UVALDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - UVALDE, TX

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Addresss:
1025 GARNER FIELD ROAD
UVALDE, TX, 78801
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (830) 278-6251

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 25.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 20.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 117.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 1.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 2.00
Respiratory Therapists : 2.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 66
Total Certified: 48

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services

Use of Medical Imaging

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

7.200%
Texas:

8.275%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.320%
State:

0.250%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.163%
Texas:

0.110%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

6.000%
Texas:

5.401%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

1.200%
State:

2.420%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

1.760%
Texas:

0.881%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 20%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Texas:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
Texas:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

80%
State:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
Texas:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

10%
State:

13%
Always
Here:

87%
Texas:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
Texas:

10%
Usually
Here:

20%
State:

23%
Always
Here:

70%
State:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
Texas:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

75%
Texas:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

16%
State:

19%
Usually
This Hospital:

13%
Texas:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

71%
Texas:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

9%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

72%
Texas:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

12%
Texas:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

28%
State:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
State:

67%

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

Yes
Here:

87%
Texas:

83%
No
Here:

13%
State:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

8%
Texas:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

25%
State:

21%
9 or 10
Here:

67%
State:

71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

4%
Texas:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

28%
State:

23%
Yes, definitely
Here:

68%
Texas:

72%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

15
State:

8
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

98.0%
Texas:

95.6%

Heart Failure

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

98.0%
Texas:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

93.0%
Texas:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

72.0%
State:

93.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

92.0%
State:

99.5%

Pneumonia

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

95.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

81.0%
Texas:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

89.0%
Texas:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

89.0%
Texas:

94.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

100.0%
State:

96.2%

Surgery

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

100.0%
Texas:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

94.0%
Texas:

97.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

94.0%
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
Here:

85.0%
Texas:

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

85.0%
Texas:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Texas:

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

100.0%
State:

95.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

100.0%
State:

96.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

95.0%
State:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

14.7%
State:

15.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

11.0%
State:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.8%
Texas:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

20.2%
Texas:

19.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

29.5%
State:

24.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

19.1%
Texas:

18.0%

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

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,967
Texas:

$21,485
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,388
State:

$3,893
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

2.87%
State:

0.32%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,240
Texas:

$25,580
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,180
State:

$5,548
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

3.13%
Texas:

1.35%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,054
Texas:

$17,909
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,262
Texas:

$3,737
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

3.66%
State:

1.48%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,350
State:

$22,187
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,006
State:

$5,512
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

4.18%
Texas:

2.13%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,304
State:

$29,940
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,328
Texas:

$6,395
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

4.96%
Texas:

2.05%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,262
State:

$22,469
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,519
State:

$4,747
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

4.70%
State:

1.59%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,322
State:

$24,361
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,399
Texas:

$4,830
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

5.74%
Texas:

3.07%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,349
Texas:

$29,852
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,310
Texas:

$6,718
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

8.09%
State:

3.09%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,656
State:

$20,982
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,234
Texas:

$4,507
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

6.79%
State:

1.18%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,395
State:

$21,529
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,620
Texas:

$4,067
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

2.87%
Texas:

0.48%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,785
Texas:

$22,532
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,891
State:

$5,086
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

9.92%
Texas:

3.62%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,847
State:

$20,255
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,168
State:

$4,589
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

8.88%
State:

2.39%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,363
Texas:

$41,085
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,068
Texas:

$8,523
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

4.96%
State:

1.20%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,113
Texas:

$22,785
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,990
State:

$5,348
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

5.48%
State:

1.52%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,785
Texas:

$55,259
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,255
Texas:

$12,623
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

3.13%
Texas:

4.83%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,287
State:

$30,598
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,555
Texas:

$6,580
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

10.44%
Texas:

2.99%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,375
Texas:

$46,624
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,278
State:

$9,603
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

4.70%
Texas:

1.99%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,001
State:

$21,702
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,269
State:

$4,627
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

5.48%
State:

1.33%

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