MERCY TIFFIN HOSPITAL - TIFFIN, OH

Submitted by:Susan Hellmann, Director
Please update your listing for Mercy Hospital of Tiffin, which relocated on July 27, 2008 from 485 West Market Street in Tiffin, Ohio 44885 with phone number 419-447-3130 to a new hospital / new campus:
Mercy Hospital of Tiffin is now located at 45 St. Lawrence Drive, Tiffin, OH 44883 - - phone is 419-455-7000.
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Addresss:
45 ST LAWRENCE DRIVE
TIFFIN, OH, 44883
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (419) 455-7000

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

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 25.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 97.75
Other Salaried Personnel : 269.25
Dieticians : 2.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 2.50
Respiratory Therapists : 7.25
Physicians : 3.00
Medical Social Workers : 2.50

Number Of Beds
Total: 118
Total Certified: 118

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice 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
Optometric 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

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 41%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

2%
Ohio:

4%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

82%
Ohio:

79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

14%
Ohio:

16%
Always
Here:

83%
State:

79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Ohio:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

26%
Ohio:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

69%
Ohio:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

25%
Ohio:

24%
Always
Here:

70%
State:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

18%
State:

20%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

63%
State:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
Ohio:

7%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

81%
State:

74%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
State:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

35%
State:

32%
Always
This Hospital:

57%
Ohio:

57%

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

Yes
Here:

88%
Ohio:

85%
No
This Hospital:

12%
State:

15%

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

6 or lower
Here:

5%
State:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

22%
Ohio:

22%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

73%
State:

70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

2%
State:

4%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

31%
Ohio:

25%
Yes, definitely
Here:

67%
Ohio:

71%

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

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,649
Ohio:

$17,343
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,195
Ohio:

$5,360
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

2.26%
Ohio:

1.61%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,751
Ohio:

$14,248
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,187
Ohio:

$5,264
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

3.20%
State:

2.07%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,771
State:

$18,588
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,089
State:

$6,116
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

5.84%
State:

2.58%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,163
State:

$23,243
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,273
Ohio:

$7,305
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

3.58%
Ohio:

2.57%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,021
Ohio:

$13,703
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,465
Ohio:

$4,558
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

6.03%
Ohio:

1.95%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,657
State:

$15,976
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,445
Ohio:

$4,676
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

4.71%
State:

3.54%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,225
State:

$20,118
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,206
Ohio:

$6,456
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

6.03%
Ohio:

3.25%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,175
Ohio:

$30,968
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,053
State:

$9,501
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

3.39%
State:

2.81%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,161
State:

$13,715
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,245
Ohio:

$4,264
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

3.39%
State:

1.27%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,845
State:

$39,606
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,546
Ohio:

$11,457
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

3.39%
State:

0.96%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,324
State:

$14,573
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,876
State:

$4,878
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

5.08%
State:

2.95%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$46,125
Ohio:

$43,077
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,533
State:

$13,260
Number of discharges: 64
Here:

12.05%
Ohio:

5.47%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,923
Ohio:

$13,909
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,310
Ohio:

$4,364
Number of discharges: 42
This Hospital:

7.91%
State:

2.09%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,328
Ohio:

$25,602
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,653
Ohio:

$8,882
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

2.82%
State:

0.69%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,995
Ohio:

$14,688
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,178
Ohio:

$4,442
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

2.45%
Ohio:

0.75%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,243
Ohio:

$18,745
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,485
State:

$6,275
Number of discharges: 72
Here:

13.56%
Ohio:

2.85%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,154
State:

$29,030
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,955
Ohio:

$9,075
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

5.84%
Ohio:

2.14%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,983
Ohio:

$13,590
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,379
State:

$4,407
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

3.20%
State:

1.11%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$6,672
State:

$16,283
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,312
State:

$4,578
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

2.82%
Ohio:

2.11%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,487
Ohio:

$18,107
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,487
State:

$4,579
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

2.45%
State:

1.15%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

5
State:

7
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital
This Hospital:

153
State:

63
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.0%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
Ohio:

99.5%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

94.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Ohio:

99.4%

Pneumonia

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

97.0%
State:

96.3%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Ohio:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

98.0%
Ohio:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

99.0%
State:

96.7%

Surgery

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

98.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

99.0%
Ohio:

98.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

97.0%
Ohio:

97.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

99.0%
State:

98.2%
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%
Ohio:

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

100.0%
State:

94.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
Ohio:

97.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

34.0%
Ohio:

95.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

70.0%
Ohio:

96.3%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
Ohio:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

11.7%
Ohio:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.4%
Ohio:

11.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

24.2%
State:

25.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

15.6%
State:

19.0%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

25.800%
State:

34.110%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

4.000%
State:

8.691%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.709%
State:

0.119%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.059%
Ohio:

0.024%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

6.800%
State:

5.607%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Objects Accidentally Left in the Body After Surgery
Here:

0.498%
Ohio:

0.156%
Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.997%
Ohio:

0.740%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.498%
State:

0.348%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

0.498%
Ohio:

0.391%

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