HOUSTON HOSPITAL FOR SPECIALIZED SURGERY - HOUSTON, TX

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Addresss:
5445 LABRANCH STREET
HOUSTON, TX, 77004
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (713) 528-6800

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: No

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Registered Professional Nurses : 17.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 17.50
Dieticians : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 7
Total Certified: 6

Provided Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Bank Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Social Services

Process of Care

Surgery

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:

97.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

96.5%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Fewer than 100
Survey Response Rate: 17%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
Texas:

5%
Usually
Here:

26%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

67%
Texas:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

1%
State:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

11%
State:

13%
Always
Here:

88%
Texas:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

1%
Texas:

10%
Usually
Here:

32%
State:

23%
Always
Here:

67%
Texas:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

12%
Texas:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

38%
State:

21%
Always
Here:

50%
Texas:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

36%
Texas:

19%
Usually
This Hospital:

9%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

55%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

30%
Texas:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

6%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
Texas:

73%

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

Usually
Here:

14%
State:

25%
Always
Here:

86%
Texas:

67%

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

Yes
Here:

92%
State:

83%
No
Here:

8%
Texas:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

18%
State:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

18%
State:

21%
9 or 10
Here:

64%
State:

71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

18%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

15%
State:

23%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

67%
Texas:

72%

Average Medicare Payment

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $19,635
Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $23,150
Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,653

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