ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER - PROVIDENCE, RI

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Addresss:
825 CHALKSTONE AVENUE
PROVIDENCE, RI, 02908
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (401) 456-2000

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 : 4.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 192.35
Other Salaried Personnel : 789.39
Dieticians : 1.55
Occupational Therapists : 4.00
Physical Therapists : 4.50
Registered Pharmacists : 7.60
Respiratory Therapists : 10.40
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 12.55
Medical Social Workers : 2.00
Physician Assistants : 4.00
Residents (Physicians) : 68.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 220
Total Certified: 220
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 12

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Bank Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Use of Medical Imaging

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

3.200%
State:

8.983%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.062%
Rhode Island:

0.058%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.010%
Rhode Island:

0.025%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

2.100%
Rhode Island:

3.500%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

94.0%
Rhode Island:

99.5%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

92.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

97.0%
Rhode Island:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Rhode Island:

100.0%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

77.0%
State:

97.1%

Heart Failure

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

94.0%
Rhode Island:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

94.6%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

79.0%
State:

86.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Rhode Island:

98.7%

Pneumonia

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

97.0%
State:

95.1%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

100.0%
Rhode Island:

96.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Rhode Island:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

95.0%
Rhode Island:

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

82.0%
Rhode Island:

88.3%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

74.0%
Rhode Island:

91.6%

Surgery

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

100.0%
Rhode Island:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

97.0%
Rhode Island:

97.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

96.0%
State:

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

96.0%
State:

96.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

98.0%
State:

97.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Rhode Island:

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

88.0%
State:

89.7%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

96.0%
Rhode Island:

95.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

97.0%
Rhode Island:

96.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

95.8%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
Rhode Island:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

16.3%
State:

14.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

10.8%
Rhode Island:

11.8%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

11.6%
State:

12.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

19.0%
Rhode Island:

20.1%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

26.1%
Rhode Island:

25.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

16.9%
Rhode Island:

20.0%

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

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

$14,667
State:

$26,763
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,740
Rhode Island:

$9,217
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

1.74%
Rhode Island:

0.93%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,459
State:

$36,548
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,722
State:

$13,423
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.47%
State:

1.50%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,844
Rhode Island:

$21,662
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,708
State:

$6,232
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.94%
State:

0.33%
Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,871
State:

$13,947
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,053
State:

$5,724
Number of discharges: 199
Here:

13.34%
Rhode Island:

1.41%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,842
State:

$18,230
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,483
Rhode Island:

$6,469
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

2.01%
Rhode Island:

1.67%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,557
State:

$25,418
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,541
Rhode Island:

$9,327
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.74%
State:

1.24%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,783
State:

$13,569
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,885
Rhode Island:

$4,388
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.47%
Rhode Island:

1.63%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,090
State:

$17,718
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,034
State:

$6,540
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

2.48%
Rhode Island:

2.68%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,309
Rhode Island:

$29,612
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,399
Rhode Island:

$16,326
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.74%
State:

0.26%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,721
State:

$21,210
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,220
Rhode Island:

$7,438
Number of discharges: 39
Here:

2.61%
State:

2.69%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,769
State:

$26,087
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,570
State:

$9,037
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

2.68%
Rhode Island:

2.72%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,739
Rhode Island:

$16,321
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,411
Rhode Island:

$5,720
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

2.08%
State:

2.13%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,310
State:

$19,723
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,776
State:

$6,668
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.80%
State:

0.66%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,079
State:

$17,386
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,210
Rhode Island:

$5,638
Number of discharges: 43
Here:

2.88%
Rhode Island:

3.50%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,394
State:

$21,900
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,512
State:

$7,586
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

1.68%
Rhode Island:

2.29%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,191
State:

$22,592
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,712
State:

$7,476
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.80%
Rhode Island:

0.60%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,285
Rhode Island:

$21,321
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,617
Rhode Island:

$7,724
Number of discharges: 48
Here:

3.22%
Rhode Island:

3.68%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,038
Rhode Island:

$32,785
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,617
State:

$11,381
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

1.74%
Rhode Island:

2.79%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,760
State:

$15,776
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,963
State:

$5,330
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.01%
Rhode Island:

1.26%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,054
Rhode Island:

$37,463
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,202
State:

$13,812
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.14%
Rhode Island:

