ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AT RAHWAY (RAHWAY, NJ) Detailed Hospital Profile

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries

Here:	0.129%
New Jersey:	0.485%

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

Here:	0.517%
State:	0.663%

Infection from a Urinary Catheter

Here:	0.258%
New Jersey:	0.382%

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$89,008
New Jersey:	$57,616

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,993
State:	$8,393

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	0.66%
State:	0.74%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$138,275
State:	$88,086

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,133
New Jersey:	$13,269

Number of discharges: 32

Here:	1.24%
New Jersey:	1.27%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$57,642
New Jersey:	$39,371

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,770
New Jersey:	$5,688

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	0.74%
State:	0.52%

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$46,904
State:	$31,551

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,551
State:	$4,331

Number of discharges: 25

Here:	0.97%
State:	0.75%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$66,610
State:	$45,839

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,272
State:	$6,359

Number of discharges: 40

Here:	1.55%
State:	1.56%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$110,672
State:	$62,994

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,877
State:	$9,317

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	0.85%
New Jersey:	0.98%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$49,030
New Jersey:	$31,596

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,500
State:	$4,298

Number of discharges: 52

This Hospital:	2.02%
New Jersey:	1.83%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$48,565
State:	$40,596

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,838
State:	$6,234

Number of discharges: 62

This Hospital:	2.41%
New Jersey:	2.40%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$46,498
New Jersey:	$32,970

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,692
New Jersey:	$4,276

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	0.85%
State:	1.82%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$61,379
State:	$50,790

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,929
New Jersey:	$7,184

Number of discharges: 54

Here:	2.10%
New Jersey:	2.29%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$78,134
State:	$62,346

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,198
New Jersey:	$8,879

Number of discharges: 53

This Hospital:	2.06%
New Jersey:	2.07%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$50,113
State:	$39,596

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,417
New Jersey:	$5,361

Number of discharges: 56

This Hospital:	2.17%
New Jersey:	1.56%

Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$80,700
State:	$59,352

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,786
New Jersey:	$8,362

Number of discharges: 57

This Hospital:	2.21%
New Jersey:	1.60%

Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$47,371
New Jersey:	$45,211

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,507
State:	$6,988

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.54%
New Jersey:	0.65%

Diabetes with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$61,329
New Jersey:	$45,234

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,415
New Jersey:	$6,470

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	0.74%
New Jersey:	0.79%

Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$72,707
New Jersey:	$50,661

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,144
State:	$7,646

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.62%
New Jersey:	0.27%

Dysequilibrium

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$55,663
New Jersey:	$34,475

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,891
State:	$4,750

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.47%
State:	0.51%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$48,744
State:	$37,750

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,896
New Jersey:	$5,392

Number of discharges: 59

Here:	2.29%
State:	3.49%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$69,674
State:	$51,281

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,160
State:	$7,633

Number of discharges: 46

This Hospital:	1.79%
New Jersey:	2.03%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$97,268
New Jersey:	$82,647

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,446
State:	$13,270

Number of discharges: 36

This Hospital:	1.40%
State:	0.79%

G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$53,869
State:	$35,279

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,322
State:	$5,265

Number of discharges: 34

This Hospital:	1.32%
State:	0.71%

G.I. Obstruction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$72,197
New Jersey:	$47,680

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,618
State:	$6,887

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	0.70%
New Jersey:	0.65%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$71,379
New Jersey:	$52,684

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,237
New Jersey:	$7,674

Number of discharges: 126

This Hospital:	4.89%
State:	3.71%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$101,590
State:	$75,197

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,085
New Jersey:	$11,417

Number of discharges: 98

Here:	3.80%
New Jersey:	2.96%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$49,663
State:	$36,852

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,129
State:	$5,135

Number of discharges: 79

Here:	3.07%
State:	1.54%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$105,972
State:	$69,604

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,336
State:	$13,532

Number of discharges: 17

This Hospital:	0.66%
New Jersey:	0.99%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$157,717
State:	$114,165

Average Total Payments

Here:	$37,892
State:	$22,918

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.47%
State:	0.25%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$84,193
State:	$55,694

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,333
New Jersey:	$11,055

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.62%
New Jersey:	0.33%

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$197,066
New Jersey:	$199,694

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$29,949
State:	$42,087

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.50%
New Jersey:	0.65%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$82,635
New Jersey:	$58,890

