GREAT RIVER MEDICAL CENTER (WEST BURLINGTON, IA) Detailed Hospital Profile

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	32.100%
Iowa:	34.389%

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

Here:	8.100%
State:	8.069%

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

Here:	0.572%
State:	0.138%

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

This Hospital:	0.041%
Iowa:	0.031%

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

This Hospital:	8.800%
Iowa:	4.961%

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

This Hospital:	1.900%
State:	1.519%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 36%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
Iowa:	3%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	79%
Iowa:	80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
Iowa:	3%

Usually

Here:	15%
State:	13%

Always

This Hospital:	82%
Iowa:	84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
Iowa:	6%

Usually

Here:	31%
Iowa:	25%

Always

This Hospital:	61%
State:	69%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	26%
State:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	71%
Iowa:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	15%
State:	15%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Iowa:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	64%
Iowa:	64%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
Iowa:	6%

Usually

Here:	21%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	72%
Iowa:	78%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	32%
Iowa:	30%

Always

This Hospital:	62%
State:	63%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	84%
State:	85%

This Hospital:	16%
Iowa:	15%

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

6 or lower

Here:	5%
Iowa:	6%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	25%
Iowa:	20%

9 or 10

Here:	70%
Iowa:	74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	2%
Iowa:	3%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	28%
State:	22%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	70%
Iowa:	75%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	98.0%
State:	99.4%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	96.0%
Iowa:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	88.0%
Iowa:	97.7%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	93.0%
Iowa:	99.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.8%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	93.5%

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

This Hospital:	8
State:	6

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	97.2%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

Here:	83.0%
Iowa:	97.1%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	90.0%
Iowa:	96.9%

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

This Hospital:	82.0%
Iowa:	95.7%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	88.0%
State:	90.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	96.0%
State:	99.0%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	98.0%
Iowa:	97.4%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	97.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	95.0%
Iowa:	97.7%

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
State:	93.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
State:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	99.0%
Iowa:	94.3%

Surgery

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	97.8%

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

Here:	96.0%
Iowa:	96.3%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	98.7%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	96.3%

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

Here:	97.0%
Iowa:	97.2%

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%
Iowa:	99.8%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
Iowa:	94.2%

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:	96.5%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Iowa:	95.7%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	97.7%

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

Here:	100.0%
Iowa:	99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	14.4%
Iowa:	14.9%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	10.3%
Iowa:	12.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	12.3%
State:	12.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	17.9%
State:	18.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	22.8%
Iowa:	23.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.3%
Iowa:	17.9%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Objects Accidentally Left in the Body After Surgery

Here:	0.160%
Iowa:	0.113%

Falls and injuries

This Hospital:	1.117%
State:	0.754%

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

This Hospital:	0.798%
Iowa:	0.298%

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

This Hospital:	4.9%
State:	4.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

Here:	4.5%
State:	6.7%

Percent of long-stay low-risk residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder

Here:	52.6%
State:	39.8%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

This Hospital:	4.5%
State:	8.4%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

Here:	11.9%
State:	7.5%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

This Hospital:	3.4%
State:	3.9%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Hospital:	100.0%
Iowa:	98.0%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Hospital:	100.0%
Iowa:	97.7%

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	38.5%
State:	21.7%

Percent of short-stay residents with Pressure ulcers that are new or worsened

Here:	1.7%
State:	1.8%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Hospital:	100.0%
Iowa:	91.0%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Hospital:	94.2%
Iowa:	88.8%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	26.4%
Iowa:	21.0%

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$19,354
Iowa:	$22,575

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,020
State:	$7,029

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.68%
State:	0.64%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$26,892
State:	$30,156

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,287
State:	$10,757

Number of discharges: 63

This Hospital:	2.70%
State:	1.01%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$14,211
State:	$11,417

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,753
Iowa:	$4,078

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.51%
Iowa:	0.61%

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,060
Iowa:	$10,968

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,355
State:	$3,517

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	0.94%
Iowa:	0.38%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,463
Iowa:	$14,064

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,785
Iowa:	$5,086

Number of discharges: 37

Here:	1.58%
State:	1.40%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$16,506
Iowa:	$20,085

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,055
State:	$7,436

Number of discharges: 33

Here:	1.41%
State:	1.06%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,511
Iowa:	$10,063

