HALIFAX REGIONAL HOSPITAL (HALIFAX, VA) Detailed Hospital Profile

Complaint Deficiency

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor and a family member of the resident of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Determine if it is safe for the resident to self-administer drugs
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Protect each resident from all abuse, physical punishment, and being separated from others
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents
- 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
Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan
- 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: Some
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Develop policies and procedures for influenza and pneumococcal immunizations
- 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
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
- 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

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	98.0%
Virginia:	99.5%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
Virginia:	99.3%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	91.0%
Virginia:	99.1%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Virginia:	99.9%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	97.9%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	98.0%
Virginia:	99.5%

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	97.3%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	88.0%
State:	94.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Virginia:	99.7%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
Virginia:	97.0%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Virginia:	97.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	97.0%
State:	99.4%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
Virginia:	95.5%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	71.0%
State:	94.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	87.0%
State:	96.9%

Surgery

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	98.4%

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
State:	97.7%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
Virginia:	98.9%

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

This Hospital:	87.0%
State:	97.1%

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

This Hospital:	90.0%
Virginia:	97.9%

Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method

Here:	99.0%
Virginia:	100.0%

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

This Hospital:	82.0%
State:	95.0%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Virginia:	97.7%

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

This Hospital:	90.0%
Virginia:	96.7%

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	96.9%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.9%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	14.6%
State:	15.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	10.5%
State:	11.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	14.2%
Virginia:	12.2%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	19.8%
Virginia:	20.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	24.4%
State:	24.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	19.5%
State:	19.2%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	37.000%
State:	34.209%

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

Here:	6.600%
Virginia:	7.783%

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

This Hospital:	0.285%
Virginia:	0.107%

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

Here:	0.003%
State:	0.028%

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

Here:	6.700%
State:	5.232%

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

Here:	1.300%
State:	2.134%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries

This Hospital:	1.472%
State:	0.637%

Infection from a Urinary Catheter

Here:	0.210%
Virginia:	0.546%

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$19,379
Virginia:	$24,489

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,857
Virginia:	$7,575

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.92%
State:	0.64%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$23,726
State:	$36,558

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,250
Virginia:	$11,483

Number of discharges: 40

This Hospital:	2.62%
Virginia:	0.87%

Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,654
State:	$17,068

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,071
Virginia:	$5,290

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.79%
Virginia:	0.48%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,754
Virginia:	$16,713

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,998
Virginia:	$5,355

Number of discharges: 31

Here:	2.03%
Virginia:	1.46%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$18,465
State:	$24,425

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,602
State:	$7,960

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	1.84%
Virginia:	0.92%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,578
State:	$11,985

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,441
State:	$3,674

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	1.25%
Virginia:	1.66%

Cellulitis with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$18,724
State:	$29,617

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,698
State:	$9,378

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.79%
State:	0.27%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,493
State:	$16,080

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,318
Virginia:	$5,268

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	1.05%
State:	1.88%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,677
State:	$18,712

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,093
Virginia:	$6,003

Number of discharges: 30

Here:	1.97%
Virginia:	2.09%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$21,427
Virginia:	$22,971

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,382
Virginia:	$7,375

Number of discharges: 26

This Hospital:	1.70%
State:	2.01%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,933
State:	$14,677

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,893
Virginia:	$4,562

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	1.57%
Virginia:	1.55%

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

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$30,437
Virginia:	$51,481

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,766
Virginia:	$15,382

Number of discharges: 25

This Hospital:	1.64%
Virginia:	0.35%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,837
Virginia:	$31,351

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,494
State:	$7,532

Number of discharges: 47

This Hospital:	3.08%
Virginia:	1.40%

Diabetes with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,655
State:	$16,675

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,219
State:	$5,442

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	1.31%
State:	0.73%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,104
Virginia:	$16,267

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,680
State:	$4,677

Number of discharges: 46

This Hospital:	3.02%
Virginia:	3.33%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,268
Virginia:	$19,562

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,176
Virginia:	$6,368

Number of discharges: 68

This Hospital:	4.46%
State:	2.17%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$21,878
State:	$33,327

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,676
State:	$11,053

Number of discharges: 43

Here:	2.82%
State:	0.78%

G.I. Obstruction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$18,062
State:	$19,150

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,627
State:	$6,043

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.92%
State:	0.66%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,876
Virginia:	$18,524

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,140
State:	$6,409

Number of discharges: 60

This Hospital:	3.93%
Virginia:	3.24%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$17,682
Virginia:	$27,627

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,738
Virginia:	$9,254

Number of discharges: 45

Here:	2.95%
State:	3.02%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,412
Virginia:	$13,642

