LOS ALAMOS MEDICAL CENTER - LOS ALAMOS, NM

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Addresss:
3917 WEST ROAD
LOS ALAMOS, NM, 87544
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (505) 662-4201

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 8.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 56.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 132.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 2.00
Registered Pharmacists : 6.00
Respiratory Therapists : 4.00
Physicians : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 53
Total Certified: 53

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)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 Transplant Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Use of Medical Imaging

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

51.400%
New Mexico:

43.357%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

12.200%
New Mexico:

8.249%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.162%
New Mexico:

0.125%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.006%
New Mexico:

0.051%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

3.322%
State:

1.211%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

1.107%
New Mexico:

0.452%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

3.322%
New Mexico:

0.747%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 26%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
New Mexico:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
New Mexico:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

72%
New Mexico:

76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
New Mexico:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
New Mexico:

15%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
State:

79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

12%
Usually
This Hospital:

28%
New Mexico:

22%
Always
Here:

64%
State:

66%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
New Mexico:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

26%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

68%
New Mexico:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

23%
State:

19%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
New Mexico:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

54%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

11%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

29%
State:

20%
Always
Here:

60%
New Mexico:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

18%
State:

12%
Usually
Here:

30%
New Mexico:

29%
Always
This Hospital:

52%
State:

59%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

85%
State:

81%
No
This Hospital:

15%
State:

19%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

13%
New Mexico:

11%
7 or 8
Here:

28%
State:

26%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

59%
New Mexico:

63%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

8%
New Mexico:

7%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

26%
New Mexico:

31%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

66%
State:

62%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

11
New Mexico:

9
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

100.0%
New Mexico:

96.8%

Heart Failure

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

73.0%
State:

94.5%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

44.0%
New Mexico:

82.0%

Pneumonia

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

100.0%
New Mexico:

96.0%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

93.0%
State:

95.1%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

100.0%
State:

92.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

86.0%
New Mexico:

92.4%

Surgery

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

94.0%
New Mexico:

97.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

97.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

98.0%
State:

97.7%
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%
New Mexico:

95.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

97.0%
New Mexico:

96.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

99.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

97.0%
New Mexico:

94.8%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

82.0%
New Mexico:

94.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

100.0%
New Mexico:

94.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

96.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.5%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

11.2%
State:

12.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

12.5%
State:

12.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

23.9%
New Mexico:

23.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

18.5%
New Mexico:

17.2%

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

Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,826
State:

$17,374
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,598
New Mexico:

$6,234
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

11.11%
State:

2.61%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,608
State:

$17,803
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,516
State:

$5,275
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

12.04%
State:

3.84%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,254
New Mexico:

$16,098
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,976
State:

$5,731
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

20.37%
New Mexico:

3.57%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$48,339
New Mexico:

$50,767
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$23,528
State:

$14,985
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

22.22%
State:

7.85%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,281
New Mexico:

$24,193
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,342
State:

$8,339
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

10.19%
New Mexico:

2.27%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,061
New Mexico:

$20,805
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,316
State:

$7,451
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

11.11%
State:

4.13%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,207
State:

$14,600
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,484
New Mexico:

$5,393
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

12.96%
State:

2.45%

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