ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL - ALBANY, NY

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ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL
43 NEW SCOTLAND AVENUE
ALBANY, NY, 12208

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (518) 262-3125

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

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Neonatal Services
ICU - Pediatric Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Medicare Certified Transplant Center Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Organ Bank Services
Organ Transplant Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Outppatient Psychiatric Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 28.37
Registered Professional Nurses : 908.27
Other Salaried Personnel : 1377.78
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 7.50
Dieticians : 8.55
Occupational Therapists : 9.15
Physical Therapists : 14.00
Registered Pharmacists : 35.65
Respiratory Therapists : 39.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 8.00
Physicians : 5.27
Medical Social Workers : 18.30
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 138.13
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 6.40
Physician Assistants : 388.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 67.01
Nurse Practitioners: 27.80
Psychologists : 0.30

Number Of Beds

Total: 619
Total Certified: 619
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 52
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 21

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $6,338

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $14,141

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $8,901

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $5,262

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $10,641

Heart failure and shock w CC: $7,338

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $5,287

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $9,496

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $7,111

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $10,441

Diabetes w MCC: $9,909

Chest Pain: $3,873

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $18,612

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $9,619

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $38,479

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $36,980

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $36,411

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $48,914

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $43,003

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $33,738

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,292

Extracranial procedures w CC: $11,314

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $26,196

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $41,331

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $14,619

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $18,866

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $13,940

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $8,209

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $18,049

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $12,030

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $26,017

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $7,031

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $18,117

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $10,218

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $11,824

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $18,649

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $37,654

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $10,553

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $13,949

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $32,156

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $19,010

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $25,950

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $43,316

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $6,838

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $12,537

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,121

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $12,510

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $14,632

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $23,978

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $17,855

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $18,602

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $10,744

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $23,891

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $15,469

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $22,351

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $10,032

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $23,891

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $13,574

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $33,110

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $24,306

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $16,317

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,541

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $20,190

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $15,732

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $4,610

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $13,996

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,948

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $6,149

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	32.800%
State:	27.056%

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

Here:	0.124%
New York:	0.153%

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

This Hospital:	0.004%
State:	0.034%

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

This Hospital:	7%
New York:	8%

Usually

Here:	26%
State:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
New York:	71%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	24%
New York:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
New York:	76%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	15%
New York:	16%

Usually

This Hospital:	32%
New York:	28%

Always

Here:	53%
State:	56%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
New York:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	27%
New York:	25%

Always

Here:	64%
New York:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	28%
State:	25%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	53%
New York:	56%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	11%
State:	11%

Usually

Here:	25%
New York:	23%

Always

Here:	64%
State:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	23%
State:	18%

Usually

Here:	33%
State:	34%

Always

Here:	44%
New York:	48%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	81%
State:	80%

Here:	19%
New York:	20%

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

6 or lower

Here:	12%
State:	12%

7 or 8

Here:	31%
State:	29%

9 or 10

Here:	57%
State:	59%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	6%
State:	7%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	27%
State:	30%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	67%
State:	63%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	98.5%

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

Here:	99.0%
New York:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
New York:	99.6%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

Here:	96.0%
New York:	87.8%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
New York:	98.6%

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

Here:	95.0%
New York:	94.1%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	91.0%
State:	89.4%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.2%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	91.0%
New York:	92.8%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	94.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	96.0%
New York:	97.7%

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

This Hospital:	88.0%
New York:	91.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	90.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	94.0%
State:	91.8%

Surgery

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

Here:	98.0%
New York:	96.3%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
New York:	93.9%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
New York:	96.9%

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

Here:	97.0%
New York:	93.8%

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

Here:	99.0%
New York:	95.4%

Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery

Here:	85.0%
New York:	93.7%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	99.6%

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

Here:	99.0%
New York:	89.8%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
New York:	91.9%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
New York:	91.6%

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

Here:	94.0%
New York:	93.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	14.1%
State:	15.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	11.8%
State:	10.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	11.3%
State:	11.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	19.9%
State:	21.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	23.0%
New York:	26.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	19.8%
New York:	19.6%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Foreign Object Retained After Surgery

Here:	0.558%
New York:	0.115%

Air Embolism

Here:	0.075%
State:	0.006%

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

This Hospital:	0.377%
State:	0.317%

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.452%
New York:	0.590%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

This Hospital:	0.302%
New York:	0.417%

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