UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER OF EL PASO - EL PASO, TX

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Addresss:
4815 ALAMEDA AVE
EL PASO, TX, 79905
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (915) 521-7602

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 22.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 436.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 1174.00
Dieticians : 3.00
Occupational Therapists : 7.00
Physical Therapists : 8.00
Registered Pharmacists : 28.00
Respiratory Therapists : 37.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 3.00
Medical Social Workers : 13.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 22.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 3.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 25.00
Nurse Practitioners: 11.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 346
Total Certified: 276

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Medicare Certified Transplant Center Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric 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
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services
Urgent Care Center Services

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

0.284%
Texas:

0.531%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

53.800%
Texas:

37.857%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

4.900%
State:

8.275%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.049%
State:

0.250%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.006%
Texas:

0.110%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

4.100%
State:

5.401%

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
This Hospital:

4%
Texas:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

77%
Texas:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
State:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
State:

13%
Always
Here:

79%
Texas:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
Texas:

10%
Usually
Here:

30%
State:

23%
Always
Here:

60%
State:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

25%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

69%
Texas:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

15%
State:

19%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

67%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
Texas:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
Texas:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

72%
State:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
State:

8%
Usually
Here:

37%
State:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

52%
State:

67%

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

Yes
Here:

85%
Texas:

83%
No
This Hospital:

15%
Texas:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

6%
Texas:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

18%
Texas:

21%
9 or 10
Here:

76%
State:

71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

5%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

19%
Texas:

23%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

76%
Texas:

72%

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

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

$17,167
State:

$17,909
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,464
Texas:

$3,737
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

2.23%
Texas:

1.48%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,075
State:

$22,187
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,754
Texas:

$5,512
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

4.05%
Texas:

2.13%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,071
Texas:

$21,153
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,152
State:

$3,684
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

4.05%
State:

1.64%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,286
Texas:

$29,940
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,826
Texas:

$6,395
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

2.43%
Texas:

2.05%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,436
State:

$25,425
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,676
Texas:

$5,709
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

2.43%
Texas:

0.71%
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,116
State:

$32,768
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,032
State:

$7,170
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

2.63%
State:

0.25%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,230
Texas:

$24,361
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,703
Texas:

$4,830
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

4.45%
State:

3.07%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,087
Texas:

$30,533
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,534
State:

$6,742
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

3.44%
State:

1.83%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,344
State:

$21,763
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,540
State:

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

2.63%
State:

0.43%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,983
State:

$29,852
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,563
State:

$6,718
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

3.64%
State:

3.09%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,237
Texas:

$46,288
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,381
State:

$9,846
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

2.63%
Texas:

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

$16,296
Texas:

$20,982
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,526
Texas:

$4,507
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

3.04%
State:

1.18%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,371
State:

$55,186
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,988
State:

$11,865
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.83%
Texas:

1.25%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,042
State:

$36,171
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,886
Texas:

$7,674
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

3.44%
State:

1.60%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,051
State:

$28,468
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,604
Texas:

$5,476
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.83%
State:

0.81%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,445
Texas:

$22,532
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,431
State:

$5,086
Number of discharges: 41
This Hospital:

8.30%
Texas:

3.62%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$38,065
Texas:

$60,653
Average Total Payments
Here:

$18,752
State:

$13,908
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

4.86%
Texas:

6.27%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,978
Texas:

$27,706
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,409
Texas:

$5,557
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

4.25%
Texas:

0.64%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,802
State:

$20,255
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,999
Texas:

$4,589
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

4.05%
Texas:

2.39%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,157
State:

$26,933
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,066
Texas:

$6,471
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

2.23%
State:

0.55%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,399
Texas:

$22,785
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,494
Texas:

$5,348
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

2.23%
State:

1.52%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,868
Texas:

$29,456
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,595
Texas:

$6,717
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

2.23%
Texas:

2.33%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,962
Texas:

$44,595
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,867
Texas:

$10,908
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

6.88%
Texas:

1.68%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$43,219
Texas:

$70,898
Average Total Payments
Here:

$20,329
State:

$15,222
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

2.43%
State:

1.10%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,559
Texas:

$25,913
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,127
State:

$5,335
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

2.83%
State:

0.63%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,273
State:

$55,259
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,314
State:

$12,623
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

3.85%
State:

4.83%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,762
State:

$30,598
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,102
Texas:

$6,580
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

2.43%
Texas:

2.99%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,084
State:

$21,702
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,525
State:

$4,627
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

2.23%
State:

1.33%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,983
Texas:

$26,197
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,770
Texas:

$4,788
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

2.23%
Texas:

1.55%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,418
Texas:

$26,817
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,614
State:

$4,792
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

2.23%
State:

1.11%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

99.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

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

100.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Texas:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

94.0%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

99.0%
Texas:

97.4%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

97.0%
State:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

95.0%
Texas:

93.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.5%

Pneumonia

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

91.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

85.0%
Texas:

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:

99.0%
State:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

77.0%
State:

94.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

84.0%
Texas:

96.2%

Surgery

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

98.0%
Texas:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

97.0%
State:

97.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

98.4%
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%
State:

96.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

100.0%
Texas:

97.6%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
This Hospital:

89.0%
State:

94.4%
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%
Texas:

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

94.0%
Texas:

95.1%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

99.0%
Texas:

97.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

61.0%
State:

96.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

99.0%
Texas:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

16.4%
Texas:

15.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

12.0%
Texas:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.6%
Texas:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

18.8%
State:

19.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

21.3%
State:

24.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

16.9%
Texas:

18.0%

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