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,105
New Jersey:	$8,702

Number of discharges: 37

Here:	1.44%
New Jersey:	1.45%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$121,807
New Jersey:	$92,373

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,237
State:	$14,490

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	0.85%
New Jersey:	0.85%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$80,838
State:	$45,063

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,986
New Jersey:	$6,173

Number of discharges: 23

Here:	0.89%
New Jersey:	0.76%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$63,331
New Jersey:	$58,211

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,235
New Jersey:	$8,845

Number of discharges: 26

This Hospital:	1.01%
State:	1.09%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$47,918
State:	$40,335

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,626
State:	$5,798

Number of discharges: 68

Here:	2.64%
New Jersey:	2.97%

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$95,560
State:	$72,055

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,931
State:	$11,993

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	0.66%
State:	0.31%

Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$108,360
New Jersey:	$62,242

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,981
New Jersey:	$9,526

Number of discharges: 26

This Hospital:	1.01%
New Jersey:	0.59%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$86,675
New Jersey:	$66,640

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,842
State:	$15,059

Number of discharges: 76

This Hospital:	2.95%
New Jersey:	3.99%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$145,134
New Jersey:	$104,704

Average Total Payments

Here:	$15,193
New Jersey:	$18,725

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	0.82%
New Jersey:	0.69%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$236,059
State:	$207,154

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$33,047
New Jersey:	$38,016

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	0.78%
New Jersey:	0.62%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$52,103
State:	$41,590

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,926
New Jersey:	$6,442

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.50%
New Jersey:	1.06%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$66,457
New Jersey:	$57,544

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,827
State:	$9,024

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	0.78%
New Jersey:	0.75%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$52,391
New Jersey:	$37,551

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,212
State:	$5,216

Number of discharges: 79

This Hospital:	3.07%
State:	2.13%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$150,408
New Jersey:	$85,725

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,250
State:	$14,450

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	0.70%
New Jersey:	0.73%

Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$63,571
New Jersey:	$46,769

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,782
State:	$7,398

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.54%
New Jersey:	0.72%

Other Vascular Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$136,169
New Jersey:	$104,820

Average Total Payments

Here:	$14,996
New Jersey:	$18,263

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.62%
New Jersey:	0.60%

Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$206,563
New Jersey:	$132,915

Average Total Payments

Here:	$20,885
State:	$23,760

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.47%
New Jersey:	0.53%

Other Vascular Procedures without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$66,972
State:	$65,187

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,214
New Jersey:	$12,306

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.43%
State:	0.31%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$61,310
New Jersey:	$48,224

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,816
State:	$7,309

Number of discharges: 21

Here:	0.82%
New Jersey:	0.68%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$42,507
New Jersey:	$35,880

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,029
New Jersey:	$5,016

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	0.70%
New Jersey:	0.33%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$131,025
State:	$102,205

Average Total Payments

Here:	$16,144
State:	$19,049

Number of discharges: 24

Here:	0.93%
New Jersey:	0.52%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$101,946
State:	$79,303

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,423
New Jersey:	$14,613

Number of discharges: 29

This Hospital:	1.13%
State:	0.43%

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$105,582
State:	$70,978

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,801
State:	$9,692

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.62%
State:	0.81%

Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$88,130
State:	$56,518

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,502
State:	$7,789

Number of discharges: 17

This Hospital:	0.66%
State:	0.36%

Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$115,716
State:	$67,734

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,639
State:	$9,908

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.47%
State:	0.43%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$77,035
New Jersey:	$41,991

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,180
New Jersey:	$6,196

Number of discharges: 52

Here:	2.02%
New Jersey:	1.48%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$73,580
State:	$52,443

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,366
State:	$7,686

Number of discharges: 78

Here:	3.03%
State:	2.07%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$111,323
New Jersey:	$80,919

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,286
New Jersey:	$12,608

Number of discharges: 34

Here:	1.32%
State:	1.38%

Renal Failure without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$53,995
New Jersey:	$34,490

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,012
State:	$4,989

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	0.82%
State:	0.35%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$80,908
New Jersey:	$63,749

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,835
State:	$10,364

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	1.09%
New Jersey:	0.78%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$104,675
State:	$90,014

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,823
New Jersey:	$14,786

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	1.09%
State:	0.91%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$202,513
State:	$230,625

