MERCY SUBURBAN HOSPITAL - NORRISTOWN, PA

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Addresss:
2701 DEKALB PIKE
NORRISTOWN, PA, 19401
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (215) 278-2000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Church
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 13.75
Registered Professional Nurses : 126.25
Other Salaried Personnel : 302.00
Dieticians : 2.25
Occupational Therapists : 1.25
Physical Therapists : 7.00
Registered Pharmacists : 5.25
Respiratory Therapists : 16.50
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.00
Physicians : 33.50
Medical Social Workers : 3.75
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 12.25
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 3.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 31.25
Nurse Practitioners: 1.75
Residents (Physicians) : 34.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 130
Total Certified: 73
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 15

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Geriatric Psychiatric Services
Gerontological Specialty Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.581%
State:

0.708%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.581%
State:

0.389%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.194%
Pennsylvania:

0.504%

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,320
State:

$35,398
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,376
Pennsylvania:

$7,813
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.05%
State:

0.64%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$37,684
State:

$49,161
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,894
Pennsylvania:

$11,984
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.05%
State:

1.10%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,597
Pennsylvania:

$29,111
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,816
State:

$5,893
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.30%
Pennsylvania:

0.63%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,664
State:

$24,639
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,602
Pennsylvania:

$5,656
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.46%
Pennsylvania:

1.67%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$63,891
State:

$36,008
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,374
Pennsylvania:

$8,468
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.54%
Pennsylvania:

1.01%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,611
Pennsylvania:

$17,588
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,507
State:

$3,835
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.87%
State:

1.86%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,076
Pennsylvania:

$21,833
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,539
Pennsylvania:

$5,569
Number of discharges: 43
Here:

3.49%
Pennsylvania:

2.29%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,479
Pennsylvania:

$21,791
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,529
Pennsylvania:

$3,879
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

2.76%
Pennsylvania:

1.55%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$49,500
Pennsylvania:

$29,850
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,638
State:

$6,479
Number of discharges: 49
This Hospital:

3.97%
Pennsylvania:

2.15%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$54,744
Pennsylvania:

$35,841
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,828
State:

$7,862
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.54%
State:

1.99%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$36,317
Pennsylvania:

$21,975
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,932
State:

$4,841
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

2.60%
State:

1.72%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,028
Pennsylvania:

$39,486
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,806
Pennsylvania:

$6,703
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.14%
State:

0.35%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,922
Pennsylvania:

$29,684
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,159
Pennsylvania:

$6,655
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.97%
State:

0.53%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,774
Pennsylvania:

$27,059
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,505
State:

$5,943
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.97%
Pennsylvania:

0.68%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,746
State:

$24,456
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,012
State:

$4,986
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

4.14%
Pennsylvania:

3.72%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,108
Pennsylvania:

$21,079
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,423
Pennsylvania:

$4,697
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.89%
State:

0.36%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$47,562
State:

$29,883
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,244
State:

$6,883
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

2.35%
State:

2.08%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$58,873
State:

$56,055
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,780
State:

$12,195
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.05%
Pennsylvania:

0.73%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,183
State:

$23,995
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,646
Pennsylvania:

$4,905
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.30%
State:

0.51%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$39,349
Pennsylvania:

$29,163
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,056
State:

$6,918
Number of discharges: 56
This Hospital:

4.54%
Pennsylvania:

3.75%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$49,713
State:

$40,714
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,964
Pennsylvania:

$9,817
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

2.11%
State:

2.71%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,124
State:

$20,243
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,257
Pennsylvania:

$4,587
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

2.27%
State:

1.61%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$72,392
State:

$51,161
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,356
State:

$12,050
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.78%
State:

1.07%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$143,281
State:

$155,828
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$36,548
State:

$38,158
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.78%
Pennsylvania:

0.50%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$44,854
State:

$36,649
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,836
State:

$7,863
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.22%
Pennsylvania:

1.56%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$41,619
State:

$33,452
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,352
Pennsylvania:

$7,881
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

2.68%
State:

1.01%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,155
State:

$23,346
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,452
Pennsylvania:

$5,274
Number of discharges: 40
Here:

3.24%
Pennsylvania:

2.94%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$93,390
Pennsylvania:

$51,015
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,750
Pennsylvania:

$13,679
Number of discharges: 44
Here:

3.57%
Pennsylvania:

5.31%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$88,332
State:

$79,691
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$20,371
State:

$17,879
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.22%
State:

0.67%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$37,615
Pennsylvania:

$37,349
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,742
State:

$8,157
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.78%
State:

0.66%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$29,650
Pennsylvania:

$21,864
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,480
State:

$4,771
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.70%
Pennsylvania:

2.03%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$39,716
State:

$29,869
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,937
State:

$6,973
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.22%
Pennsylvania:

0.66%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$66,083
Pennsylvania:

$50,723
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,220
State:

$12,029
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.05%
Pennsylvania:

0.37%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$57,641
Pennsylvania:

$42,805
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,743
State:

$9,223
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.89%
Pennsylvania:

0.30%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$29,601
State:

$26,165
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,312
Pennsylvania:

$5,568
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

2.92%
State:

1.18%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$43,675
State:

$29,333
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,134
State:

$7,034
Number of discharges: 41
This Hospital:

3.33%
Pennsylvania:

2.33%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$55,079
Pennsylvania:

$43,566
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,939
Pennsylvania:

$11,198
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

2.35%
State:

1.49%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$52,272
Pennsylvania:

$43,448
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,045
Pennsylvania:

$9,800
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

2.03%
Pennsylvania:

0.82%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$78,058
State:

$54,086
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,234
Pennsylvania:

$12,976
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.22%
Pennsylvania:

0.97%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$110,152
Pennsylvania:

$188,023
Average Total Payments
Here:

$31,578
State:

$38,405
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.22%
Pennsylvania:

0.36%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$79,600
State:

$74,959
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,427
Pennsylvania:

$16,074
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

2.51%
Pennsylvania:

0.96%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$36,829
State:

$28,738
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,101
Pennsylvania:

$5,717
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.89%
State:

0.75%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$125,729
State:

$201,554
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$38,471
State:

$42,480
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

3.00%
Pennsylvania:

0.26%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$75,984
State:

$50,114
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,131
State:

$12,705
Number of discharges: 48
Here:

3.89%
Pennsylvania:

3.92%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$58,944
Pennsylvania:

$28,351
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,342
State:

$7,480
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.78%
Pennsylvania:

1.62%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,905
State:

$24,920
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,352
State:

$5,242
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.97%
Pennsylvania:

0.72%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$47,279
State:

$29,567
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,003
State:

$6,703
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

2.19%
Pennsylvania:

2.73%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,041
Pennsylvania:

$21,186
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,027
State:

$4,668
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.05%
Pennsylvania:

1.11%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,566
Pennsylvania:

$23,856
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,066
Pennsylvania:

$4,892
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

4.14%
State:

2.49%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 28%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
Pennsylvania:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
Pennsylvania:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

69%
State:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
Pennsylvania:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
Pennsylvania:

16%
Always
Here:

72%
State:

79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

20%
Pennsylvania:

10%
Usually
Here:

30%
State:

26%
Always
This Hospital:

50%
Pennsylvania:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
Pennsylvania:

7%
Usually
Here:

27%
State:

24%
Always
Here:

64%
State:

69%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

28%
Pennsylvania:

21%
Usually
Here:

18%
Pennsylvania:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

54%
Pennsylvania:

60%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

15%
Pennsylvania:

9%
Usually
Here:

25%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
Pennsylvania:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

22%
State:

14%
Usually
Here:

40%
Pennsylvania:

34%
Always
This Hospital:

38%
Pennsylvania:

52%

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

Yes
Here:

81%
Pennsylvania:

83%
No
This Hospital:

19%
Pennsylvania:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

16%
Pennsylvania:

10%
7 or 8
Here:

33%
Pennsylvania:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

51%
State:

66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

10%
Pennsylvania:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

33%
State:

28%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

57%
State:

67%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.5%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

10
Pennsylvania:

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

95.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.6%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

97.3%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

93.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.4%

Pneumonia

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

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.6%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

99.0%
Pennsylvania:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

95.0%
State:

95.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

100.0%
State:

94.1%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.6%

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:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

98.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

98.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

98.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

95.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

95.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

98.0%
Pennsylvania:

95.7%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

14.4%
State:

14.8%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

12.0%
State:

10.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.0%
Pennsylvania:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

20.2%
State:

19.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

25.8%
Pennsylvania:

24.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.9%
State:

18.6%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

33.300%
State:

36.295%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

5.200%
State:

8.255%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.053%
Pennsylvania:

0.151%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.027%
State:

0.023%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

2.200%
Pennsylvania:

5.987%

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