MT ASCUTNEY HOSPITAL (WINDSOR, VT) Detailed Hospital Profile

Process of Care

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
Vermont:	99.3%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	85.0%
Vermont:	91.1%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Vermont:	95.6%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.6%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

This Hospital:	100.0%
Vermont:	96.5%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	92.0%
Vermont:	93.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	94.0%
State:	95.9%

Surgery

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

Here:	100.0%
Vermont:	99.8%

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

Here:	100.0%
Vermont:	99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	11.0%
State:	13.5%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.5%
State:	12.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	22.7%
Vermont:	23.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.0%
Vermont:	17.4%

Complaint Deficiency

Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
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 menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that residents with reduced range of motion get proper treatment and services to increase range of motion
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Many
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
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: Few
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
- 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
At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor
- 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: Some

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 36%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
Vermont:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	78%
State:	78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	1%
State:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
Vermont:	15%

Always

Here:	81%
State:	81%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Vermont:	7%

Usually

Here:	28%
State:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
State:	69%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
State:	5%

Usually

Here:	20%
Vermont:	23%

Always

This Hospital:	74%
State:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	13%
Vermont:	16%

Usually

Here:	23%
State:	20%

Always

Here:	64%
State:	64%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
Vermont:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	13%
Vermont:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	85%
State:	77%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
State:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	34%
State:	36%

Always

Here:	60%
State:	53%

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

Yes

Here:	84%
State:	87%

Here:	16%
Vermont:	13%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	3%
Vermont:	7%

7 or 8

Here:	19%
Vermont:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	78%
State:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	2%
Vermont:	3%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	17%
State:	24%

Yes, definitely

Here:	81%
State:	73%

MT ASCUTNEY HOSPITAL - WINDSOR, VT

Process of Care

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Surgery

Outcome of Care

Complaint Deficiency

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

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