WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - WELLINGTON, FL

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Addresss:
10101 FOREST HILL BLVD
WELLINGTON, FL, 33414
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (561) 798-8500

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 13.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 155.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 98.30
Dieticians : 1.60
Physical Therapists : 4.00
Respiratory Therapists : 12.00
Physicians : 0.50
Residents (Physicians) : 8.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 143
Total Certified: 143

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Transplant Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Use of Medical Imaging

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

6.900%
State:

9.768%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.056%
Florida:

0.158%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.056%
Florida:

0.041%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
Here:

0.900%
Florida:

3.396%

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

Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,424
State:

$20,788
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,145
State:

$3,912
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.32%
Florida:

0.35%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,722
State:

$25,508
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,548
Florida:

$5,155
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.08%
State:

1.52%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$54,567
Florida:

$36,407
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,398
State:

$7,709
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.85%
Florida:

0.78%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,425
State:

$17,832
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,877
State:

$3,540
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

3.10%
Florida:

2.00%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,775
State:

$25,471
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,589
Florida:

$5,275
Number of discharges: 56
Here:

4.34%
State:

1.97%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,969
Florida:

$21,396
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,727
Florida:

$3,578
Number of discharges: 40
Here:

3.10%
State:

1.81%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,212
Florida:

$32,205
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,604
State:

$6,099
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.78%
Florida:

2.28%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$34,542
State:

$39,026
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,911
Florida:

$7,410
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

2.01%
Florida:

2.16%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,375
State:

$23,968
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,882
State:

$4,534
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

2.71%
Florida:

1.78%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$32,954
Florida:

$42,374
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,276
Florida:

$6,838
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.85%
State:

1.78%
Dysequilibrium
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,647
State:

$23,115
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,323
State:

$4,023
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.08%
Florida:

0.43%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,523
Florida:

$27,105
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,874
Florida:

$4,566
Number of discharges: 91
This Hospital:

7.05%
Florida:

3.97%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,531
Florida:

$32,281
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,843
State:

$6,280
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.47%
Florida:

1.92%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$29,439
Florida:

$23,739
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,857
Florida:

$4,525
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.70%
State:

0.57%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,606
Florida:

$22,859
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,275
State:

$3,987
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

2.01%
State:

0.56%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,536
State:

$30,027
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,755
State:

$6,310
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.63%
Florida:

3.10%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$45,601
Florida:

$46,190
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,614
Florida:

$9,405
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

2.09%
Florida:

2.68%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,624
Florida:

$20,832
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,391
State:

$4,234
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.32%
State:

1.25%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$65,145
State:

$62,599
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,758
Florida:

$11,419
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.70%
Florida:

1.13%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$49,227
State:

$50,455
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,634
State:

$9,353
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.93%
State:

0.36%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,881
State:

$20,835
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,158
Florida:

$4,043
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.08%
Florida:

0.52%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$32,138
Florida:

$36,877
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,604
State:

$7,181
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.39%
State:

1.36%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,113
State:

$28,580
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,406
State:

$5,183
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

1.55%
Florida:

0.78%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,412
State:

$37,133
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,755
State:

$7,488
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.08%
Florida:

1.01%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,695
Florida:

$25,550
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,290
Florida:

$4,912
Number of discharges: 65
This Hospital:

5.03%
Florida:

3.06%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$44,289
Florida:

$48,334
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,910
Florida:

$7,531
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.93%
State:

0.30%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$71,623
Florida:

$62,092
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,622
State:

$12,789
Number of discharges: 68
This Hospital:

5.27%
Florida:

5.59%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,655
State:

$27,134
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,409
Florida:

$5,110
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.47%
Florida:

0.96%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,128
State:

$22,072
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,627
Florida:

$4,329
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

2.25%
Florida:

1.84%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$43,191
State:

$58,481
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,137
Florida:

$12,104
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.16%
State:

0.78%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$36,085
State:

$33,317
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,537
State:

$6,341
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.93%
State:

