NORTHERN LOUISIANA MEDICAL CENTER (RUSTON, LA) 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.

Here:	56.400%
Louisiana:	40.453%

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

Here:	16.100%
State:	8.157%

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

This Hospital:	0.580%
Louisiana:	0.309%

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

This Hospital:	0.517%
Louisiana:	0.092%

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

This Hospital:	5.100%
Louisiana:	5.188%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 25%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
State:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
State:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	76%
Louisiana:	82%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
Louisiana:	3%

Usually

Here:	14%
Louisiana:	11%

Always

Here:	82%
State:	86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	14%
State:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	27%
State:	20%

Always

Here:	59%
State:	70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
Louisiana:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
Louisiana:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	69%
Louisiana:	75%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	22%
State:	17%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
State:	15%

Always

This Hospital:	61%
State:	68%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	15%
Louisiana:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
State:	74%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	12%
Louisiana:	6%

Usually

Here:	28%
State:	21%

Always

Here:	60%
State:	73%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	79%
Louisiana:	83%

Here:	21%
Louisiana:	17%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	11%
Louisiana:	8%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	27%
Louisiana:	18%

9 or 10

Here:	62%
Louisiana:	74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	6%
Louisiana:	4%

Yes, probably

Here:	33%
State:	21%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	61%
Louisiana:	75%

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

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$17,071
State:	$13,762

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,552
Louisiana:	$3,671

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	0.93%
Louisiana:	0.28%

Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$27,032
Louisiana:	$21,572

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,022
State:	$5,310

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	0.82%
State:	0.55%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$23,154
State:	$18,676

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,963
Louisiana:	$5,133

Number of discharges: 39

Here:	2.14%
State:	1.34%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$51,126
Louisiana:	$30,959

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,516
Louisiana:	$7,872

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.71%
Louisiana:	0.83%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,167
State:	$11,957

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,475
State:	$3,525

Number of discharges: 48

This Hospital:	2.63%
Louisiana:	1.75%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,527
Louisiana:	$17,074

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,983
State:	$5,195

Number of discharges: 56

Here:	3.07%
State:	2.37%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$21,659
Louisiana:	$14,727

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,349
Louisiana:	$3,579

Number of discharges: 47

Here:	2.57%
State:	1.32%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$29,385
State:	$22,169

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,785
State:	$5,961

Number of discharges: 26

Here:	1.42%
State:	2.01%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$43,473
State:	$30,887

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,225
State:	$7,375

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	1.20%
State:	2.15%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$25,357
Louisiana:	$15,410

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,349
Louisiana:	$4,526

Number of discharges: 36

Here:	1.97%
Louisiana:	1.96%

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

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$45,462
State:	$32,751

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,854
Louisiana:	$7,080

Number of discharges: 81

Here:	4.44%
Louisiana:	1.81%

Diabetes with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$18,881
State:	$18,472

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,895
State:	$5,270

Number of discharges: 23

Here:	1.26%
Louisiana:	0.79%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$25,172
State:	$29,219

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,035
State:	$7,495

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.77%
State:	0.59%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$16,905
State:	$17,465

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,371
Louisiana:	$4,542

Number of discharges: 86

This Hospital:	4.71%
Louisiana:	3.45%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$25,699
State:	$23,952

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,056
State:	$6,368

Number of discharges: 44

Here:	2.41%
State:	1.80%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$55,928
State:	$41,483

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,594
State:	$10,967

Number of discharges: 21

Here:	1.15%
State:	0.71%

G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$23,309
Louisiana:	$16,470

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,299
State:	$4,439

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	0.99%
State:	0.65%

G.I. Obstruction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$18,683
State:	$21,139

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,598
State:	$5,759

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.77%
State:	0.67%

G.I. Obstruction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$19,936
Louisiana:	$14,773

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,101
State:	$4,023

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	0.82%
State:	0.42%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$28,896
State:	$20,638

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,140
State:	$6,262

Number of discharges: 70

This Hospital:	3.83%
Louisiana:	4.02%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$41,858
Louisiana:	$34,212

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,993
State:	$9,181

Number of discharges: 49

Here:	2.68%
State:	3.07%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$21,676
State:	$13,296

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,137
State:	$4,242

Number of discharges: 51

This Hospital:	2.79%
Louisiana:	2.07%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$64,970
Louisiana:	$45,151

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,366
Louisiana:	$11,427

Number of discharges: 23

Here:	1.26%
State:	0.96%

Hypertension without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,843
Louisiana:	$14,249

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,993
Louisiana:	$4,055

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	0.99%
Louisiana:	0.36%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$27,848
Louisiana:	$26,393

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,937
State:	$7,158

Number of discharges: 42

This Hospital:	2.30%
State:	1.56%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$21,416
Louisiana:	$19,215

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,094
Louisiana:	$5,315

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.60%
Louisiana:	0.83%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$38,865
Louisiana:	$26,802

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,491
State:	$7,334

Number of discharges: 36

Here:	1.97%
Louisiana:	1.32%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,107
Louisiana:	$16,881

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,695
Louisiana:	$4,786

Number of discharges: 91

Here:	4.98%
Louisiana:	4.16%

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$65,859
State:	$42,814

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,382
State:	$10,845

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.77%
Louisiana:	0.28%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$77,096
State:	$48,840

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,137
State:	$13,051

Number of discharges: 30

Here:	1.64%
State:	4.93%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$90,052
State:	$62,942

