HUEY P LONG MEDICAL CENTER - PINEVILLE, LA

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Addresss:
352 HOSPITAL BLVD
PINEVILLE, LA, 71360
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (318) 473-6200

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - State
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 35.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 125.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 392.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 9.00
Dieticians : 4.25
Occupational Therapists : 2.00
Physical Therapists : 2.00
Registered Pharmacists : 5.33
Respiratory Therapists : 5.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 20.00
Medical Social Workers : 3.00
Residents (Physicians) : 13.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 137
Total Certified: 137
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 16

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Bank Services
Organ Transplant Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

16
Louisiana:

12
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

98.0%
Louisiana:

94.5%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
Louisiana:

97.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

95.0%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

100.0%
Louisiana:

90.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Louisiana:

99.3%

Pneumonia

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

96.0%
State:

95.1%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

98.0%
State:

96.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

99.0%
State:

92.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

88.0%
Louisiana:

90.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

93.5%

Surgery

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

98.0%
Louisiana:

97.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

100.0%
Louisiana:

95.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

99.0%
Louisiana:

95.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

99.0%
Louisiana:

96.5%
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%
Louisiana:

99.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

100.0%
Louisiana:

92.3%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
Louisiana:

95.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

100.0%
Louisiana:

95.5%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

100.0%
Louisiana:

96.1%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

19.1%
State:

18.7%

Average Medicare Payment

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,981
Heart failure and shock w MCC: $10,073
Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,844
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $5,005
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $8,989
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $6,587
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $9,672
Diabetes w MCC: $9,380
Chest Pain: $3,666
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $7,771
Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $6,656
Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $11,193
Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $23,571
Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $14,644
Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,778

Use of Medical Imaging

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

0.500%
State:

8.157%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

1.000%
Louisiana:

5.188%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 19%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
Louisiana:

4%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

14%
Always
Here:

78%
State:

82%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
Louisiana:

3%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

11%
Always
This Hospital:

77%
State:

86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

12%
Louisiana:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
Louisiana:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
State:

70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

20%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

70%
State:

75%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

23%
State:

17%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

15%
Always
Here:

59%
Louisiana:

68%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

14%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

62%
Louisiana:

74%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

14%
Louisiana:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
State:

21%
Always
Here:

68%
Louisiana:

73%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

74%
State:

83%
No
Here:

26%
Louisiana:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

12%
State:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

24%
Louisiana:

18%
9 or 10
Here:

64%
Louisiana:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

4%
State:

4%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

26%
Louisiana:

21%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

70%
Louisiana:

75%

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