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,284
Iowa:	$3,469

Number of discharges: 64

This Hospital:	2.74%
State:	1.74%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,229
State:	$13,154

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,820
State:	$5,126

Number of discharges: 25

This Hospital:	1.07%
Iowa:	1.90%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,677
State:	$11,577

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,166
State:	$3,347

Number of discharges: 71

This Hospital:	3.04%
State:	1.46%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$16,031
State:	$16,587

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,603
Iowa:	$5,845

Number of discharges: 71

Here:	3.04%
State:	1.73%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$18,132
Iowa:	$19,159

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,731
Iowa:	$7,031

Number of discharges: 86

This Hospital:	3.68%
State:	1.99%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,856
Iowa:	$12,605

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,155
State:	$4,509

Number of discharges: 34

Here:	1.46%
State:	1.27%

Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$30,155
Iowa:	$43,086

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,535
State:	$14,181

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.51%
Iowa:	0.25%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$18,754
Iowa:	$24,739

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,063
Iowa:	$6,989

Number of discharges: 57

Here:	2.44%
State:	1.97%

Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$15,226
Iowa:	$17,371

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,181
State:	$6,085

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.51%
Iowa:	0.27%

Diabetes with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,102
Iowa:	$13,724

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,778
State:	$4,958

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.56%
State:	0.44%

Dysequilibrium

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,925
Iowa:	$13,245

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,680
Iowa:	$3,783

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.68%
State:	0.27%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$16,782
Iowa:	$24,297

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,647
Iowa:	$7,479

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.60%
Iowa:	0.45%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,301
State:	$14,219

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,130
Iowa:	$4,496

Number of discharges: 65

This Hospital:	2.78%
Iowa:	3.04%

Extracranial Procedures without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$19,430
State:	$22,330

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,867
State:	$6,128

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.51%
Iowa:	0.75%

Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,900
Iowa:	$11,460

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,092
Iowa:	$4,417

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.56%
Iowa:	0.33%

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

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,103
State:	$13,200

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,000
Iowa:	$4,313

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.47%
Iowa:	0.25%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$16,586
State:	$17,952

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,916
State:	$6,324

Number of discharges: 71

This Hospital:	3.04%
Iowa:	2.18%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$26,391
Iowa:	$32,007

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,844
Iowa:	$11,147

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.68%
State:	0.62%

G.I. Obstruction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,320
State:	$16,379

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,317
State:	$5,800

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	0.86%
Iowa:	0.81%

G.I. Obstruction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,226
State:	$11,408

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,668
Iowa:	$3,874

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	0.64%
State:	0.64%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$14,594
State:	$16,806

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,854
State:	$6,239

Number of discharges: 40

This Hospital:	1.71%
Iowa:	2.83%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$24,138
State:	$25,059

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,272
State:	$8,916

Number of discharges: 33

This Hospital:	1.41%
State:	2.16%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,689
State:	$11,964

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,947
State:	$4,146

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	0.81%
Iowa:	1.28%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$33,296
State:	$35,552

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,724
State:	$11,140

Number of discharges: 43

Here:	1.84%
Iowa:	1.61%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$41,834
State:	$54,187

Average Total Payments

Here:	$16,969
Iowa:	$18,464

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.68%
Iowa:	0.45%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$63,335
State:	$97,206

Average Total Payments

Here:	$29,061
State:	$35,390

Number of discharges: 40

This Hospital:	1.71%
State:	0.53%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$22,470
State:	$20,141

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,465
State:	$7,017

Number of discharges: 39

This Hospital:	1.67%
Iowa:	1.56%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$24,763
Iowa:	$32,824

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,175
State:	$11,990

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.51%
State:	0.69%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$16,045
Iowa:	$17,007

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,586
Iowa:	$5,213

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	0.77%
State:	0.82%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$17,233
Iowa:	$18,269

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,677
State:	$7,082

Number of discharges: 17

This Hospital:	0.73%
State:	0.70%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,396
Iowa:	$13,302

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,451
State:	$4,858

Number of discharges: 58

Here:	2.48%
State:	2.36%

Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$15,471
State:	$19,824

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,461
Iowa:	$7,888

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.51%
Iowa:	0.42%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$48,467
State:	$53,093

