ESSENTIA HEALTH ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER - BRAINERD, MN

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Addresss:
523 NORTH 3RD STREET
BRAINERD, MN, 56401
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (218) 829-2861

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 42.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 96.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 336.50
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 2.50
Physical Therapists : 7.00
Registered Pharmacists : 6.00
Respiratory Therapists : 6.00
Physicians : 2.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 162
Total Certified: 162
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 22

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

99.0%
Minnesota:

99.7%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

94.0%
Minnesota:

99.6%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.5%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

96.0%
Minnesota:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Minnesota:

100.0%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
This Hospital:

12
State:

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

100.0%
State:

96.6%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

88.0%
Minnesota:

98.3%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

98.0%
Minnesota:

95.0%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

94.0%
Minnesota:

88.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Minnesota:

98.8%

Pneumonia

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

97.0%
Minnesota:

97.1%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

97.0%
State:

96.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.0%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

80.0%
Minnesota:

92.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

89.0%
State:

93.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

87.0%
Minnesota:

94.9%

Surgery

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

92.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

95.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

100.0%
Minnesota:

96.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

100.0%
Minnesota:

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

90.0%
Minnesota:

92.7%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

96.0%
Minnesota:

95.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

50.0%
State:

94.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

90.0%
State:

96.8%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

15.3%
State:

14.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

8.9%
State:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

9.4%
State:

11.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

20.1%
Minnesota:

18.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

26.7%
Minnesota:

24.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

18.4%
State:

18.3%

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,747
Minnesota:

$22,923
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,821
State:

$8,165
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

1.66%
Minnesota:

0.57%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,422
State:

$34,224
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,067
Minnesota:

$12,977
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.55%
State:

0.74%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,565
State:

$16,531
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,098
Minnesota:

$5,317
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.25%
State:

0.24%
Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,055
Minnesota:

$17,203
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,149
Minnesota:

$5,212
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.07%
Minnesota:

0.80%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,743
State:

$13,366
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,991
State:

$4,249
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.25%
State:

0.46%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,785
Minnesota:

$16,186
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,449
Minnesota:

$5,965
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

1.78%
Minnesota:

1.64%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,114
Minnesota:

$26,896
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,104
State:

$9,118
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.71%
Minnesota:

0.83%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,844
State:

$11,692
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,749
Minnesota:

$4,101
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

3.03%
Minnesota:

1.67%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,543
Minnesota:

$15,700
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,367
Minnesota:

$5,990
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

2.08%
State:

1.78%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,028
Minnesota:

$13,508
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,611
State:

$4,078
Number of discharges: 41
Here:

2.44%
State:

1.64%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,298
State:

$16,955
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,250
State:

$6,897
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

2.14%
State:

1.39%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,565
State:

$20,945
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,594
State:

$8,297
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.37%
Minnesota:

1.44%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,686
State:

$13,090
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,683
State:

$5,187
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

1.90%
Minnesota:

0.78%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,199
State:

$29,370
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,145
Minnesota:

$8,585
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

1.61%
State:

1.48%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,297
Minnesota:

$21,161
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,812
Minnesota:

$6,830
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.89%
State:

0.51%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,687
State:

$26,352
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,330
State:

$9,054
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.83%
State:

0.61%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,895
Minnesota:

$15,752
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,047
Minnesota:

$5,193
Number of discharges: 64
This Hospital:

3.80%
State:

3.65%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,588
State:

$14,389
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,892
State:

$5,107
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.71%
State:

0.35%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,624
State:

$20,607
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,530
Minnesota:

$7,325
Number of discharges: 51
Here:

3.03%
State:

2.21%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,647
State:

$13,713
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,693
State:

$5,069
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.83%
State:

0.19%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,659
Minnesota:

$18,317
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,079
Minnesota:

$6,970
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.37%
State:

0.90%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,637
State:

$13,192
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,183
Minnesota:

$4,474
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.01%
State:

0.52%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,380
Minnesota:

$19,497
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,411
Minnesota:

$7,303
Number of discharges: 64
This Hospital:

3.80%
State:

2.99%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,178
State:

$29,841
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,225
Minnesota:

$10,795
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

2.14%
Minnesota:

1.96%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,962
State:

$13,992
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,423
State:

$4,779
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

1.90%
State:

1.05%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,246
State:

$38,413
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,016
Minnesota:

$12,843
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

2.26%
Minnesota:

1.31%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,488
Minnesota:

$24,316
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,011
Minnesota:

$8,197
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

1.84%
Minnesota:

1.53%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,440
Minnesota:

$36,906
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,560
State:

$13,761
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.83%
Minnesota:

0.86%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,005
State:

$19,633
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,321
Minnesota:

$5,922
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.25%
State:

0.81%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,431
Minnesota:

$14,428
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,066
Minnesota:

$5,431
Number of discharges: 50
Here:

2.97%
Minnesota:

2.35%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,786
State:

$35,582
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,305
State:

$12,187
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.65%
Minnesota:

0.36%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,213
Minnesota:

$23,337
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,232
Minnesota:

$8,773
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.65%
Minnesota:

0.53%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,740
State:

$36,865
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,914
Minnesota:

$14,961
Number of discharges: 240
This Hospital:

14.27%
Minnesota:

9.87%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$44,854
Minnesota:

$50,424
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,964
State:

$19,582
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.83%
State:

1.04%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,716
Minnesota:

$18,010
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,248
Minnesota:

$6,122
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.07%
State:

1.12%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,148
State:

$13,567
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,478
State:

$4,921
Number of discharges: 46
This Hospital:

2.73%
State:

2.24%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,742
Minnesota:

$41,701
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,459
State:

$15,029
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.89%
State:

0.67%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,765
State:

$19,077
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,028
State:

$7,079
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.89%
State:

0.42%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,570
State:

$16,501
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,087
Minnesota:

$5,039
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.13%
State:

0.57%
Psychoses
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,319
Minnesota:

$30,107
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,938
State:

$8,171
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.77%
State:

3.12%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,525
State:

$19,272
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,031
State:

$7,460
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.71%
State:

0.59%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,167
Minnesota:

$17,303
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,226
Minnesota:

$6,086
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.95%
Minnesota:

0.82%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,150
State:

$19,713
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,548
State:

$7,345
Number of discharges: 45
This Hospital:

2.68%
State:

1.93%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,130
Minnesota:

$35,199
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,731
Minnesota:

$12,585
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.13%
State:

1.00%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,448
State:

$25,000
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,182
State:

$10,430
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.13%
Minnesota:

0.72%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,310
State:

$38,306
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,213
Minnesota:

$13,889
Number of discharges: 59
This Hospital:

3.51%
State:

3.98%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,004
Minnesota:

$21,565
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,428
State:

$8,065
Number of discharges: 49
Here:

2.91%
Minnesota:

1.75%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,766
Minnesota:

$15,886
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,376
Minnesota:

$5,190
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.01%
Minnesota:

0.82%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,557
State:

$16,939
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,389
State:

$7,101
Number of discharges: 47
This Hospital:

2.79%
Minnesota:

3.04%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,553
State:

$26,863
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,147
State:

$10,284
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.07%
State:

1.63%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,187
Minnesota:

$12,348
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,923
Minnesota:

$4,896
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.25%
State:

0.96%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,593
Minnesota:

$13,929
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,710
State:

$5,101
Number of discharges: 41
This Hospital:

2.44%
State:

1.63%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,268
Minnesota:

$16,436
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,801
Minnesota:

$5,232
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

1.19%
State:

0.75%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.187%
State:

0.732%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

0.373%
State:

0.687%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

40.300%
Minnesota:

48.041%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

6.600%
State:

6.118%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.060%
State:

0.072%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.002%
Minnesota:

0.011%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

5.500%
State:

5.841%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
Here:

4.300%
Minnesota:

2.414%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 44%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
Minnesota:

3%
Usually
Here:

18%
Minnesota:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

80%
State:

79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
State:

3%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

14%
Always
Here:

82%
Minnesota:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
Minnesota:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
Minnesota:

22%
Always
Here:

72%
State:

72%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
State:

25%
Always
Here:

73%
State:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

13%
State:

16%
Usually
Here:

21%
Minnesota:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

66%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

17%
Minnesota:

18%
Always
Here:

79%
Minnesota:

76%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

27%
State:

30%
Always
This Hospital:

66%
Minnesota:

63%

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

Yes
Here:

89%
Minnesota:

86%
No
Here:

11%
Minnesota:

14%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

5%
State:

6%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

25%
Minnesota:

22%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

70%
State:

72%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

2%
Minnesota:

3%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

26%
Minnesota:

24%
Yes, definitely
Here:

72%
State:

73%

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