SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING - MOUNT STERLING, KY

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Hospital type: General medical and surgical

Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 56
Administrator:
Parent system: Catholic Health Initiatives
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)
Services ProvidedInpatient:
Birthing room Hospitalists Infection isolation room Cancer services
Outpatient:
Breast cancer screening/mammograms Cancer services Cancer services Physical rehabilitation Radiation therapy Sleep center Stop-smoking program Women's health center Wound management services
Patient/family support services:
Cancer services Patient support groups Patient representative/ombusdman
Community outreach:
Health fairs Health screenings
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
CT scanner Diagnostic radioisotope facility Multislice spiral CT Ultrasound
By the numbers:Admissions: N/A
Inpatient surgeries: N/A
Outpatient visits: N/A
Outpatient surgeries: N/A
Emergency room visits: N/A
Births: N/A
Beds: 56

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Addresss:
225 FALCON DRIVE
MOUNT STERLING, KY, 40353
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (859) 498-1220

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 18.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 59.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 177.50
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 3.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 8.00
Physicians : 6.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.50
Physician Assistants : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 63
Total Certified: 63

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room 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

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

9
Kentucky:

7
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

93.0%
State:

96.4%

Heart Failure

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

95.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

92.9%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

74.0%
Kentucky:

88.1%

Pneumonia

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

93.0%
Kentucky:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

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

97.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

95.0%
Kentucky:

92.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

100.0%
State:

92.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

91.0%
Kentucky:

95.3%

Surgery

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

100.0%
State:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

97.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

100.0%
Kentucky:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

98.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

100.0%
Kentucky:

97.6%
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:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

100.0%
Kentucky:

93.0%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
Kentucky:

96.3%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

100.0%
Kentucky:

95.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

95.4%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
Kentucky:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

12.3%
Kentucky:

11.4%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

14.5%
Kentucky:

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

22.6%
Kentucky:

25.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

17.6%
State:

19.4%

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

Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,025
Kentucky:

$13,744
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,783
State:

$5,175
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

2.97%
Kentucky:

1.73%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,003
State:

$17,372
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,077
State:

$5,992
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

4.01%
Kentucky:

2.84%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,500
State:

$20,645
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,506
Kentucky:

$7,341
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

5.24%
Kentucky:

2.94%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$6,386
Kentucky:

$13,107
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,469
Kentucky:

$4,458
Number of discharges: 33
This Hospital:

5.76%
State:

3.01%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,251
State:

$13,998
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,803
State:

$4,507
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

5.06%
State:

3.82%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,773
State:

$18,407
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,184
State:

$6,339
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

2.09%
State:

1.93%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,833
Kentucky:

$16,913
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,431
State:

$6,315
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

3.49%
State:

3.15%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,484
State:

$26,625
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,010
Kentucky:

$9,229
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.92%
State:

2.66%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$5,816
Kentucky:

$11,669
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,197
State:

$4,186
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

2.62%
Kentucky:

1.54%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,589
State:

$36,810
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,760
Kentucky:

$11,509
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

2.09%
State:

0.94%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,719
State:

$19,880
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,516
Kentucky:

$7,246
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.92%
State:

0.98%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$6,874
State:

$13,466
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,214
Kentucky:

$4,783
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

4.01%
State:

2.86%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,099
Kentucky:

$42,051
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,663
State:

$13,336
Number of discharges: 88
Here:

15.36%
State:

4.90%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,732
State:

$12,072
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,253
Kentucky:

$4,289
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

3.66%
State:

2.14%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,765
State:

$20,882
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,967
Kentucky:

$8,036
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

4.89%
Kentucky:

2.17%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,031
State:

$14,170
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,428
Kentucky:

$4,959
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.92%
Kentucky:

1.23%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,405
Kentucky:

$16,969
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,327
State:

$6,346
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

4.19%
State:

2.10%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,843
State:

$34,004
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,273
State:

$11,802
Number of discharges: 33
This Hospital:

5.76%
Kentucky:

3.65%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,146
State:

$17,934
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,287
State:

$6,263
Number of discharges: 58
This Hospital:

10.12%
State:

3.27%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,059
State:

$25,985
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,225
Kentucky:

$9,009
Number of discharges: 42
Here:

7.33%
Kentucky:

2.34%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,104
Kentucky:

$13,217
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,417
State:

$4,395
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

5.58%
State:

1.49%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

7.800%
State:

8.052%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.089%
State:

0.126%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.013%
State:

0.042%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

9.600%
Kentucky:

5.467%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

1.117%
Kentucky:

0.802%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 31%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
State:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
Kentucky:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

81%
Kentucky:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
Kentucky:

3%
Usually
Here:

13%
Kentucky:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

85%
State:

84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
Kentucky:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
Kentucky:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
Kentucky:

68%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
Kentucky:

21%
Always
Here:

74%
State:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

20%
State:

19%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
Kentucky:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
Kentucky:

8%
Usually
Here:

20%
Kentucky:

18%
Always
Here:

71%
State:

74%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

31%
Kentucky:

29%
Always
Here:

62%
Kentucky:

62%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

85%
State:

83%
No
Here:

15%
State:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

8%
Kentucky:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

20%
State:

22%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

72%
Kentucky:

70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

4%
Kentucky:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

24%
Kentucky:

24%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

72%
Kentucky:

71%

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