1.22%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,292
Rhode Island:

$25,466
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,080
State:

$8,829
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.80%
Rhode Island:

1.29%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,475
State:

$26,205
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,087
State:

$9,493
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.87%
State:

1.00%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,776
Rhode Island:

$17,854
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,545
State:

$5,911
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

3.42%
State:

3.91%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,750
Rhode Island:

$33,838
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,854
State:

$15,601
Number of discharges: 96
Here:

6.43%
Rhode Island:

5.41%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,742
State:

$43,939
Average Total Payments
Here:

$21,143
State:

$18,415
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

1.34%
State:

0.87%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,207
Rhode Island:

$15,711
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,863
Rhode Island:

$5,418
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

2.48%
State:

1.63%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,213
State:

$21,292
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,551
State:

$7,629
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.74%
State:

0.57%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,128
Rhode Island:

$22,048
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,148
State:

$7,752
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.87%
Rhode Island:

0.58%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,854
Rhode Island:

$18,718
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,050
Rhode Island:

$5,621
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.94%
State:

0.51%
Psychoses
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,093
Rhode Island:

$23,264
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,325
Rhode Island:

$7,709
Number of discharges: 128
This Hospital:

8.58%
State:

1.83%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,143
State:

$16,051
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,808
State:

$6,044
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

2.35%
State:

1.45%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,224
State:

$21,210
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,485
Rhode Island:

$8,030
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

2.48%
State:

2.28%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,820
State:

$34,913
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,821
Rhode Island:

$13,176
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.80%
Rhode Island:

1.09%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,764
State:

$29,114
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,886
State:

$11,282
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

1.94%
Rhode Island:

1.54%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,663
Rhode Island:

$42,870
Average Total Payments
Here:

$18,525
Rhode Island:

$16,067
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.01%
Rhode Island:

1.18%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$83,201
State:

$118,172
Average Total Payments
Here:

$42,316
Rhode Island:

$40,186
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.80%
State:

0.45%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,592
State:

$58,850
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$19,226
State:

$20,615
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.74%
Rhode Island:

0.65%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,988
State:

$39,819
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,072
State:

$14,491
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

2.28%
State:

4.74%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,037
State:

$23,550
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,442
State:

$8,497
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.94%
State:

1.49%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,080
State:

$16,546
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,733
State:

$5,676
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.07%
Rhode Island:

0.54%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,502
State:

$20,549
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,569
State:

$7,512
Number of discharges: 65
This Hospital:

4.36%
State:

3.53%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,418
Rhode Island:

$33,362
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,106
State:

$11,892
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.41%
State:

1.75%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,151
State:

$15,047
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,002
Rhode Island:

$5,213
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.14%
State:

1.34%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$46,186
Rhode Island:

$49,275
Average Total Payments
Here:

$30,527
Rhode Island:

$29,851
Number of discharges: 56
Here:

3.75%
State:

1.06%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,362
State:

$17,849
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,289
State:

$5,828
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.14%
Rhode Island:

2.10%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,218
State:

$18,948
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,213
State:

$6,095
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.74%
State:

0.82%

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
Here:

6%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

16%
Rhode Island:

17%
Always
Here:

78%
State:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Rhode Island:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
State:

15%
Always
Here:

79%
Rhode Island:

80%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
State:

11%
Usually
Here:

24%
Rhode Island:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

66%
State:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
Rhode Island:

23%
Always
Here:

71%
State:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

23%
State:

22%
Usually
Here:

19%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

58%
State:

60%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

75%
Rhode Island:

74%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

14%
Rhode Island:

15%
Usually
This Hospital:

33%
Rhode Island:

33%
Always
This Hospital:

53%
Rhode Island:

52%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

85%
Rhode Island:

84%
No
Here:

15%
Rhode Island:

16%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

10%
State:

9%
7 or 8
Here:

25%
Rhode Island:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

65%
State:

67%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

6%
Rhode Island:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

24%
State:

24%
Yes, definitely
Here:

70%
State:

71%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Objects Accidentally Left in the Body After Surgery
Here:

0.160%
Rhode Island:

0.261%
Falls and injuries
Here:

0.319%
State:

0.479%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.958%
Rhode Island:

0.564%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.479%
State:

0.470%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
Here:

0.319%
Rhode Island:

0.230%

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