EXEMPLA LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER (WHEAT RIDGE, CO) Detailed Hospital Profile

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Objects Accidentally Left in the Body After Surgery

Here:	0.109%
Colorado:	0.215%

Falls and injuries

This Hospital:	0.219%
State:	0.765%

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

Here:	0.437%
State:	0.714%

Infection from a Urinary Catheter

Here:	0.328%
State:	0.657%

Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar

This Hospital:	0.109%
Colorado:	0.243%

Air Bubble in the Bloodstream

This Hospital:	0.109%
Colorado:	0.109%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 31%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
Colorado:	4%

Usually

Here:	22%
Colorado:	18%

Always

Here:	74%
State:	78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
Colorado:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
Colorado:	15%

Always

This Hospital:	76%
Colorado:	81%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	30%
Colorado:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	62%
State:	69%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
State:	23%

Always

Here:	71%
Colorado:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	17%
State:	17%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Colorado:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	62%
State:	64%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
State:	7%

Usually

Here:	22%
Colorado:	19%

Always

Here:	70%
State:	74%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
Colorado:	7%

Usually

Here:	32%
Colorado:	30%

Always

Here:	58%
State:	63%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	86%
Colorado:	86%

Here:	14%
State:	14%

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

6 or lower

Here:	5%
State:	7%

7 or 8

Here:	20%
State:	20%

9 or 10

Here:	75%
State:	73%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	3%
State:	4%

Yes, probably

Here:	20%
State:	20%

Yes, definitely

Here:	77%
State:	76%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	35.100%
Colorado:	40.524%

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

Here:	12.800%
State:	8.917%

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

Here:	0.039%
Colorado:	0.136%

Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.004%
Colorado:	0.028%

Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery

This Hospital:	6.500%
State:	4.979%

Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time

This Hospital:	1.200%
State:	1.941%

Complaint Deficiency

Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that each resident gets a nutritional and well balanced diet, unless it is not possible to do so
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Give each resident enough fluids to keep them healthy and prevent dehydration
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
1) Provide 3 meals at regular times; 2) serve breakfast within 14 hours after dinner; or 3) offer a snack at bedtime each day
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Give each resident a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. Tell each resident who can get Medicaid benefits about 1) which items and services Medicaid covers and which the resident must pay for
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Make sure that each resident gets a nutritional and well balanced diet, unless it is not possible to do so
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
A separate and independent backup electrical power source
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$32,985
Colorado:	$33,766

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,185
Colorado:	$7,884

Number of discharges: 29

This Hospital:	0.99%
Colorado:	0.40%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$42,944
Colorado:	$53,716

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,732
Colorado:	$12,779

Number of discharges: 27

This Hospital:	0.93%
State:	0.39%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$22,000
State:	$23,660

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,892
Colorado:	$5,131

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.38%
State:	0.22%

Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$32,632
State:	$20,091

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,319
State:	$4,878

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.48%
Colorado:	0.31%

Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$29,399
Colorado:	$25,180

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,687
State:	$5,854

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	0.82%
State:	0.43%

Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$17,030
Colorado:	$17,882

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,689
Colorado:	$4,091

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.45%
Colorado:	0.07%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$24,712
State:	$23,218

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,088
State:	$5,563

Number of discharges: 43

Here:	1.47%
Colorado:	1.55%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$38,080
State:	$37,394

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,420
Colorado:	$8,140

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	0.96%
Colorado:	0.70%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$19,999
State:	$15,912

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,588
Colorado:	$3,767

Number of discharges: 27

This Hospital:	0.93%
State:	1.24%

Cellulitis with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$43,618
Colorado:	$35,074

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,181
Colorado:	$9,758

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.45%
State:	0.14%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$24,090
State:	$22,045

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,948
Colorado:	$5,516

Number of discharges: 52

This Hospital:	1.78%
State:	1.76%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$22,388
Colorado:	$17,574

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,336
Colorado:	$3,709

Number of discharges: 29

Here:	0.99%
State:	1.66%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$29,875
State:	$26,328

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,878
State:	$6,453

Number of discharges: 44

Here:	1.51%
State:	1.68%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$34,301
Colorado:	$31,599

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,078
Colorado:	$7,942

Number of discharges: 62

Here:	2.13%
State:	1.67%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$20,617
Colorado:	$18,609

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,467
Colorado:	$4,788

Number of discharges: 30

This Hospital:	1.03%
Colorado:	1.13%

Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$37,667
State:	$35,918

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,004
State:	$7,504

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	0.75%
State:	1.23%

Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$24,320
State:	$23,494

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,491
Colorado:	$6,192

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	0.65%
State:	0.24%

Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$24,187
Colorado:	$25,473

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,308
Colorado:	$6,069

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.55%
Colorado:	0.41%

Diabetes with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$23,682
State:	$20,883