0.69%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$59,579
Florida:

$94,419
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$20,106
State:

$20,337
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.39%
State:

0.62%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$57,795
State:

$77,938
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,306
State:

$12,671
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.93%
State:

1.54%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,316
Florida:

$29,331
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,230
Florida:

$6,086
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.93%
Florida:

0.66%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,274
State:

$19,080
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,256
State:

$4,074
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.93%
Florida:

0.37%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,575
Florida:

$21,341
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,228
State:

$4,014
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.85%
State:

0.46%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,806
State:

$33,745
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,132
Florida:

$6,637
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.01%
State:

0.39%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,247
Florida:

$24,594
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,396
State:

$5,130
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

2.48%
State:

1.62%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,837
State:

$31,773
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,889
State:

$6,342
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

2.17%
Florida:

2.09%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$69,008
Florida:

$73,093
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,789
Florida:

$14,633
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.39%
Florida:

0.97%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,131
Florida:

$25,327
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,172
Florida:

$5,014
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.55%
State:

0.76%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$102,237
Florida:

$181,537
Average Total Payments
Here:

$39,412
State:

$39,562
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.85%
State:

0.25%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$53,668
Florida:

$62,484
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,770
Florida:

$12,161
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

2.79%
Florida:

3.48%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$37,065
Florida:

$36,829
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,849
Florida:

$7,095
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.63%
Florida:

1.34%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,963
Florida:

$22,613
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,497
Florida:

$4,291
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

1.86%
Florida:

0.74%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$29,399
Florida:

$33,576
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,767
Florida:

$6,347
Number of discharges: 42
This Hospital:

3.25%
State:

2.26%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$53,340
Florida:

$49,521
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,889
State:

$9,220
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.16%
Florida:

1.45%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,755
Florida:

$24,049
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,741
State:

$4,447
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

2.48%
State:

0.98%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,563
Florida:

$25,778
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,871
State:

$4,531
Number of discharges: 57
Here:

4.42%
State:

2.45%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,731
State:

$27,166
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,987
Florida:

$4,596
Number of discharges: 47
This Hospital:

3.64%
State:

1.35%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.7%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

99.0%
Florida:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

95.4%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

99.0%
State:

97.8%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.3%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

96.0%
State:

93.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.7%

Pneumonia

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

99.0%
State:

96.6%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

98.0%
Florida:

96.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

100.0%
State:

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

100.0%
Florida:

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:

98.0%
State:

98.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

97.0%
Florida:

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:

94.0%
Florida:

97.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

98.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

96.0%
Florida:

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

85.0%
Florida:

94.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

97.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

96.0%
Florida:

97.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

97.0%
State:

96.4%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
Florida:

99.9%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

16.2%
State:

15.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

13.5%
State:

11.3%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.1%
Florida:

11.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

19.6%
Florida:

19.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

27.1%
Florida:

24.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

20.7%
State:

18.6%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 27%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

12%
Florida:

7%
Usually
Here:

24%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
Florida:

73%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
Florida:

16%
Always
Here:

71%
State:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

22%
State:

14%
Usually
Here:

31%
State:

26%
Always
Here:

47%
Florida:

60%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

13%
Florida:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
Florida:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

63%
Florida:

67%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

34%
Florida:

25%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

48%
State:

58%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

20%
Florida:

11%
Usually
Here:

21%
State:

21%
Always
Here:

59%
State:

68%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

17%
State:

13%
Usually
Here:

31%
Florida:

30%
Always
This Hospital:

52%
Florida:

57%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

75%
Florida:

81%
No
This Hospital:

25%
Florida:

19%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

18%
Florida:

11%
7 or 8
Here:

28%
Florida:

24%
9 or 10
Here:

54%
State:

65%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

12%
State:

8%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

30%
Florida:

24%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

58%
State:

68%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.623%
Florida:

0.580%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.312%
State:

0.465%
Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar
Here:

0.312%
Florida:

0.144%

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