WESTFIELD HOSPITAL - ALLENTOWN, PA

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Addresss:
4815 TILGHMAN STREET
ALLENTOWN, PA, 18105
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (610) 973-8400

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 1.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 13.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 10.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 1.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 1.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 4.50

Number Of Beds
Total: 22
Total Certified: 22

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Emergency Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $3,631
Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $3,400
Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $3,919
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,073
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,167
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,777
Chest Pain: $2,885
Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,237
Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,807
Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $28,046
Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $10,390
Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $19,328

Process of Care

Pneumonia

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

67.0%
Pennsylvania:

95.7%

Surgery

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

55.0%
State:

98.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

48.0%
Pennsylvania:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

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

73.0%
Pennsylvania:

95.6%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

83.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

18.1%
Pennsylvania:

18.6%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 41%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

82%
Pennsylvania:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

15%
Pennsylvania:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

81%
State:

79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
Pennsylvania:

26%
Always
Here:

80%
State:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
Pennsylvania:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
Pennsylvania:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

72%
Pennsylvania:

69%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

20%
Pennsylvania:

21%
Usually
Here:

14%
Pennsylvania:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

66%
State:

60%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
State:

20%
Always
Here:

77%
Pennsylvania:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Pennsylvania:

14%
Usually
Here:

24%
Pennsylvania:

34%
Always
Here:

71%
State:

52%

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

Yes
Here:

78%
Pennsylvania:

83%
No
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:

5%
State:

10%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

19%
State:

24%
9 or 10
Here:

76%
Pennsylvania:

66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

6%
Pennsylvania:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

17%
Pennsylvania:

28%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

77%
Pennsylvania:

67%

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