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,749
Colorado:	$5,573

Number of discharges: 25

Here:	0.86%
Colorado:	0.58%

Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$30,822
Colorado:	$29,229

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,181
State:	$7,075

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	0.65%
State:	0.29%

Dysequilibrium

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$20,076
Colorado:	$20,701

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,876
Colorado:	$4,262

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.41%
State:	0.27%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$31,518
State:	$33,717

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,217
State:	$7,884

Number of discharges: 33

Here:	1.13%
State:	0.78%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$23,617
State:	$21,923

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,355
State:	$4,804

Number of discharges: 126

This Hospital:	4.32%
State:	3.81%

Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$18,826
State:	$20,047

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,250
Colorado:	$4,536

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	0.58%
State:	0.58%

Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$17,118
Colorado:	$21,692

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,272
Colorado:	$4,492

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	0.96%
Colorado:	0.46%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$29,337
State:	$27,678

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,559
Colorado:	$6,667

Number of discharges: 78

This Hospital:	2.67%
State:	2.09%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$47,324
State:	$45,134

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,641
State:	$11,658

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	0.69%
State:	0.62%

G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$14,332
Colorado:	$17,395

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,264
State:	$4,616

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.48%
State:	0.40%

G.I. Obstruction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$27,796
Colorado:	$26,472

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,624
Colorado:	$6,394

Number of discharges: 29

Here:	0.99%
Colorado:	0.86%

G.I. Obstruction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$22,538
Colorado:	$17,581

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,052
Colorado:	$4,229

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.55%
Colorado:	0.60%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$26,111
State:	$27,517

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,048
State:	$6,762

Number of discharges: 96

Here:	3.29%
State:	2.59%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$42,106
Colorado:	$42,116

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,915
Colorado:	$9,818

Number of discharges: 55

Here:	1.89%
State:	1.50%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,151
State:	$18,863

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,009
State:	$4,447

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	0.82%
State:	0.83%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$60,460
Colorado:	$55,880

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,288
Colorado:	$11,812

Number of discharges: 52

This Hospital:	1.78%
State:	1.54%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$88,639
Colorado:	$88,709

Average Total Payments

Here:	$18,528
Colorado:	$19,875

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	0.62%
Colorado:	0.29%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$45,533
State:	$40,186

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,067
State:	$9,614

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.38%
State:	0.34%

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$117,076
State:	$151,962

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$30,873
Colorado:	$37,063

Number of discharges: 23

Here:	0.79%
Colorado:	0.62%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$38,255
State:	$33,030

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,735
State:	$7,105

Number of discharges: 31

This Hospital:	1.06%
Colorado:	1.52%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$43,781
State:	$57,286

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,136
State:	$12,763

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	0.51%
Colorado:	0.77%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$31,580
State:	$25,220

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,844
State:	$5,189

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	0.69%
State:	0.78%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$23,500
State:	$31,298

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,729
State:	$7,439

Number of discharges: 31

This Hospital:	1.06%
Colorado:	0.77%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$21,417
Colorado:	$20,158

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,621
Colorado:	$5,034

Number of discharges: 116

Here:	3.98%
Colorado:	2.99%

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$49,616
State:	$46,545

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,733
State:	$10,594

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.55%
Colorado:	0.32%

Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$30,989
Colorado:	$30,856

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,535
State:	$8,028

Number of discharges: 29

Here:	0.99%
State:	0.43%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$82,156
State:	$60,268

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,352
State:	$14,362

Number of discharges: 128

This Hospital:	4.39%
Colorado:	11.40%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$78,024
Colorado:	$71,151

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$15,099
State:	$17,022

Number of discharges: 34

This Hospital:	1.17%
Colorado:	1.13%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$130,868
State:	$134,164

Average Total Payments

Here:	$34,793
State:	$34,875

Number of discharges: 25

This Hospital:	0.86%
State:	0.66%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$30,043
Colorado:	$26,093

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,024
State:	$5,279

Number of discharges: 43

Here:	1.47%
Colorado:	1.33%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$27,039
State:	$31,553

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,683
Colorado:	$7,929

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	0.96%
State:	0.85%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$21,584
Colorado:	$19,878

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,099
State:	$4,590

Number of discharges: 67

This Hospital:	2.30%
Colorado:	2.62%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$57,977
State:	$53,117

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,618
State:	$13,088

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.55%
Colorado:	0.59%

Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$23,657
State:	$28,114

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,100
Colorado:	$6,766

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	0.82%
Colorado:	0.65%

Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$21,061
Colorado:	$32,221

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,902
State:	$6,795

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.48%
State:	0.49%

Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$35,560
Colorado:	$50,596

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,576
Colorado:	$10,659

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	0.62%
State:	0.45%

Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$74,485
State:	$90,641

Average Total Payments

Here:	$18,145
State:	$22,460

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.41%
Colorado:	0.28%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent with Major Complications or 4+ Vessels/Stents

