ALBANY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - ALBANY, NY

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ALBANY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
600 NORTHERN BOULEVARD
ALBANY, NY, 12204

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (518) 471-3221

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

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
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neurosurgical Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 28.28
Registered Professional Nurses : 136.27
Other Salaried Personnel : 376.58
Dieticians : 1.21
Occupational Therapists : 2.83
Physical Therapists : 6.98
Registered Pharmacists : 11.93
Respiratory Therapists : 6.46
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 0.78
Physicians : 5.61
Medical Social Workers : 2.05
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 23.43
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 1.81
Physician Assistants : 4.14
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 12.78
Nurse Practitioners: 0.92
Psychologists : 0.12

Number Of Beds

Total: 165
Total Certified: 165

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,472

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $9,980

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,281

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $3,713

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $7,509

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,179

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $3,731

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $6,701

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,018

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,368

Diabetes w MCC: $6,993

Chest Pain: $2,733

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $26,086

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,146

Extracranial procedures w CC: $7,985

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $10,316

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $13,314

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $5,793

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $12,737

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $8,490

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $18,360

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $4,962

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $7,211

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,344

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $13,161

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $26,572

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $7,473

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $9,844

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $13,415

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $18,313

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $32,427

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $4,826

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $8,847

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $10,326

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $16,921

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $12,600

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $15,753

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $9,967

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $7,079

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $16,860

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $9,576

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $11,515

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $16,145

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $32,962

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,253

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $5,751

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,198

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,339

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	23.200%
State:	27.056%

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

This Hospital:	6.200%
New York:	9.830%

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

This Hospital:	0.038%
State:	0.153%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 38%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
State:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
State:	21%

Always

Here:	74%
New York:	71%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
New York:	6%

Usually

Here:	18%
New York:	18%

Always

Here:	76%
New York:	76%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	11%
New York:	16%

Usually

Here:	30%
State:	28%

Always

This Hospital:	59%
State:	56%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
State:	10%

Usually

Here:	23%
New York:	25%

Always

This Hospital:	70%
State:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	26%
New York:	25%

Usually

Here:	20%
New York:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	54%
New York:	56%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
State:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
State:	23%

Always

Here:	70%
New York:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
New York:	18%

Usually

This Hospital:	35%
New York:	34%

Always

Here:	53%
New York:	48%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	85%
New York:	80%

This Hospital:	15%
State:	20%

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

6 or lower

Here:	9%
State:	12%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	25%
State:	29%

9 or 10

Here:	66%
New York:	59%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	5%
New York:	7%

Yes, probably

Here:	24%
State:	30%

Yes, definitely

Here:	71%
New York:	63%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.571%
State:	0.590%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	94.0%
New York:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	96.0%
New York:	98.5%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	92.0%
New York:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	99.6%

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

Here:	12
State:	12

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital

Here:	55
New York:	82

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	96.3%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	98.6%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	94.1%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	83.0%
State:	89.4%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	91.0%
State:	98.2%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	96.0%
New York:	92.8%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	94.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.7%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	91.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	93.0%
New York:	90.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	91.0%
New York:	91.8%

Surgery

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

Here:	93.0%
New York:	96.3%

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

Here:	85.0%
New York:	93.9%

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
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:	90.0%
State:	93.8%

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
New York:	95.4%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	75.0%
New York:	89.8%

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

Here:	84.0%
State:	91.9%

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

This Hospital:	91.0%
New York:	91.6%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	93.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	17.5%
New York:	15.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	14.9%
New York:	10.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	11.1%
New York:	11.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	20.4%
State:	21.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	25.3%
State:	26.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.6%
State:	19.6%

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