OHIO VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER - WHEELING, WV

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Addresss:
2000 EOFF STREET
WHEELING, WV, 26003
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (304) 234-0123

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 8.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 262.40
Other Salaried Personnel : 376.70
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 7.80
Occupational Therapists : 2.50
Physical Therapists : 6.00
Registered Pharmacists : 4.70
Respiratory Therapists : 14.00
Physicians : 19.00
Medical Social Workers : 3.50
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 12.60
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 2.00
Physician Assistants : 5.40
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 21.00
Nurse Practitioners: 3.00
Residents (Physicians) : 21.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 453
Total Certified: 453
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 54

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Chemotherapy Services
Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Forensic Psychiatric Services
Geriatric Psychiatric Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Neonatal Services
ICU - Pediatric Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Organ Bank Services
Organ Transplant Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Outppatient Psychiatric Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services
Urgent Care Center Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 29%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

18%
West Virginia:

17%
Always
Here:

77%
State:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
West Virginia:

4%
Usually
Here:

19%
West Virginia:

14%
Always
This Hospital:

75%
State:

82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

13%
West Virginia:

12%
Usually
Here:

30%
State:

23%
Always
Here:

57%
State:

65%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

8%
Usually
Here:

24%
State:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
State:

69%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

20%
West Virginia:

20%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
West Virginia:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

18%
West Virginia:

18%
Always
Here:

74%
West Virginia:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

9%
West Virginia:

13%
Usually
This Hospital:

31%
West Virginia:

32%
Always
Here:

60%
State:

55%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

82%
West Virginia:

83%
No
This Hospital:

18%
West Virginia:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

8%
West Virginia:

11%
7 or 8
Here:

27%
West Virginia:

24%
9 or 10
Here:

65%
West Virginia:

65%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

6%
West Virginia:

6%
Yes, probably
Here:

23%
State:

29%
Yes, definitely
Here:

71%
State:

65%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

45.100%
West Virginia:

42.623%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

15.400%
West Virginia:

8.958%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.598%
State:

0.275%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

97.0%
West Virginia:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

86.0%
State:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

85.0%
State:

98.9%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
This Hospital:

10
State:

11
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital
Here:

68
West Virginia:

95
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

100.0%
State:

96.9%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

65.0%
West Virginia:

96.3%

Heart Failure

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

97.0%
West Virginia:

98.4%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

94.0%
State:

95.0%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

100.0%
West Virginia:

91.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.4%

Pneumonia

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

98.0%
State:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

97.0%
West Virginia:

96.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
West Virginia:

98.3%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

93.3%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

90.0%
West Virginia:

93.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

87.0%
West Virginia:

95.7%

Surgery

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

94.0%
West Virginia:

98.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

92.0%
West Virginia:

96.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

100.0%
West Virginia:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

92.0%
State:

95.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

93.0%
West Virginia:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

98.0%
West Virginia:

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

78.0%
State:

94.5%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

67.0%
West Virginia:

95.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

94.8%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

90.0%
State:

93.8%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

98.9%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

15.3%
State:

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

14.3%
State:

11.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

9.8%
State:

12.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

20.8%
State:

20.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

24.8%
West Virginia:

25.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

19.2%
State:

19.6%

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

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

$15,480
West Virginia:

$17,489
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,832
West Virginia:

$7,136
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.72%
State:

0.80%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,374
State:

$27,957
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,352
State:

$10,950
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

2.50%
West Virginia:

1.04%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,260
West Virginia:

$12,030
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,806
State:

$5,051
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

1.88%
West Virginia:

1.55%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,346
State:

$8,528
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,281
State:

$3,482
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

1.88%
State:

1.87%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,102
State:

$9,955
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,877
State:

$4,934
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

3.91%
West Virginia:

2.14%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,685
West Virginia:

$10,553
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,010
State:

$3,462
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.72%
West Virginia:

2.41%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,923
State:

$12,902
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,586
State:

$5,791
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

4.54%
West Virginia:

3.65%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,230
State:

$16,204
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,632
State:

$7,123
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

2.97%
State:

3.14%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,288
State:

$9,702
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,179
State:

$4,286
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

2.66%
West Virginia:

3.30%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,963
West Virginia:

$18,767
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,110
State:

$6,630
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.19%
State:

1.98%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,331
State:

$12,547
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,844
West Virginia:

$5,103
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

2.03%
State:

0.69%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,659
State:

$11,121
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,259
State:

$4,399
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

3.13%
West Virginia:

3.99%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,056
West Virginia:

$15,574
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,733
West Virginia:

$6,146
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

4.54%
State:

1.88%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,046
West Virginia:

$29,334
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,415
State:

$11,046
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

3.44%
West Virginia:

0.59%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,277
State:

$13,518
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,706
State:

$6,064
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

3.76%
West Virginia:

3.11%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,387
West Virginia:

$20,887
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,570
State:

$8,936
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

4.38%
West Virginia:

2.50%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,203
West Virginia:

$30,759
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,540
West Virginia:

$11,523
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

3.29%
State:

0.91%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,207
West Virginia:

$17,560
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,475
State:

$7,265
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

2.97%
West Virginia:

1.39%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,239
State:

$31,271
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,122
State:

$12,914
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

2.35%
West Virginia:

0.70%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,852
West Virginia:

$10,257
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,528
West Virginia:

$4,701
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

2.82%
State:

3.45%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,180
West Virginia:

$33,555
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,523
State:

$12,548
Number of discharges: 62
This Hospital:

9.70%
State:

4.22%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$67,249
West Virginia:

$84,532
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$27,328
State:

$33,996
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.72%
West Virginia:

0.40%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,685
State:

$9,782
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,067
State:

$4,200
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.88%
West Virginia:

1.96%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,383
West Virginia:

$18,551
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,271
State:

$7,863
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

2.82%
State:

1.77%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,520
West Virginia:

$13,699
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,671
West Virginia:

$6,153
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

2.35%
State:

2.20%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,773
West Virginia:

$23,118
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,165
State:

$10,082
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.72%
State:

1.22%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,494
State:

$27,963
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,639
State:

$12,086
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

2.66%
State:

0.88%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$70,068
State:

$77,185
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$25,979
State:

$33,155
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

2.35%
State:

0.49%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,310
West Virginia:

$36,399
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,689
West Virginia:

$14,359
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

2.82%
State:

1.30%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,724
West Virginia:

$11,443
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,183
State:

$5,131
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.72%
West Virginia:

0.74%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,376
West Virginia:

$30,150
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,225
West Virginia:

$12,053
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

3.29%
State:

3.24%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,835
State:

$14,392
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,548
State:

$6,029
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

4.07%
State:

3.71%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,031
West Virginia:

$21,145
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,105
State:

$8,863
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

2.35%
West Virginia:

2.15%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,583
State:

$11,188
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,201
State:

$4,415
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.88%
State:

1.99%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

1.561%
West Virginia:

0.833%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.260%
West Virginia:

0.393%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.260%
West Virginia:

0.325%

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