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$119,628
State:	$118,497

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$20,546
Colorado:	$23,275

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	0.51%
Colorado:	0.24%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$86,133
State:	$76,055

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,534
State:	$13,955

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	0.72%
State:	1.51%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Non-Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$84,173
Colorado:	$59,580

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,879
State:	$11,732

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.48%
Colorado:	0.44%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$34,145
Colorado:	$26,238

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,200
Colorado:	$6,053

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.45%
State:	0.33%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$74,511
State:	$78,179

Average Total Payments

Here:	$16,081
State:	$16,591

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	0.58%
Colorado:	0.40%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$62,410
Colorado:	$61,976

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,747
Colorado:	$13,530

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.41%
State:	0.37%

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$46,552
State:	$47,382

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,360
State:	$10,552

Number of discharges: 23

Here:	0.79%
State:	0.38%

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$21,422
State:	$19,033

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,835
Colorado:	$4,278

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	0.82%
State:	0.49%

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$30,975
State:	$34,853

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,879
Colorado:	$8,428

Number of discharges: 86

This Hospital:	2.95%
State:	1.53%

Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$25,035
Colorado:	$26,759

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,371
Colorado:	$6,898

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	0.72%
Colorado:	1.04%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$24,334
Colorado:	$23,474

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,827
State:	$5,632

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	0.82%
State:	0.69%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$26,496
Colorado:	$28,838

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,132
State:	$6,755

Number of discharges: 70

Here:	2.40%
Colorado:	2.02%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$47,725
State:	$49,460

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,025
Colorado:	$11,474

Number of discharges: 45

Here:	1.54%
State:	1.12%

Renal Failure without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$15,732
State:	$16,946

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,996
State:	$4,328

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.48%
State:	0.19%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$40,062
Colorado:	$40,841

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,795
Colorado:	$9,549

Number of discharges: 26

This Hospital:	0.89%
Colorado:	0.92%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$53,167
State:	$56,028

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,817
Colorado:	$12,961

Number of discharges: 47

This Hospital:	1.61%
Colorado:	0.97%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$70,644
State:	$72,724

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,930
State:	$15,637

Number of discharges: 22

Here:	0.75%
Colorado:	0.95%

Seizures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$28,810
Colorado:	$25,232

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,339
Colorado:	$5,628

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.48%
Colorado:	0.71%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$62,645
State:	$57,768

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,088
State:	$13,090

Number of discharges: 178

This Hospital:	6.10%
Colorado:	4.19%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$30,235
State:	$30,341

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,677
State:	$7,760

Number of discharges: 53

Here:	1.82%
State:	1.58%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$27,587
State:	$21,122

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,266
State:	$4,592

Number of discharges: 33

Here:	1.13%
Colorado:	1.05%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$24,461
State:	$25,346

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,964
State:	$6,612

Number of discharges: 80

Here:	2.74%
Colorado:	3.36%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$38,772
Colorado:	$36,512

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,680
State:	$9,377

Number of discharges: 83

Here:	2.85%
Colorado:	1.93%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$21,668
Colorado:	$18,020

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,336
Colorado:	$4,599

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	0.65%
State:	1.16%

Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$152,090
State:	$130,597

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$27,713
State:	$28,151

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	0.96%
Colorado:	2.38%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$24,927
State:	$22,065

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,411
State:	$4,800

Number of discharges: 37

This Hospital:	1.27%
Colorado:	1.68%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$27,241
State:	$22,199

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,657
Colorado:	$4,660

Number of discharges: 31

This Hospital:	1.06%
State:	1.12%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
Colorado:	99.8%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	99.3%

Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.9%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	99.0%
Colorado:	99.1%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Colorado:	99.7%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

Here:	94.0%
Colorado:	93.3%

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

Here:	11
Colorado:	8

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	97.8%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Colorado:	98.9%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
Colorado:	98.5%

Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.4%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	97.0%
Colorado:	93.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Colorado:	99.3%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	97.0%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	97.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.8%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

This Hospital:	97.0%
Colorado:	94.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	95.0%
State:	92.7%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	95.0%
Colorado:	94.4%

Surgery

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

Here:	98.0%
Colorado:	97.9%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	97.0%

Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

Here:	98.0%
State:	98.6%

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

Here:	100.0%
Colorado:	96.9%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.0%

Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery

This Hospital:	96.0%
Colorado:	93.7%

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%
Colorado:	99.9%

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

Here:	96.0%
Colorado:	93.2%

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
State:	95.6%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	95.7%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	96.6%

Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal

Here:	100.0%
Colorado:	99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	13.0%
State:	14.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	10.8%
Colorado:	11.5%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	8.4%
Colorado:	10.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	21.4%
Colorado:	18.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	20.6%
Colorado:	23.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	18.1%
Colorado:	17.7%

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Hospital Acquired Conditions

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Use of Medical Imaging

Complaint Deficiency

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

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Surgery

Outcome of Care

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