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,133
Virginia:	$4,360

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	1.18%
Virginia:	1.17%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$38,261
Virginia:	$42,571

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,344
Virginia:	$11,742

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	1.18%
State:	1.12%

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

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$60,836
Virginia:	$118,155

Average Total Payments

Here:	$31,436
State:	$37,863

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	1.05%
State:	0.52%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,183
Virginia:	$23,909

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,006
State:	$7,314

Number of discharges: 25

This Hospital:	1.64%
State:	1.75%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$16,026
State:	$35,480

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,892
Virginia:	$12,363

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	1.05%
Virginia:	1.08%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,675
Virginia:	$20,337

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,188
Virginia:	$7,368

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.85%
State:	1.05%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,245
Virginia:	$15,209

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,532
State:	$4,914

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	1.31%
State:	2.90%

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$25,805
State:	$31,423

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,039
State:	$7,258

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.72%
Virginia:	0.23%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$41,044
Virginia:	$47,709

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,938
Virginia:	$13,248

Number of discharges: 55

This Hospital:	3.61%
State:	6.42%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$77,854
Virginia:	$126,902

Average Total Payments

Here:	$31,915
State:	$37,200

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	1.05%
State:	0.49%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$16,249
Virginia:	$22,123

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,654
Virginia:	$7,532

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	1.31%
Virginia:	0.77%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,950
Virginia:	$14,229

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,467
Virginia:	$4,420

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	1.31%
State:	2.07%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$26,819
Virginia:	$40,408

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,820
State:	$12,949

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	1.18%
State:	0.70%

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$27,978
Virginia:	$28,696

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,526
State:	$10,188

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.72%
State:	0.18%

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,508
Virginia:	$25,878

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,109
State:	$8,160

Number of discharges: 74

Here:	4.85%
Virginia:	1.90%

Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,216
State:	$27,406

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,130
State:	$8,783

Number of discharges: 22

Here:	1.44%
Virginia:	0.35%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,122
State:	$16,210

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,906
Virginia:	$5,305

Number of discharges: 25

This Hospital:	1.64%
State:	1.21%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,337
State:	$19,940

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,072
Virginia:	$6,384

Number of discharges: 32

This Hospital:	2.10%
Virginia:	2.46%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,787
Virginia:	$30,290

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,646
State:	$10,421

Number of discharges: 57

This Hospital:	3.74%
Virginia:	1.68%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$16,901
Virginia:	$26,604

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,780
Virginia:	$9,105

Number of discharges: 26

This Hospital:	1.70%
Virginia:	0.77%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$21,961
Virginia:	$37,946

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,449
State:	$12,347

Number of discharges: 67

This Hospital:	4.39%
Virginia:	1.03%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$75,069
State:	$118,211

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$41,323
State:	$37,165

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.92%
Virginia:	0.33%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$79,426
State:	$129,339

Average Total Payments

Here:	$36,312
State:	$41,249

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.72%
Virginia:	0.29%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,947
State:	$36,847

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,073
Virginia:	$12,110

Number of discharges: 204

This Hospital:	13.38%
State:	5.11%

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

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,798
State:	$22,569

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,159
Virginia:	$7,309

Number of discharges: 59

Here:	3.87%
State:	1.85%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$16,251
Virginia:	$27,841

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,514
State:	$9,090

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	1.57%
Virginia:	1.96%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,446
Virginia:	$15,506

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,319
Virginia:	$4,539

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.85%
State:	2.14%

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

This Hospital:	4%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	15%
Virginia:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	81%
State:	77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	12%
State:	15%

Always

This Hospital:	86%
Virginia:	80%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
Virginia:	11%

Usually

Here:	21%
State:	26%

Always

Here:	71%
Virginia:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	20%
Virginia:	23%

Always

Here:	73%
Virginia:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	20%
Virginia:	21%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	62%
State:	61%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	11%
Virginia:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	20%

Always

Here:	71%
State:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
Virginia:	11%

Usually

Here:	26%
Virginia:	30%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
State:	59%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	84%
State:	84%

This Hospital:	16%
State:	16%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	6%
State:	9%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	24%
Virginia:	25%

9 or 10

Here:	70%
Virginia:	66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	3%
Virginia:	6%

Yes, probably

Here:	31%
Virginia:	26%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	66%
Virginia:	68%

Quality Measures

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

This Hospital:	25.0%
State:	19.3%

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

Here:	98.5%
State:	85.3%

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

This Hospital:	98.5%
Virginia:	83.6%

HALIFAX REGIONAL HOSPITAL - HALIFAX, VA

Complaint Deficiency

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Surgery

Outcome of Care

Use of Medical Imaging

Hospital Acquired Conditions

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

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Quality Measures

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