Average Total Payments

Here:	$15,380
Louisiana:	$16,299

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	0.82%
State:	0.62%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$21,019
Louisiana:	$18,496

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,953
Louisiana:	$5,163

Number of discharges: 26

This Hospital:	1.42%
Louisiana:	0.52%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$21,396
Louisiana:	$22,710

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,739
State:	$7,159

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	0.93%
Louisiana:	0.94%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$16,090
State:	$13,945

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,329
Louisiana:	$4,247

Number of discharges: 72

Here:	3.94%
Louisiana:	2.82%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$46,789
Louisiana:	$40,566

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,666
Louisiana:	$11,994

Number of discharges: 23

This Hospital:	1.26%
State:	0.95%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$89,965
State:	$69,459

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,115
State:	$13,367

Number of discharges: 26

Here:	1.42%
State:	1.46%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,565
State:	$22,745

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,357
State:	$5,925

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.66%
State:	0.54%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,766
Louisiana:	$15,057

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,029
State:	$4,083

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.71%
State:	0.33%

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$38,663
State:	$29,813

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,662
State:	$7,985

Number of discharges: 17

This Hospital:	0.93%
State:	1.01%

Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$46,773
Louisiana:	$29,562

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,697
Louisiana:	$8,239

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.66%
State:	0.54%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$17,024
Louisiana:	$15,539

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,812
Louisiana:	$5,075

Number of discharges: 40

Here:	2.19%
State:	2.33%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$22,783
State:	$22,786

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,041
State:	$6,275

Number of discharges: 32

This Hospital:	1.75%
State:	2.48%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$31,775
State:	$34,569

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,311
Louisiana:	$10,222

Number of discharges: 36

Here:	1.97%
State:	1.75%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$42,020
Louisiana:	$35,001

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,645
Louisiana:	$8,988

Number of discharges: 23

Here:	1.26%
State:	1.02%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$55,963
Louisiana:	$53,780

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,375
Louisiana:	$12,372

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.77%
State:	0.89%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$116,294
Louisiana:	$127,408

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$30,888
Louisiana:	$32,425

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	1.10%
Louisiana:	0.46%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$56,002
Louisiana:	$55,174

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,198
Louisiana:	$14,638

Number of discharges: 38

Here:	2.08%
State:	1.12%

Seizures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,863
State:	$17,381

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,933
State:	$4,811

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	1.04%
State:	0.57%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$39,555
State:	$43,898

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,206
Louisiana:	$11,975

Number of discharges: 48

This Hospital:	2.63%
Louisiana:	4.23%

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

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$25,569
Louisiana:	$23,723

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,837
State:	$7,106

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	1.31%
State:	1.70%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$19,144
State:	$16,744

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,182
State:	$4,242

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.88%
Louisiana:	0.64%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$36,817
Louisiana:	$23,889

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,583
State:	$6,196

Number of discharges: 65

This Hospital:	3.56%
State:	3.35%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$36,857
State:	$39,349

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,686
Louisiana:	$9,135

Number of discharges: 34

This Hospital:	1.86%
Louisiana:	1.73%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$24,263
State:	$16,578

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,349
State:	$4,361

Number of discharges: 35

This Hospital:	1.92%
State:	1.62%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$18,558
Louisiana:	$17,947

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,369
Louisiana:	$4,506

Number of discharges: 63

This Hospital:	3.45%
Louisiana:	1.33%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$22,471
State:	$19,103

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,461
State:	$4,576

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.88%
Louisiana:	0.87%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
Louisiana:	99.0%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	98.0%
State:	99.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
Louisiana:	98.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Louisiana:	99.9%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Louisiana:	96.0%

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)

This Hospital:	99.0%
Louisiana:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	93.0%
State:	90.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.3%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	99.0%
Louisiana:	95.1%

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

Here:	100.0%
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)

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	90.7%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	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

Here:	100.0%
State:	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

Here:	97.0%
Louisiana:	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:	97.0%
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%
State:	99.7%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	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)

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	95.5%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.1%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Louisiana:	99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	17.2%
Louisiana:	16.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	11.7%
State:	11.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	15.5%
State:	12.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	20.2%
State:	19.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	26.9%
State:	25.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	17.6%
State:	18.7%

Complaint Deficiency

Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
- 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
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
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
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that residents are safe from serious medication errors
- 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 enough nurses to care for every resident in a way that maximizes the resident's well being
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Make sure that special or therapeutic diets are ordered by the attending doctor
- 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: Few
Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident
- 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
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
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: Some
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 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
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: Some
Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Offer other nutritional food to each resident who will not eat the food served
- 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: Some
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- 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
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: 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: Some

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

This Hospital:	0.193%
State:	1.429%

Infection from a Urinary Catheter

Here:	0.193%
State:	0.448%

Severe pressure sores (bed sores)

Here:	1.157%
Louisiana:	0.450%

Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar

Here:	0.386%
State:	0.284%

Quality Measures

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

This Hospital:	42.1%
State:	21.0%

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

This Hospital:	0.6%
State:	1.9%

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

Here:	100.0%
Louisiana:	81.8%

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

This Hospital:	97.4%
Louisiana:	79.9%

Percent of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

This Hospital:	2.4%
Louisiana:	3.7%

NORTHERN LOUISIANA MEDICAL CENTER - RUSTON, LA

Use of Medical Imaging

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

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

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Surgery

Outcome of Care

Complaint Deficiency

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Quality Measures

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