SAMARITAN ALBANY GENERAL HOSPITAL - ALBANY, OR

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Addresss:
1046 6TH AVENUE SW
ALBANY, OR, 97321
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (541) 812-4000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Church
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 3.90
Registered Professional Nurses : 109.75
Other Salaried Personnel : 300.90
Dieticians : 0.65
Occupational Therapists : 0.80
Physical Therapists : 3.50
Registered Pharmacists : 5.05
Respiratory Therapists : 7.55
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 76
Total Certified: 76

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anesthesia Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Use of Medical Imaging

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

33.800%
Oregon:

40.034%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

11.700%
Oregon:

8.820%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.087%
State:

0.082%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.005%
State:

0.016%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

3.800%
Oregon:

5.064%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 36%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
Oregon:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
State:

19%
Always
Here:

80%
Oregon:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

11%
Oregon:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

85%
State:

80%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
Oregon:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
Oregon:

26%
Always
Here:

70%
Oregon:

66%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
State:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
State:

24%
Always
Here:

71%
Oregon:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

18%
Oregon:

19%
Usually
Here:

19%
State:

19%
Always
Here:

63%
Oregon:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
Oregon:

8%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

76%
Oregon:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

14%
State:

12%
Usually
This Hospital:

35%
State:

34%
Always
Here:

51%
Oregon:

54%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

85%
Oregon:

84%
No
This Hospital:

15%
Oregon:

16%

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

6 or lower
Here:

8%
State:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

24%
Oregon:

23%
9 or 10
Here:

68%
State:

69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

4%
State:

4%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

25%
State:

24%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

71%
State:

72%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Objects Accidentally Left in the Body After Surgery
This Hospital:

0.560%
Oregon:

0.189%
Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.560%
State:

0.728%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

1.120%
State:

0.751%

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

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,320
State:

$15,307
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,026
Oregon:

$5,925
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

2.76%
Oregon:

1.51%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,484
State:

$10,702
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,908
Oregon:

$4,145
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

2.76%
State:

1.41%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,563
State:

$15,646
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,105
Oregon:

$6,162
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

3.76%
State:

1.72%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,529
State:

$11,275
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,398
State:

$4,196
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

3.01%
Oregon:

1.21%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,440
State:

$18,029
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,911
State:

$6,935
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

3.01%
State:

1.51%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,917
Oregon:

$23,033
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,639
State:

$8,365
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

5.01%
Oregon:

1.38%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,528
Oregon:

$14,028
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,869
Oregon:

$5,407
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

2.76%
Oregon:

1.02%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,215
State:

$14,858
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,942
Oregon:

$5,377
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

4.26%
State:

2.85%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,949
Oregon:

$18,042
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,593
Oregon:

$7,282
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

5.76%
State:

3.22%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,291
State:

$27,504
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,792
State:

$10,906
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

5.01%
State:

2.28%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,502
Oregon:

$13,286
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,235
Oregon:

$4,897
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

3.51%
Oregon:

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

$14,372
State:

$21,192
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,892
Oregon:

$8,156
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

4.26%
Oregon:

2.01%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,099
Oregon:

$13,356
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,954
State:

$5,471
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

3.01%
Oregon:

2.07%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$44,544
Oregon:

$41,007
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,460
State:

$15,328
Number of discharges: 68
Here:

17.04%
Oregon:

10.71%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,049
State:

$13,111
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,274
State:

$5,010
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

4.26%
State:

1.92%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,090
State:

$26,491
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,545
State:

$11,003
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

3.26%
State:

0.62%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,172
Oregon:

$34,559
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,204
State:

$13,707
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

7.02%
Oregon:

6.17%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,515
State:

$19,363
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,069
Oregon:

$8,035
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

3.01%
State:

1.66%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,388
Oregon:

$18,344
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,470
Oregon:

$7,302
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

9.02%
State:

3.18%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,559
State:

$27,393
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,946
State:

$10,198
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

3.51%
State:

1.86%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,810
State:

$13,443
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,671
Oregon:

$4,959
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

4.01%
Oregon:

1.20%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

9
Oregon:

10
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital
Here:

56
Oregon:

49
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

97.0%
Oregon:

97.9%

Heart Failure

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

99.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
Oregon:

97.1%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

79.0%
Oregon:

91.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Oregon:

99.3%

Pneumonia

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

100.0%
Oregon:

97.0%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

92.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.0%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

92.0%
Oregon:

95.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

76.0%
Oregon:

89.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

91.0%
State:

93.2%

Surgery

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

97.0%
State:

96.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

98.0%
Oregon:

96.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

99.0%
Oregon:

98.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

99.0%
State:

95.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

99.0%
State:

96.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

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

92.0%
Oregon:

92.1%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

94.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

100.0%
State:

94.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

97.3%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.5%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

16.5%
Oregon:

15.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

14.0%
State:

12.4%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

12.6%
State:

12.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

22.2%
Oregon:

22.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

18.4%
State:

17.5%

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