SOUTHWEST HEALTH CENTER INC - PLATTEVILLE, WI

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Addresss:
1400 EAST SIDE RD
PLATTEVILLE, WI, 53818
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (608) 342-4701

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Registered Professional Nurses : 19.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 60.50
Dieticians : 0.50
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 35
Total Certified: 35
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 10

Provided Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Home Health Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient 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 who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

6.100%
State:

8.007%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.015%
Wisconsin:

0.080%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

3.900%
Wisconsin:

5.714%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 44%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
Wisconsin:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

78%
Wisconsin:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

1%
Wisconsin:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

12%
Wisconsin:

15%
Always
Here:

87%
State:

82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Wisconsin:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
Wisconsin:

24%
Always
Here:

72%
Wisconsin:

70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

28%
Wisconsin:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

69%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
State:

15%
Usually
This Hospital:

27%
Wisconsin:

18%
Always
Here:

63%
State:

67%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

13%
Wisconsin:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

85%
Wisconsin:

78%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
State:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
Wisconsin:

30%
Always
This Hospital:

69%
State:

62%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

87%
State:

87%
No
Here:

13%
Wisconsin:

13%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

4%
Wisconsin:

6%
7 or 8
Here:

20%
State:

21%
9 or 10
Here:

76%
Wisconsin:

73%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

3%
Wisconsin:

3%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

24%
Wisconsin:

24%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

73%
State:

73%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

7
State:

7
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

97.9%

Heart Failure

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

94.0%
State:

98.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

64.0%
Wisconsin:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

91.0%
Wisconsin:

91.1%

Pneumonia

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

94.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

93.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

97.0%
Wisconsin:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

100.0%
Wisconsin:

96.3%

Surgery

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

100.0%
Wisconsin:

99.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

96.0%
State:

95.8%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

97.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

13.4%
State:

11.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.3%
State:

11.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

23.8%
Wisconsin:

23.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

18.0%
State:

18.1%

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