ALEGENT HEALTH MERCY HOSPITAL - COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA

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Zip Code is 51503
Phone number is 712 328-5000

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ALEGENT HEALTH MERCY HOSPITAL
800 MERCY DRIVE
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, 51503

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (712) 328-5000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Church
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

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
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 10.30
Registered Professional Nurses : 123.40
Other Salaried Personnel : 314.40
Dieticians : 2.20
Occupational Therapists : 2.00
Physical Therapists : 5.50
Registered Pharmacists : 5.30
Respiratory Therapists : 10.80
Physicians : 2.90
Medical Social Workers : 1.10

Number Of Beds

Total: 194
Total Certified: 194
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 40

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $5,376

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $11,923

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,551

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,436

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,972

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,187

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,485

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $8,056

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,995

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,803

Diabetes w MCC: $8,388

Chest Pain: $3,265

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $31,274

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $30,824

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $41,496

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $49,261

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,148

Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,539

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $12,402

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,971

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $11,825

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,943

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $15,326

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $10,143

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $21,935

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,928

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,615

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $10,031

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $15,723

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $31,746

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,956

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $27,110

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $16,127

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $22,014

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $36,912

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,765

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $10,635

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,847

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $19,317

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,336

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $20,216

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $15,054

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $18,974

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $18,844

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $8,519

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $47,761

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,044

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $17,023

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $13,264

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,886

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,914

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,031

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,216

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	34.600%
Iowa:	31.693%

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

Here:	3.300%
Iowa:	8.449%

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

Here:	0.149%
State:	0.144%

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

This Hospital:	0.025%
Iowa:	0.036%

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:	3%
State:	3%

Usually

Here:	17%
Iowa:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	80%
State:	79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
Iowa:	3%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
Iowa:	14%

Always

Here:	79%
Iowa:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
Iowa:	6%

Usually

Here:	30%
Iowa:	25%

Always

Here:	61%
Iowa:	69%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Iowa:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
Iowa:	24%

Always

Here:	73%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	20%
Iowa:	17%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
Iowa:	20%

Always

Here:	61%
Iowa:	63%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	72%
State:	77%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
Iowa:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	26%
Iowa:	30%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
Iowa:	62%

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

Yes

Here:	88%
State:	84%

This Hospital:	12%
Iowa:	16%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	5%
State:	6%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	21%
Iowa:	21%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	74%
Iowa:	73%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	3%
State:	3%

Yes, probably

Here:	18%
Iowa:	23%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	79%
State:	74%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.891%
State:	0.632%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	0.223%
State:	0.262%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	99.1%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Iowa:	99.1%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Iowa:	96.6%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Iowa:	98.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Iowa:	99.1%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	97.0%
Iowa:	92.9%

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

This Hospital:	48
Iowa:	8

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.1%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	99.0%
Iowa:	95.6%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	94.6%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	92.0%
State:	86.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Iowa:	97.2%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.8%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	95.1%

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

Here:	99.0%
Iowa:	92.1%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	97.0%
Iowa:	91.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
Iowa:	94.0%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	97.9%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	94.8%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	97.8%

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%
Iowa:	92.9%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	94.0%

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%
State:	99.7%

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

Here:	100.0%
Iowa:	91.4%

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

Here:	99.0%
Iowa:	94.4%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	94.3%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.9%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	16.7%
Iowa:	15.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	11.3%
State:	11.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.3%
State:	11.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	19.0%
Iowa:	19.2%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	24.2%
Iowa:	23.8%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	18.6%
State:	17.6%

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