ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER - WEST PALM BEACH, FL

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Addresss:
901 45TH ST
WEST PALM BEACH, FL, 33407
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (561) 840-6202

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: SAINT MARYS HOSPITAL DIALYSIS UNIT

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 23.90
Registered Professional Nurses : 432.76
Other Salaried Personnel : 685.59
Dieticians : 4.10
Occupational Therapists : 10.20
Physical Therapists : 10.30
Registered Pharmacists : 8.50
Respiratory Therapists : 27.70
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 6.70
Medical Social Workers : 8.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 460
Total Certified: 460
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 40
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 50

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis 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
Hospice 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
Optometric Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

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

Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$42,593
Florida:

$41,054
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,441
State:

$6,295
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

2.01%
State:

0.45%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,793
State:

$25,471
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,566
Florida:

$5,275
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

3.71%
Florida:

1.97%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,209
State:

$21,396
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,483
Florida:

$3,578
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.16%
State:

1.81%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$53,458
Florida:

$39,026
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,462
State:

$7,410
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.70%
State:

2.16%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,814
State:

$23,968
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,860
State:

$4,534
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

3.40%
Florida:

1.78%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,873
Florida:

$27,105
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,983
State:

$4,566
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

3.40%
Florida:

3.97%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,106
State:

$30,027
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,170
Florida:

$6,310
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

2.63%
Florida:

3.10%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$56,377
Florida:

$46,190
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,013
State:

$9,405
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

2.94%
State:

2.68%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$75,042
State:

$62,599
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,069
State:

$11,419
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.16%
Florida:

1.13%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$79,351
Florida:

$50,455
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,026
Florida:

$9,353
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

2.01%
Florida:

0.36%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$64,220
Florida:

$36,877
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,217
State:

$7,181
Number of discharges: 41
This Hospital:

6.34%
Florida:

1.36%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$108,689
State:

$58,736
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,335
Florida:

$12,157
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

5.56%
State:

0.78%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$51,100
Florida:

$28,580
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,665
Florida:

$5,183
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

3.86%
Florida:

0.78%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$55,409
Florida:

$37,133
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,876
State:

$7,488
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

3.40%
Florida:

1.01%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,569
Florida:

$25,550
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,214
Florida:

$4,912
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

5.26%
State:

3.06%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$72,366
State:

$62,092
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,213
State:

$12,789
Number of discharges: 94
This Hospital:

14.53%
Florida:

5.59%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$34,838
Florida:

$27,134
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,086
Florida:

$5,110
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

2.78%
State:

0.96%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,097
Florida:

$32,786
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,086
Florida:

$7,205
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

2.01%
Florida:

0.62%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,804
State:

$22,072
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,648
Florida:

$4,329
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

2.16%
Florida:

1.84%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,146
State:

$24,594
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,449
State:

$5,130
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

2.78%
State:

1.62%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$54,746
Florida:

$48,665
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,099
Florida:

$10,507
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

2.32%
State:

1.42%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,981
State:

$25,327
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,171
State:

$5,014
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

2.94%
State:

0.76%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$32,538
State:

$22,613
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,601
State:

$4,291
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

2.32%
State:

0.74%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$45,452
Florida:

$33,576
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,133
State:

$6,347
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

3.71%
Florida:

2.26%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$75,370
State:

$49,521
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,965
Florida:

$9,220
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.70%
State:

1.45%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,231
State:

$24,049
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,783
Florida:

$4,447
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

2.63%
Florida:

0.98%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$161,728
Florida:

$111,737
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$37,923
State:

$24,255
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

2.78%
State:

1.07%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,522
State:

$25,778
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,894
Florida:

$4,531
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.16%
Florida:

2.45%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$41,729
Florida:

$27,166
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,942
State:

$4,596
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

4.64%
Florida:

1.35%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

91.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Florida:

99.1%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

96.0%
Florida:

97.8%

Heart Failure

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

99.0%
State:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.3%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

93.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Florida:

99.7%

Pneumonia

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

96.0%
Florida:

96.6%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

96.0%
Florida:

97.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

98.0%
Florida:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
Florida:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
Florida:

97.7%

Surgery

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

97.0%
Florida:

98.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

96.0%
Florida:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

98.0%
Florida:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

98.0%
Florida:

97.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

99.0%
Florida:

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:

89.0%
Florida:

94.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

97.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

97.0%
Florida:

96.4%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

99.0%
Florida:

99.9%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

17.7%
Florida:

15.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

10.9%
State:

11.3%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

12.6%
State:

11.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

23.7%
Florida:

24.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

18.7%
Florida:

18.6%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.650%
Florida:

0.580%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.325%
State:

0.465%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

16.300%
Florida:

9.768%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.042%
State:

0.158%

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:

9%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

20%
State:

20%
Always
Here:

71%
State:

73%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
State:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

75%
Florida:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

17%
State:

14%
Usually
Here:

26%
Florida:

26%
Always
Here:

57%
Florida:

60%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
Florida:

9%
Usually
Here:

26%
State:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
Florida:

67%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

25%
Florida:

25%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

53%
Florida:

58%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

15%
State:

11%
Usually
Here:

22%
Florida:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

63%
Florida:

68%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

14%
State:

13%
Usually
Here:

33%
Florida:

30%
Always
Here:

53%
State:

57%

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

Yes
Here:

79%
State:

81%
No
Here:

21%
State:

19%

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

6 or lower
Here:

11%
State:

11%
7 or 8
Here:

28%
Florida:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

61%
State:

65%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

7%
Florida:

8%
Yes, probably
Here:

25%
State:

24%
Yes, definitely
Here:

68%
State:

68%

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