AMHERST HOSPITAL - AMHERST, OH

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AMHERST HOSPITAL
254 CLEVELAND AVENUE
AMHERST, OH, 44001

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (440) 988-6000

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

Provided Services

Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neurosurgical Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Organ Bank Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 6.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 43.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 71.75
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 10.00
Dieticians : 0.25
Occupational Therapists : 2.00
Physical Therapists : 2.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 10.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 2.25
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 7.25
Nurse Practitioners: 1.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 60
Total Certified: 60

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 39%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
Ohio:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	14%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	83%
State:	77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
State:	5%

Usually

Here:	18%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	77%
State:	79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Ohio:	9%

Usually

Here:	20%
Ohio:	26%

Always

Here:	75%
Ohio:	65%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
Ohio:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	75%
Ohio:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	19%
Ohio:	21%

Usually

Here:	18%
Ohio:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	63%
Ohio:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
State:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	13%
State:	20%

Always

Here:	84%
Ohio:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
Ohio:	13%

Usually

Here:	26%
State:	33%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
State:	54%

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

Yes

Here:	85%
State:	83%

This Hospital:	15%
Ohio:	17%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	3%
State:	8%

7 or 8

Here:	17%
State:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	80%
Ohio:	68%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	3%
Ohio:	5%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	15%
State:	26%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	82%
Ohio:	69%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

This Hospital:	10
State:	8

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

Here:	29
State:	66

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

Here:	84.0%
Ohio:	95.6%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	83.0%
State:	98.8%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Ohio:	95.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	50.0%
State:	91.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Ohio:	98.8%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	82.0%
State:	95.8%

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

Here:	94.0%
Ohio:	96.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	92.0%
Ohio:	97.7%

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

Here:	76.0%
Ohio:	92.1%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	79.0%
Ohio:	92.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	85.0%
State:	94.4%

Surgery

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

Here:	98.0%
Ohio:	97.0%

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

This Hospital:	90.0%
State:	95.4%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.9%

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

Here:	96.0%
Ohio:	92.3%

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

Here:	93.0%
State:	94.4%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.5%

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

Here:	88.0%
Ohio:	91.0%

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

This Hospital:	90.0%
State:	93.7%

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

This Hospital:	62.0%
State:	91.2%

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

Here:	83.0%
Ohio:	93.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	10.2%
Ohio:	10.8%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	9.3%
State:	11.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	22.0%
State:	24.8%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	16.3%
State:	18.7%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $5,311

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $3,820

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $7,726

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,328

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $3,838

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $6,895

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,163

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,581

Diabetes w MCC: $7,194

Chest Pain: $2,812

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $5,960

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $18,890

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,105

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $16,635

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $10,623

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $12,615

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $12,964

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $16,207

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $24,039

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,319

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,464

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