WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER (WEIRTON, WV) Detailed Hospital Profile

Complaint Deficiency

Proper construction of ducts through walls designed to prevent smoke passage
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Many
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's room or bathroom and bathing area
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Be administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action
- Harm: Actual harm
- Scope: Many

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 24%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	29%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	59%
State:	77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
State:	4%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	73%
West Virginia:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	30%
State:	12%

Usually

This Hospital:	32%
West Virginia:	23%

Always

Here:	38%
West Virginia:	65%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
West Virginia:	8%

Usually

Here:	36%
West Virginia:	23%

Always

This Hospital:	52%
West Virginia:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	33%
West Virginia:	20%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
West Virginia:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	47%
West Virginia:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	18%
West Virginia:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	29%
West Virginia:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	53%
State:	73%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	25%
West Virginia:	13%

Usually

Here:	40%
State:	32%

Always

Here:	35%
State:	55%

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

Yes

Here:	78%
West Virginia:	83%

Here:	22%
State:	17%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	27%
State:	11%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	36%
State:	24%

9 or 10

Here:	37%
State:	65%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	17%
West Virginia:	6%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	50%
State:	29%

Yes, definitely

Here:	33%
West Virginia:	65%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	97.0%
State:	98.6%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	98.0%
West Virginia:	98.8%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.9%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

Here:	69.0%
West Virginia:	91.8%

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

Here:	5
State:	11

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.9%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

This Hospital:	97.0%
West Virginia:	96.3%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
West Virginia:	98.4%

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

Here:	100.0%
West Virginia:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	91.0%
State:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.4%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	97.0%
West Virginia:	95.2%

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

Here:	99.0%
West Virginia:	96.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
West Virginia:	98.3%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	93.3%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	94.0%
West Virginia:	93.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
West Virginia:	95.7%

Surgery

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

Here:	97.0%
West Virginia:	98.3%

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

Here:	99.0%
West Virginia:	96.1%

Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

This Hospital:	92.0%
State:	98.2%

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

This Hospital:	72.0%
State:	95.5%

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

This Hospital:	72.0%
West Virginia:	96.5%

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%
West Virginia:	99.8%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
West Virginia:	94.5%

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

Here:	100.0%
West Virginia:	95.9%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
West Virginia:	94.8%

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

Here:	86.0%
West Virginia:	93.8%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.9%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	15.4%
State:	15.5%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	10.2%
State:	11.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	9.0%
State:	12.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	19.4%
State:	20.2%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	26.3%
West Virginia:	25.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	18.3%
State:	19.6%

Quality Measures

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	8.8%
State:	25.2%

Percent of short-stay residents with Pressure ulcers that are new or worsened

This Hospital:	7.4%
State:	2.0%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Hospital:	93.8%
West Virginia:	86.0%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Hospital:	90.1%
West Virginia:	85.4%

Percent of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	0.9%
West Virginia:	3.1%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

Here:	0.232%
State:	0.393%

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

Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,067
West Virginia:	$12,376

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,164
State:	$5,076

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	1.01%
State:	0.36%

Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,339
State:	$8,699

Average Total Payments

Here:	$2,994
State:	$3,776

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.79%
West Virginia:	0.20%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,596
West Virginia:	$12,030

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,448
State:	$5,051

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	1.29%
State:	1.55%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,040
State:	$18,920

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,951
State:	$7,620

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	1.58%
State:	0.78%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,101
West Virginia:	$8,528

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$2,970
West Virginia:	$3,482

Number of discharges: 45

Here:	3.23%
West Virginia:	1.87%

Cellulitis with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,290
State:	$22,352

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,808
West Virginia:	$8,987

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.79%
West Virginia:	0.17%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$4,909
State:	$9,955

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,116
State:	$4,934

Number of discharges: 44

Here:	3.16%
State:	2.14%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,879
State:	$10,553

Average Total Payments

Here:	$2,708
West Virginia:	$3,462

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	1.15%
West Virginia:	2.41%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,048
West Virginia:	$12,902

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,816
West Virginia:	$5,791

Number of discharges: 35

This Hospital:	2.51%
State:	3.65%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,102
West Virginia:	$16,204

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,987
State:	$7,123

Number of discharges: 75

Here:	5.39%
West Virginia:	3.14%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$7,063
West Virginia:	$9,702

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,560
West Virginia:	$4,286

Number of discharges: 64

This Hospital:	4.60%
State:	3.30%

Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$21,331
West Virginia:	$32,732

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,741
West Virginia:	$12,277

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.86%
State:	0.18%

Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$16,754
West Virginia:	$18,767

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,160
State:	$6,630

Number of discharges: 43

Here:	3.09%
West Virginia:	1.98%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,327
West Virginia:	$19,325

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,475
West Virginia:	$7,172

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.93%
West Virginia:	0.50%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,625
State:	$11,121

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,539
State:	$4,399

Number of discharges: 63

This Hospital:	4.53%
West Virginia:	3.99%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,271
State:	$15,574

