NORTHWEST SPECIALTY HOSPITAL - POST FALLS, ID

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Addresss:
1593 EAST POLSTON AVENUE
POST FALLS, ID, 83854
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (208) 262-2300

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: No

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Registered Professional Nurses : 20.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 22.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 22
Total Certified: 22

Provided Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 0%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

1%
Idaho:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

10%
Idaho:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

89%
Idaho:

79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

4%
Usually
Here:

8%
State:

14%
Always
This Hospital:

89%
State:

82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
Idaho:

6%
Usually
Here:

9%
Idaho:

23%
Always
Here:

88%
State:

71%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
State:

23%
Always
Here:

79%
Idaho:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

12%
State:

17%
Usually
Here:

12%
Idaho:

18%
Always
Here:

76%
Idaho:

65%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

11%
Idaho:

17%
Always
Here:

85%
State:

76%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
Idaho:

30%
Always
Here:

76%
Idaho:

62%

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

Yes
Here:

89%
Idaho:

87%
No
This Hospital:

11%
State:

13%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

3%
State:

6%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

9%
Idaho:

21%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

88%
Idaho:

73%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

2%
Idaho:

3%
Yes, probably
Here:

8%
Idaho:

23%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

90%
Idaho:

74%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

42.200%
State:

37.408%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.040%
State:

0.087%

Process of Care

Surgery

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

98.0%
Idaho:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

99.0%
State:

95.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

98.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

99.0%
Idaho:

97.4%
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:

99.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

92.8%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
State:

94.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

99.0%
Idaho:

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

99.0%
State:

96.7%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

99.0%
Idaho:

99.5%

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

Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,754
Idaho:

$36,164
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,801
State:

$13,878
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

24.51%
State:

1.33%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,583
State:

$35,794
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,301
State:

$13,798
Number of discharges: 47
Here:

46.08%
Idaho:

12.93%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$74,620
State:

$71,614
Average Total Payments
Here:

$22,311
State:

$26,072
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

29.41%
Idaho:

2.96%

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