NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER INC - SAINT ALBANS, VT

Submitted by:Keith Fontaine, Vice President
Beds (total and certified) = 213, not 20.
Accreditation date = March 2007
Accreditation expires = March 2010

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Addresss:
133 FAIRFIELD STREET
SAINT ALBANS, VT, 05478
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (802) 524-5911

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 37.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 152.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 294.00
Dieticians : 3.00
Occupational Therapists : 4.00
Physical Therapists : 20.00
Registered Pharmacists : 5.00
Respiratory Therapists : 8.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 3.00
Physicians : 9.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Physician Assistants : 7.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 70
Total Certified: 70

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
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Transplant 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

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

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,583
Vermont:

$8,423
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,261
Vermont:

$4,823
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

2.75%
State:

2.04%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,063
State:

$10,686
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,440
Vermont:

$6,768
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

2.75%
Vermont:

2.17%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,258
Vermont:

$13,785
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,896
Vermont:

$8,082
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

2.75%
State:

2.81%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,521
State:

$16,404
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,559
Vermont:

$9,700
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

3.47%
Vermont:

3.03%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,968
State:

$10,468
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,542
Vermont:

$6,015
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

4.91%
State:

1.82%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,763
State:

$13,448
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,611
State:

$6,401
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

4.34%
Vermont:

3.00%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,120
State:

$11,463
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,468
Vermont:

$6,100
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

2.02%
Vermont:

0.46%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,278
Vermont:

$15,209
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,394
Vermont:

$8,737
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.02%
State:

2.66%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,546
State:

$10,898
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,586
Vermont:

$6,290
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

2.46%
State:

0.55%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,296
Vermont:

$12,289
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,115
Vermont:

$8,303
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.88%
Vermont:

0.85%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,568
Vermont:

$9,122
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,635
Vermont:

$6,108
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.59%
Vermont:

0.48%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,118
Vermont:

$14,469
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,095
Vermont:

$8,825
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

4.62%
State:

3.18%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,567
State:

$10,166
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,226
State:

$6,022
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

4.48%
Vermont:

1.23%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,051
Vermont:

$23,308
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,119
Vermont:

$13,445
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.59%
State:

0.65%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,811
State:

$16,031
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,418
Vermont:

$7,282
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.59%
State:

1.02%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,474
State:

$15,202
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,698
State:

$11,105
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.73%
Vermont:

0.63%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,254
State:

$10,329
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,102
Vermont:

$6,455
Number of discharges: 43
Here:

6.21%
Vermont:

2.38%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,030
State:

$33,633
Average Total Payments
Here:

$19,524
Vermont:

$18,156
Number of discharges: 70
Here:

10.12%
State:

7.14%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,325
State:

$11,481
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,279
Vermont:

$6,101
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

2.31%
State:

1.82%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,768
Vermont:

$13,644
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,333
Vermont:

$6,785
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.59%
State:

1.07%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,791
State:

$13,149
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,110
State:

$8,768
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.59%
State:

1.73%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,925
Vermont:

$25,734
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,408
Vermont:

$15,743
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

3.03%
Vermont:

4.62%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,667
State:

$15,422
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,640
State:

$8,765
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

1.73%
Vermont:

2.41%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,295
State:

$13,475
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,098
Vermont:

$6,424
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.59%
State:

0.58%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,807
State:

$14,332
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,802
State:

$8,479
Number of discharges: 60
This Hospital:

8.67%
State:

5.80%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,084
Vermont:

$20,794
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,978
State:

$12,175
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

2.31%
State:

2.26%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,474
State:

$9,851
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,484
State:

$6,123
Number of discharges: 49
This Hospital:

7.08%
State:

2.16%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$32,026
State:

$47,284
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$35,677
State:

$34,054
Number of discharges: 48
Here:

6.94%
Vermont:

1.12%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,151
State:

$10,641
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,545
State:

$6,049
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.88%
State:

1.29%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

43.000%
State:

35.402%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

9.200%
Vermont:

8.341%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.097%
State:

0.070%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.005%
State:

0.010%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

1.000%
State:

4.682%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
Here:

0.800%
Vermont:

1.063%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 21%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
Vermont:

4%
Usually
Here:

19%
Vermont:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

77%
Vermont:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
Vermont:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
Vermont:

15%
Always
This Hospital:

77%
Vermont:

81%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

9%
Vermont:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

30%
Vermont:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

61%
Vermont:

69%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
Vermont:

5%
Usually
Here:

25%
State:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
Vermont:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

18%
Vermont:

16%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

63%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Vermont:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
State:

77%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
Vermont:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

37%
State:

36%
Always
This Hospital:

53%
State:

53%

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

Yes
Here:

86%
Vermont:

87%
No
Here:

14%
State:

13%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

8%
Vermont:

7%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

24%
State:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

68%
State:

69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

4%
Vermont:

3%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

24%
Vermont:

24%
Yes, definitely
Here:

72%
Vermont:

73%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

1.093%
State:

0.787%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.7%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Vermont:

99.6%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
This Hospital:

4
Vermont:

5
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

100.0%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

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

92.0%
Vermont:

93.9%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

80.0%
Vermont:

91.1%

Pneumonia

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

100.0%
State:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

100.0%
Vermont:

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

100.0%
Vermont:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

97.0%
Vermont:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

96.0%
Vermont:

93.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

98.0%
State:

95.9%

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:

98.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

98.0%
Vermont:

98.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

89.0%
Vermont:

97.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

89.0%
Vermont:

97.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

95.0%
Vermont:

97.5%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

92.0%
State:

95.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

99.0%
State:

96.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

99.0%
Vermont:

99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

16.6%
State:

15.5%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

14.5%
State:

13.5%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.4%
Vermont:

12.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

17.5%
State:

18.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

23.7%
Vermont:

23.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

16.0%
State:

17.4%

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