,940
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,923
State:

$6,395
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

9.71%
State:

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

$31,412
State:

$35,718
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,426
State:

$7,640
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

14.29%
State:

2.27%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,769
Texas:

$24,361
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,538
Texas:

$4,830
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

9.71%
State:

3.07%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,510
Texas:

$29,852
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,529
State:

$6,718
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

11.43%
Texas:

3.09%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,162
Texas:

$46,288
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,939
State:

$9,846
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

11.43%
Texas:

2.71%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,126
State:

$22,532
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,900
Texas:

$5,086
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

9.71%
Texas:

3.62%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,701
Texas:

$55,259
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,578
Texas:

$12,623
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

13.71%
State:

4.83%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,436
State:

$30,598
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,925
State:

$6,580
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

13.71%
Texas:

2.99%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 31%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

1%
Texas:

5%
Usually
Here:

11%
Texas:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

88%
State:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

1%
State:

4%
Usually
Here:

5%
Texas:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

94%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
Texas:

10%
Usually
Here:

9%
Texas:

23%
Always
Here:

88%
State:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
Texas:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
Texas:

21%
Always
Here:

82%
Texas:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

14%
Texas:

19%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

71%
Texas:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
Texas:

9%
Usually
Here:

10%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

88%
State:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
Texas:

8%
Usually
Here:

20%
State:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

76%
State:

67%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

84%
State:

83%
No
This Hospital:

16%
Texas:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

4%
Texas:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

16%
State:

21%
9 or 10
Here:

80%
State:

71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

2%
Texas:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

14%
Texas:

23%
Yes, definitely
Here:

84%
State:

72%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

0.409%
State:

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

0.130%
Texas:

0.110%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

6
State:

8
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

99.0%
Texas:

95.6%

Heart Failure

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

98.0%
Texas:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

90.0%
State:

93.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Texas:

99.5%

Pneumonia

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

100.0%
Texas:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

95.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

83.0%
Texas:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

94.0%
Texas:

94.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

86.0%
Texas:

96.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

9.9%
State:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.2%
State:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

23.4%
State:

24.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

18.3%
Texas:

18.0%

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