HOBOKEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER - HOBOKEN, NJ

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Addresss:
308 WILLOW AVE
HOBOKEN, NJ, 07030
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (201) 418-1004

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 22.51
Registered Professional Nurses : 243.34
Other Salaried Personnel : 533.88
Dieticians : 4.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 5.00
Registered Pharmacists : 6.00
Respiratory Therapists : 2.59
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 0.60
Physicians : 24.69
Medical Social Workers : 4.00
Residents (Physicians) : 32.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 330
Total Certified: 330
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 19
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 30

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery 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

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 32%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

19%
State:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

71%
State:

74%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

82%
State:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

15%
New Jersey:

15%
Usually
Here:

28%
State:

27%
Always
Here:

57%
New Jersey:

58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

26%
State:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
New Jersey:

67%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

28%
New Jersey:

24%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

54%
New Jersey:

58%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

17%
State:

11%
Usually
Here:

22%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

61%
New Jersey:

68%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

18%
State:

16%
Usually
This Hospital:

34%
New Jersey:

32%
Always
This Hospital:

48%
New Jersey:

52%

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

Yes
Here:

79%
State:

79%
No
Here:

21%
State:

21%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

11%
New Jersey:

12%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

28%
New Jersey:

26%
9 or 10
Here:

61%
New Jersey:

62%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

8%
New Jersey:

7%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

28%
State:

28%
Yes, definitely
Here:

64%
New Jersey:

65%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
New Jersey:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
New Jersey:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
New Jersey:

99.3%

Heart Failure

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

99.0%
New Jersey:

99.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.0%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

100.0%
New Jersey:

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

100.0%
New Jersey:

99.9%

Pneumonia

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

97.0%
New Jersey:

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

96.0%
New Jersey:

98.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

97.0%
New Jersey:

97.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

96.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

93.0%
State:

97.7%

Surgery

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

97.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

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

96.0%
State:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

81.0%
New Jersey:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

83.0%
New Jersey:

98.2%
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%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

84.0%
State:

95.3%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

81.0%
State:

96.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

91.0%
New Jersey:

97.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

81.0%
State:

96.6%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

98.0%
New Jersey:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

15.2%
New Jersey:

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

8.7%
New Jersey:

10.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.3%
New Jersey:

11.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

19.3%
State:

21.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

28.3%
New Jersey:

26.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

21.3%
New Jersey:

19.5%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.833%
State:

0.485%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.416%
State:

0.663%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.208%
New Jersey:

0.382%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
Here:

0.833%
New Jersey:

0.331%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

7.500%
New Jersey:

11.744%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.085%
New Jersey:

0.094%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.047%
State:

0.027%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

4.400%
State:

6.521%

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$78,552
New Jersey:

$88,086
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,584
New Jersey:

$13,269
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.92%
State:

1.27%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,492
New Jersey:

$31,551
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,461
New Jersey:

$4,331
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.61%
New Jersey:

0.75%
Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,501
New Jersey:

$33,151
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,626
State:

$4,692
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.23%
New Jersey:

0.37%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$56,346
State:

$45,839
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,991
State:

$6,359
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.92%
State:

1.56%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,753
New Jersey:

$31,596
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,294
State:

$4,298
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.76%
New Jersey:

1.83%
Cellulitis with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$68,059
New Jersey:

$68,317
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,842
State:

$11,105
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.15%
State:

0.38%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$41,849
State:

$40,596
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,996
New Jersey:

$6,234
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

2.60%
State:

2.40%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,721
State:

$32,970
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,095
State:

$4,276
Number of discharges: 67
This Hospital:

5.13%
State:

1.82%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$49,684
New Jersey:

$50,790
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,117
State:

$7,184
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

2.14%
New Jersey:

2.29%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$70,378
New Jersey:

$62,346
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,341
New Jersey:

$8,879
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

2.68%
New Jersey:

2.07%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$42,568
New Jersey:

$39,596
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,837
New Jersey:

$5,361
Number of discharges: 68
Here:

5.21%
State:

1.56%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$48,999
New Jersey:

$45,211
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,601
State:

$6,988
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.45%
State:

0.65%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,253
State:

$45,234
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,769
State:

$6,470
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.00%
State:

0.79%
Dysequilibrium
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,044
State:

$34,475
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,009
New Jersey:

$4,750
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.84%
State:

0.51%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,785
New Jersey:

$37,750
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,783
New Jersey:

$5,392
Number of discharges: 68
Here:

5.21%
New Jersey:

3.49%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,505
State:

$30,989
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,353
State:

$5,087
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.84%
New Jersey:

0.41%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$55,039
New Jersey:

$51,281
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,475
State:

$7,633
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

2.22%
New Jersey:

2.03%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$87,442
New Jersey:

$82,647
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,810
New Jersey:

$13,270
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.92%
State:

0.79%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$44,263
New Jersey:

$35,279
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,643
New Jersey:

$5,265
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.53%
New Jersey:

0.71%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$51,842
State:

$52,684
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,209
State:

$7,674
Number of discharges: 62
Here:

4.75%
State:

3.71%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$65,806
New Jersey:

$75,197
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,629
New Jersey:

$11,417
Number of discharges: 42
This Hospital:

3.22%
State:

2.96%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,790
State:

$36,852
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,477
New Jersey:

$5,135
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

2.99%
State:

1.54%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$76,623
New Jersey:

$69,604
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,280
New Jersey:

$13,532
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.00%
New Jersey:

0.99%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,481
New Jersey:

$33,332
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,727
New Jersey:

$4,745
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.84%
State:

0.46%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$65,840
State:

$58,890
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,028
New Jersey:

$8,702
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.30%
New Jersey:

1.45%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$61,969
New Jersey:

$58,211
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,862
New Jersey:

$8,845
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.45%
New Jersey:

1.09%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$48,085
New Jersey:

$40,335
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,549
State:

$5,798
Number of discharges: 52
This Hospital:

3.98%
State:

2.97%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$61,797
State:

$66,640
Average Total Payments
Here:

$18,718
New Jersey:

$15,059
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.53%
New Jersey:

3.99%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$44,882
State:

$41,590
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,499
State:

$6,442
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.00%
New Jersey:

1.06%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$55,369
State:

$57,544
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,924
New Jersey:

$9,024
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.61%
New Jersey:

0.75%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$36,460
New Jersey:

$37,551
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,554
New Jersey:

$5,216
Number of discharges: 45
This Hospital:

3.45%
State:

2.13%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$68,414
State:

$85,725
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,361
New Jersey:

$14,450
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.92%
State:

0.73%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,386
New Jersey:

$46,769
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,171
New Jersey:

$7,398
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.84%
State:

0.72%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,735
State:

$48,224
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,668
State:

$7,309
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.84%
State:

0.68%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$102,118
State:

$70,978
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,947
State:

$9,692
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.15%
State:

0.81%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$45,562
New Jersey:

$41,991
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,742
State:

$6,196
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

2.60%
New Jersey:

1.48%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$66,622
New Jersey:

$52,443
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,854
State:

$7,686
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.76%
New Jersey:

2.07%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$130,442
New Jersey:

$80,919
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$19,079
State:

$12,608
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.45%
State:

1.38%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$135,611
State:

$106,179
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$21,370
State:

$17,343
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.45%
State:

0.96%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,897
New Jersey:

$44,017
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,939
State:

$6,078
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.45%
New Jersey:

0.92%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$113,703
State:

$88,530
Average Total Payments
Here:

$18,689
New Jersey:

$14,676
Number of discharges: 54
This Hospital:

4.13%
State:

4.36%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$55,237
State:

$56,844
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,788
State:

$8,721
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

2.83%
State:

1.42%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$53,210
New Jersey:

$51,726
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,553
State:

$7,544
Number of discharges: 55
Here:

4.21%
State:

2.50%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$81,285
State:

$72,085
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,579
New Jersey:

$10,984
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.99%
State:

1.49%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,535
State:

$37,623
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,479
New Jersey:

$5,339
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

1.91%
State:

0.88%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,516
New Jersey:

$40,180
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,720
New Jersey:

$5,402
Number of discharges: 56
Here:

4.29%
State:

2.82%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$44,488
New Jersey:

$40,888
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,930
New Jersey:

$5,447
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.68%
State:

1.62%

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