SALT LAKE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - SALT LAKE CITY, UT

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Addresss:
1050 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 84102
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (801) 350-4111

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 8.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 154.05
Other Salaried Personnel : 285.73
Dieticians : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 7.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Residents (Physicians) : 13.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 200
Total Certified: 200
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 18

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room 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

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Objects Accidentally Left in the Body After Surgery
This Hospital:

0.434%
Utah:

0.241%
Falls and injuries
Here:

0.867%
Utah:

1.349%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

3.469%
State:

0.868%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

1.735%
State:

1.554%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Utah:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Utah:

99.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

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

100.0%
Utah:

99.8%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
Utah:

97.2%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

93.9%

Pneumonia

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

92.0%
State:

97.8%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

93.0%
State:

97.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

95.0%
State:

96.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

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

100.0%
Utah:

97.3%

Surgery

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

100.0%
Utah:

98.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

98.0%
Utah:

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

100.0%
Utah:

98.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

99.0%
Utah:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.1%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

97.4%
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%
Utah:

99.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

98.0%
Utah:

93.1%
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:

94.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

100.0%
Utah:

96.4%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

96.0%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
Utah:

99.4%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

15.2%
Utah:

14.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

12.3%
Utah:

12.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.2%
State:

12.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

19.3%
State:

17.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

23.3%
State:

22.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

18.4%
Utah:

16.8%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 32%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
State:

3%
Usually
Here:

24%
Utah:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
Utah:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
Utah:

2%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
Utah:

15%
Always
This Hospital:

79%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

13%
Utah:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

30%
Utah:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

57%
State:

69%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
Utah:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

29%
State:

23%
Always
Here:

63%
Utah:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

23%
State:

17%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
Utah:

19%
Always
Here:

56%
Utah:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
Utah:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
Utah:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

11%
Utah:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

34%
Utah:

32%
Always
This Hospital:

55%
Utah:

60%

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

Yes
Here:

87%
Utah:

89%
No
Here:

13%
State:

11%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

12%
Utah:

6%
7 or 8
Here:

29%
Utah:

20%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

59%
State:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

9%
Utah:

3%
Yes, probably
Here:

29%
Utah:

21%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

62%
Utah:

76%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

42.400%
Utah:

39.661%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

9.300%
Utah:

7.395%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.112%
Utah:

0.080%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.053%
State:

0.022%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

9.600%
Utah:

5.157%

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

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

$15,291
Utah:

$14,115
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,062
Utah:

$5,111
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

8.96%
Utah:

2.39%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,314
State:

$17,247
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,493
State:

$6,752
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

5.47%
State:

2.09%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,442
Utah:

$17,471
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,506
State:

$6,803
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

5.97%
State:

2.36%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,864
State:

$25,351
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,992
State:

$9,646
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

5.47%
State:

1.55%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,105
Utah:

$12,921
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,807
State:

$4,914
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

6.97%
Utah:

2.72%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,066
State:

$36,502
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,558
Utah:

$13,992
Number of discharges: 88
Here:

43.78%
State:

15.53%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,085
Utah:

$11,952
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,338
Utah:

$4,746
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

7.96%
State:

2.45%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,842
State:

$30,053
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,727
Utah:

$12,205
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

9.45%
Utah:

7.39%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,123
State:

$16,111
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,433
Utah:

$6,555
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

5.97%
State:

3.77%

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