ST ELIZABETH GRANT (WILLIAMSTOWN, KY) Detailed Hospital Profile

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	40.900%
State:	40.592%

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

Here:	5.600%
Kentucky:	8.052%

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

Here:	0.040%
State:	0.126%

Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery

Here:	4.500%
Kentucky:	5.467%

Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time

This Hospital:	0.800%
Kentucky:	3.072%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Fewer than 100
Survey Response Rate: 29%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
State:	4%

Usually

Here:	10%
Kentucky:	16%

Always

Here:	88%
State:	80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	1%
State:	3%

Usually

This Hospital:	7%
Kentucky:	13%

Always

This Hospital:	92%
State:	84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Usually

Here:	7%
State:	23%

Always

Here:	93%
State:	68%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
Kentucky:	7%

Usually

Here:	12%
State:	21%

Always

Here:	85%
Kentucky:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
Kentucky:	19%

Usually

Here:	16%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	77%
State:	64%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
Kentucky:	8%

Usually

Here:	16%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	77%
Kentucky:	74%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
Kentucky:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	15%
State:	29%

Always

Here:	79%
Kentucky:	62%

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

Yes

Here:	88%
State:	83%

Here:	12%
Kentucky:	17%

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

6 or lower

Here:	2%
State:	8%

7 or 8

Here:	14%
Kentucky:	22%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	84%
Kentucky:	70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Yes, probably

Here:	17%
Kentucky:	24%

Yes, definitely

Here:	83%
Kentucky:	71%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

This Hospital:	10
Kentucky:	7

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Kentucky:	96.4%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.6%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	92.0%
Kentucky:	88.1%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Kentucky:	99.3%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Kentucky:	95.8%

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

This Hospital:	75.0%
Kentucky:	96.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Kentucky:	98.6%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	92.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	95.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	12.0%
Kentucky:	11.4%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	12.1%
State:	12.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	24.6%
State:	25.2%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.8%
Kentucky:	19.4%

ST ELIZABETH GRANT - WILLIAMSTOWN, KY

Use of Medical Imaging

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Outcome of Care

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