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$28,825
State:	$39,086

Number of discharges: 38

This Hospital:	1.48%
New Jersey:	0.47%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$102,969
State:	$106,179

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,677
New Jersey:	$17,343

Number of discharges: 36

This Hospital:	1.40%
New Jersey:	0.96%

Seizures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$53,510
State:	$44,017

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,665
New Jersey:	$6,078

Number of discharges: 29

This Hospital:	1.13%
New Jersey:	0.92%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$207,581
State:	$230,224

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$34,018
State:	$44,203

Number of discharges: 31

Here:	1.20%
New Jersey:	0.43%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$98,698
State:	$88,530

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,492
State:	$14,676

Number of discharges: 115

Here:	4.46%
New Jersey:	4.36%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$73,358
State:	$56,844

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,800
State:	$8,721

Number of discharges: 27

Here:	1.05%
State:	1.42%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$60,664
New Jersey:	$51,726

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,048
State:	$7,544

Number of discharges: 83

Here:	3.22%
State:	2.50%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$93,111
New Jersey:	$72,085

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,756
State:	$10,984

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	1.09%
New Jersey:	1.49%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$50,429
State:	$37,623

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,318
State:	$5,339

Number of discharges: 36

This Hospital:	1.40%
State:	0.88%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$53,774
State:	$40,180

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,407
New Jersey:	$5,402

Number of discharges: 68

This Hospital:	2.64%
State:	2.82%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$56,432
New Jersey:	$40,888

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,468
New Jersey:	$5,447

Number of discharges: 62

Here:	2.41%
New Jersey:	1.62%

Complaint Deficiency

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
- 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: Some
Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Employ qualified full-time, part-time or consultant professionals that must be licensed, certified, or registered staff to give needed services
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
- 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
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	99.0%
New Jersey:	99.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
New Jersey:	99.3%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
New Jersey:	99.3%

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG

This Hospital:	10
State:	7

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

Here:	100.0%
New Jersey:	98.7%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.0%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.7%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.0%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	96.0%
New Jersey:	96.1%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.9%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	97.9%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.8%

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

Here:	94.0%
New Jersey:	97.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	97.0%
New Jersey:	96.5%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	97.7%

Surgery

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	98.6%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.6%

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:	97.0%
State:	97.5%

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

Here:	99.0%
New Jersey:	98.2%

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:	99.9%

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

Here:	84.0%
New Jersey:	95.3%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
New Jersey:	96.9%

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

Here:	100.0%
New Jersey:	97.0%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
New Jersey:	96.6%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
New Jersey:	99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	20.5%
New Jersey:	14.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	12.6%
New Jersey:	10.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	12.6%
State:	11.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	20.7%
State:	21.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	27.7%
State:	26.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	20.6%
New Jersey:	19.5%

Quality Measures

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	15.6%
State:	17.0%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	98.3%
State:	88.2%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	87.5%

Percent of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	0.6%
State:	1.9%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	33.300%
State:	33.039%

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

This Hospital:	6.000%
New Jersey:	11.744%

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.062%
New Jersey:	0.094%

Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.024%
State:	0.027%

Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery

Here:	2.500%
State:	6.521%

Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time

This Hospital:	5.100%
New Jersey:	2.576%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 26%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
New Jersey:	7%

Usually

Here:	21%
New Jersey:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	71%
State:	74%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
New Jersey:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	74%
State:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	17%
State:	15%

Usually

This Hospital:	31%
New Jersey:	27%

Always

This Hospital:	52%
New Jersey:	58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
New Jersey:	9%

Usually

Here:	28%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	62%
New Jersey:	67%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	29%
New Jersey:	24%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	53%
New Jersey:	58%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
New Jersey:	11%

Usually

Here:	25%
State:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
State:	68%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	16%
State:	16%

Usually

Here:	34%
State:	32%

Always

This Hospital:	50%
New Jersey:	52%

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

Yes

Here:	79%
State:	79%

Here:	21%
State:	21%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	13%
State:	12%

7 or 8

Here:	30%
State:	26%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	57%
New Jersey:	62%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	7%
New Jersey:	7%

Yes, probably

Here:	34%
New Jersey:	28%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	59%
New Jersey:	65%

ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AT RAHWAY - RAHWAY, NJ

Hospital Acquired Conditions

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

Complaint Deficiency

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Surgery

Outcome of Care

Quality Measures

Use of Medical Imaging

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

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