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,074
State:	$6,146

Number of discharges: 24

Here:	1.72%
West Virginia:	1.88%

G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,471
State:	$10,350

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,440
West Virginia:	$4,318

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.79%
West Virginia:	0.56%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,598
State:	$13,518

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,009
State:	$6,064

Number of discharges: 39

Here:	2.80%
State:	3.11%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,713
West Virginia:	$20,887

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,138
West Virginia:	$8,936

Number of discharges: 61

This Hospital:	4.38%
State:	2.50%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,072
State:	$9,106

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,370
State:	$4,047

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	1.44%
West Virginia:	1.40%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$18,804
State:	$30,759

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,131
West Virginia:	$11,523

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	1.15%
West Virginia:	0.91%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$16,854
West Virginia:	$24,595

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,548
State:	$9,283

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	1.44%
State:	0.31%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$15,685
West Virginia:	$17,560

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,763
State:	$7,265

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.93%
West Virginia:	1.39%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,719
West Virginia:	$13,951

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,048
State:	$5,203

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.79%
West Virginia:	0.73%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,705
West Virginia:	$18,419

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,937
West Virginia:	$7,511

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	1.44%
State:	0.83%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,014
West Virginia:	$10,257

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,827
West Virginia:	$4,701

Number of discharges: 44

This Hospital:	3.16%
State:	3.45%

Major Cardiovasc Procedures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$24,473
West Virginia:	$56,695

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,233
State:	$19,528

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.86%
State:	0.46%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$27,713
State:	$33,555

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,470
State:	$12,548

Number of discharges: 63

Here:	4.53%
West Virginia:	4.22%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,325
West Virginia:	$12,767

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,851
West Virginia:	$5,026

Number of discharges: 17

This Hospital:	1.22%
West Virginia:	0.85%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,899
State:	$9,782

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,286
West Virginia:	$4,200

Number of discharges: 27

Here:	1.94%
State:	1.96%

Other Vascular Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$38,053
State:	$41,985

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,446
State:	$15,156

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.79%
West Virginia:	0.44%

Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$32,289
West Virginia:	$44,692

Average Total Payments

Here:	$14,806
State:	$18,601

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	1.15%
State:	0.40%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$36,958
West Virginia:	$41,116

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,747
West Virginia:	$12,246

Number of discharges: 27

This Hospital:	1.94%
State:	1.69%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,273
State:	$13,396

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,899
West Virginia:	$5,969

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	1.15%
State:	0.79%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,019
West Virginia:	$11,327

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,920
State:	$4,774

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	1.36%
West Virginia:	1.34%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,341
West Virginia:	$13,699

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,024
State:	$6,153

Number of discharges: 41

This Hospital:	2.95%
State:	2.20%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,265
West Virginia:	$23,118

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,290
State:	$10,082

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	1.22%
State:	1.22%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$20,024
West Virginia:	$27,963

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,937
State:	$12,086

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	1.51%
West Virginia:	0.88%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$49,750
West Virginia:	$77,185

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$24,019
West Virginia:	$33,155

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.93%
West Virginia:	0.49%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$25,620
West Virginia:	$36,399

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,629
State:	$14,359

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.93%
West Virginia:	1.30%

Seizures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,729
West Virginia:	$11,443

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,781
West Virginia:	$5,131

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.93%
West Virginia:	0.74%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$16,815
State:	$30,150

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,266
State:	$12,053

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	1.72%
State:	3.24%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,009
State:	$15,708

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,458
State:	$6,916

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	1.08%
West Virginia:	1.35%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,280
West Virginia:	$10,973

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,305
State:	$4,245

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.79%
State:	0.87%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,721
State:	$14,392

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,863
State:	$6,029

Number of discharges: 78

Here:	5.60%
State:	3.71%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$16,206
State:	$21,145

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,251
West Virginia:	$8,863

Number of discharges: 57

This Hospital:	4.09%
State:	2.15%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,753
State:	$9,911

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,551
West Virginia:	$4,263

Number of discharges: 50

Here:	3.59%
West Virginia:	1.55%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,495
State:	$11,188

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,549
West Virginia:	$4,415

Number of discharges: 40

Here:	2.87%
West Virginia:	1.99%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,723
State:	$11,701

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,612
State:	$4,522

Number of discharges: 26

This Hospital:	1.87%
West Virginia:	1.31%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	48.900%
State:	42.623%

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

This Hospital:	11.400%
West Virginia:	8.958%

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

This Hospital:	0.112%
West Virginia:	0.275%

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

Here:	0.024%
State:	0.071%

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

This Hospital:	3.700%
State:	5.768%

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

Here:	2.000%
West Virginia:	3.183%

WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER - WEIRTON, WV

Complaint Deficiency

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Surgery

Outcome of Care

Quality Measures

Hospital Acquired Conditions

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

Use of Medical Imaging

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