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$17,659
State:	$18,952

Number of discharges: 21

Here:	0.90%
State:	0.54%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$34,406
Iowa:	$37,395

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,102
Iowa:	$12,819

Number of discharges: 169

This Hospital:	7.23%
Iowa:	9.59%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$32,645
Iowa:	$45,138

Average Total Payments

Here:	$14,232
State:	$15,879

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	0.81%
State:	0.83%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$77,409
State:	$91,016

Average Total Payments

Here:	$29,600
State:	$32,145

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	0.77%
State:	0.57%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$14,853
Iowa:	$15,255

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,731
Iowa:	$5,177

Number of discharges: 29

This Hospital:	1.24%
Iowa:	1.02%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$22,420
State:	$21,581

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,862
Iowa:	$7,193

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	0.64%
Iowa:	0.66%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,352
Iowa:	$12,163

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,955
State:	$4,344

Number of discharges: 52

This Hospital:	2.23%
State:	2.12%

Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$17,860
Iowa:	$18,871

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,734
State:	$6,435

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.51%
Iowa:	0.38%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$37,867
Iowa:	$47,353

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,341
Iowa:	$12,273

Number of discharges: 59

Here:	2.53%
Iowa:	2.16%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$40,119
State:	$41,314

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,198
State:	$10,548

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	0.64%
Iowa:	0.44%

Psychoses

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,916
State:	$10,781

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,211
Iowa:	$5,895

Number of discharges: 56

Here:	2.40%
Iowa:	2.40%

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$19,560
State:	$24,601

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,385
Iowa:	$7,871

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	1.20%
State:	1.86%

Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$19,459
Iowa:	$18,419

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,169
State:	$6,487

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.51%
State:	0.61%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$15,040
State:	$15,354

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,579
Iowa:	$4,947

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	1.03%
State:	0.86%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,894
Iowa:	$16,911

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,853
State:	$6,278

Number of discharges: 61

Here:	2.61%
Iowa:	2.15%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$25,734
Iowa:	$30,832

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,108
State:	$10,243

Number of discharges: 29

This Hospital:	1.24%
State:	1.27%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$22,166
Iowa:	$21,855

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,393
State:	$8,886

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.60%
State:	0.79%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$32,829
Iowa:	$31,794

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,551
State:	$11,832

Number of discharges: 23

Here:	0.98%
State:	1.05%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$39,262
Iowa:	$47,645

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,585
Iowa:	$14,831

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	0.81%
State:	0.96%

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

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$28,491
Iowa:	$32,614

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,915
State:	$11,654

Number of discharges: 142

This Hospital:	6.08%
Iowa:	3.97%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$16,517
State:	$18,145

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,600
Iowa:	$6,920

Number of discharges: 62

This Hospital:	2.65%
State:	1.72%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,927
Iowa:	$13,487

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,961
Iowa:	$4,375

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.56%
Iowa:	0.59%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$16,186
Iowa:	$16,050

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,765
Iowa:	$6,064

Number of discharges: 58

Here:	2.48%
State:	3.31%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$21,590
Iowa:	$24,809

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,347
Iowa:	$8,640

Number of discharges: 48

This Hospital:	2.05%
Iowa:	2.33%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,160
State:	$12,176

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,085
State:	$4,314

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	0.64%
State:	1.47%

Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$50,332
State:	$66,462

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$22,149
State:	$24,175

Number of discharges: 27

Here:	1.16%
Iowa:	0.93%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,701
Iowa:	$14,006

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,131
Iowa:	$4,339

Number of discharges: 31

This Hospital:	1.33%
Iowa:	1.21%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,689
Iowa:	$14,840

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,191
Iowa:	$4,557

Number of discharges: 37

This Hospital:	1.58%
Iowa:	0.65%

Complaint Deficiency

Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Proper medical gas storage and administration areas
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Restrictions on the use of portable space heaters
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Provide proper discharge planning and communication, of the resident's health status and summary of the resident's stay
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Exits that are accessible at all times
- 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: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
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: Few
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Assist those residents who need total help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- 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 menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
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: Few
Approved construction type or materials
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Proper medical gas storage and administration areas
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few

GREAT RIVER MEDICAL CENTER - WEST BURLINGTON, IA

Use of Medical Imaging

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Surgery

Outcome of Care

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Quality Measures

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

Complaint Deficiency

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