LAMB HEALTHCARE CENTER - LITTLEFIELD, TX

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Addresss:
1500 S SUNSET
LITTLEFIELD, TX, 79339
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (806) 385-6411

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Local
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Registered Professional Nurses : 12.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 88.00
Respiratory Therapists : 4.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 5.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 5.00
Nurse Practitioners: 24.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 75
Total Certified: 41

Provided Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Obstetric Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Bank Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Fewer than 100
Survey Response Rate: 18%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

30%
Texas:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
Texas:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
Texas:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

10%
Texas:

13%
Always
Here:

86%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

13%
Texas:

10%
Usually
Here:

25%
Texas:

23%
Always
Here:

62%
State:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

20%
Texas:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

74%
Texas:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

17%
State:

19%
Usually
Here:

15%
Texas:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
Texas:

64%

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

Usually
This Hospital:

20%
Texas:

18%
Always
Here:

80%
State:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
State:

8%
Usually
Here:

31%
State:

25%
Always
Here:

60%
Texas:

67%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

81%
Texas:

83%
No
This Hospital:

19%
State:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

8%
State:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

31%
Texas:

21%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

61%
State:

71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

5%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

34%
Texas:

23%
Yes, definitely
Here:

61%
State:

72%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

0.476%
Texas:

0.250%

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

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$6,655
State:

$22,469
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,701
Texas:

$4,747
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

11.46%
State:

1.59%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$6,961
State:

$22,532
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,655
Texas:

$5,086
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

12.50%
Texas:

3.62%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$5,082
Texas:

$20,255
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,555
State:

$4,589
Number of discharges: 46
Here:

47.92%
State:

2.39%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$6,915
Texas:

$21,891
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,242
State:

$4,614
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

12.50%
State:

0.61%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,885
Texas:

$21,702
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,583
Texas:

$4,627
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

15.63%
Texas:

1.33%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

14
Texas:

8
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

90.0%
State:

95.6%

Pneumonia

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

88.0%
Texas:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

73.0%
State:

95.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

10.8%
Texas:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.9%
Texas:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

24.7%
State:

24.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.3%
Texas:

18.0%

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