ST JAMES PARISH HOSPITAL (LUTCHER, LA) Detailed Hospital Profile

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	9.500%
State:	8.157%

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

This Hospital:	0.297%
State:	0.309%

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

Here:	3.000%
Louisiana:	5.188%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	67.0%
State:	99.0%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	50.0%
Louisiana:	99.0%

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

Here:	100.0%
Louisiana:	96.5%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.6%

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

This Hospital:	9
Louisiana:	12

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
Louisiana:	94.5%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

This Hospital:	50.0%
Louisiana:	96.0%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	88.0%
State:	97.3%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Louisiana:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	92.0%
State:	90.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.3%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Louisiana:	95.1%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Louisiana:	96.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	67.0%
State:	97.6%

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

This Hospital:	77.0%
Louisiana:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	50.0%
State:	90.7%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	85.0%
Louisiana:	93.5%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	13.4%
State:	12.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	24.9%
State:	25.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	18.2%
Louisiana:	18.7%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Fewer than 100
Survey Response Rate: 19%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
Louisiana:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	12%
Louisiana:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	85%
Louisiana:	82%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	3%

Usually

This Hospital:	9%
Louisiana:	11%

Always

Here:	81%
Louisiana:	86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
Louisiana:	10%

Usually

Here:	22%
State:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
Louisiana:	70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
State:	7%

Usually

Here:	17%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	79%
State:	75%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	16%
Louisiana:	17%

Usually

This Hospital:	9%
State:	15%

Always

Here:	75%
State:	68%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
State:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	13%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	79%
State:	74%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
Louisiana:	6%

Usually

Here:	18%
State:	21%

Always

Here:	76%
State:	73%

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

Yes

Here:	84%
Louisiana:	83%

This Hospital:	16%
Louisiana:	17%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	5%
Louisiana:	8%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	23%
Louisiana:	18%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	72%
State:	74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	6%
State:	4%

Yes, probably

Here:	21%
Louisiana:	21%

Yes, definitely

Here:	73%
Louisiana:	75%

ST JAMES PARISH HOSPITAL - LUTCHER, LA

Use of Medical Imaging

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Outcome of Care

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

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