BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER INC - PITTSFIELD, MA

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Address

725 NORTH STREET
PITTSFIELD, MA, 01201

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (413) 447-2000

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

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,677
State:	$18,228

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,966
Massachusetts:	$8,884

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.69%
State:	0.63%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$18,313
Massachusetts:	$24,260

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,725
Massachusetts:	$13,664

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.40%
State:	1.01%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$7,138
Massachusetts:	$13,345

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,962
State:	$6,153

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.80%
State:	0.38%

Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,392
Massachusetts:	$8,093

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,190
Massachusetts:	$5,182

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.63%
State:	1.55%

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,559
State:	$9,468

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,628
Massachusetts:	$4,509

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.49%
Massachusetts:	0.53%

Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$24,014
Massachusetts:	$22,809

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,854
State:	$8,141

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.32%
State:	0.50%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,071
State:	$12,625

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,619
State:	$6,629

Percent of discharges

Here:	2.01%
State:	1.66%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$15,760
State:	$18,415

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,815
Massachusetts:	$9,696

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.52%
Massachusetts:	1.00%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$7,480
Massachusetts:	$9,061

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,532
Massachusetts:	$4,421

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.63%
State:	1.61%

Cellulitis with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$19,898
State:	$20,256

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,204
State:	$11,884

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.69%
Massachusetts:	0.28%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,984
State:	$11,351

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,569
Massachusetts:	$6,458

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	2.64%
State:	2.40%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,307
Massachusetts:	$9,185

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,360
Massachusetts:	$4,239

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.77%
State:	2.24%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,410
State:	$12,798

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,338
Massachusetts:	$7,244

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.37%
Massachusetts:	2.28%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,531
Massachusetts:	$16,231

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,105
State:	$8,802

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.98%
Massachusetts:	2.26%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,860
State:	$9,969

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,909
Massachusetts:	$5,450

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.52%
Massachusetts:	1.72%

Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,476
State:	$15,171

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,772
State:	$7,206

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.32%
Massachusetts:	0.41%

Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,165
Massachusetts:	$16,358

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,353
State:	$7,647

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.63%
Massachusetts:	0.55%

Diabetes with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,438
State:	$12,197

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,282
Massachusetts:	$6,605

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.60%
State:	0.69%

Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,674
Massachusetts:	$17,358

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,856
Massachusetts:	$8,510

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.40%
State:	0.42%

Dysequilibrium

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,990
State:	$11,223

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,078
State:	$4,966

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.32%
State:	0.61%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$17,392
State:	$19,186

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,567
Massachusetts:	$9,654

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.77%
Massachusetts:	0.68%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,268
State:	$12,124

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,933
Massachusetts:	$5,687

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	2.75%
Massachusetts:	4.36%

Extracranial Procedures without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$19,110
State:	$24,745

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,234
State:	$8,586

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.83%
State:	0.38%

Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,731
Massachusetts:	$10,973

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,754
State:	$5,256

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.49%
Massachusetts:	0.42%

Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,749
Massachusetts:	$11,257

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,668
State:	$5,486

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.37%
State:	0.71%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,798
State:	$17,305

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,084
State:	$8,001

Percent of discharges

Here:	2.18%
Massachusetts:	2.01%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$21,828
Massachusetts:	$27,685

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,444
Massachusetts:	$13,824

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.12%
Massachusetts:	0.69%

G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,921
Massachusetts:	$11,898

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,570
State:	$5,640

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.40%
Massachusetts:	0.48%

G.I. Obstruction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,316
State:	$15,067

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,250
Massachusetts:	$7,402

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.23%
Massachusetts:	0.72%

G.I. Obstruction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,969
Massachusetts:	$11,121

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,043
State:	$5,063

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.03%
State:	0.52%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,657
State:	$15,544

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,952
Massachusetts:	$7,997

Percent of discharges

Here:	3.07%
Massachusetts:	3.29%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$18,086
Massachusetts:	$20,800

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,502
State:	$11,374

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	2.81%
State:	2.49%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$7,936
Massachusetts:	$11,002

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,367
Massachusetts:	$5,276

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.97%
Massachusetts:	1.40%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$28,161
State:	$34,898

Average Total Payments

Here:	$14,584
Massachusetts:	$14,569

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.23%
State:	0.99%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$48,559
Massachusetts:	$48,942

Average Total Payments

Here:	$25,308
Massachusetts:	$24,580

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.49%
Massachusetts:	0.26%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$25,134
Massachusetts:	$31,317

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,164
State:	$12,341

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.69%
Massachusetts:	0.20%

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$65,619
Massachusetts:	$99,935

Average Total Payments

Here:	$42,664
State:	$46,690

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.63%
State:	0.35%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$14,192
State:	$21,398

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,701
Massachusetts:	$9,714

Percent of discharges

Here:	2.55%
Massachusetts:	1.28%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$21,652
Massachusetts:	$33,644

Average Total Payments

Here:	$14,019
State:	$15,511

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.00%
Massachusetts:	0.74%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,283
Massachusetts:	$17,699

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,456
Massachusetts:	$6,528

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.97%
State:	0.70%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,672
Massachusetts:	$15,868

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,047
State:	$8,932

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.43%
State:	1.16%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,240
Massachusetts:	$11,735

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,334
State:	$5,950

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	2.64%
State:	3.33%

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$29,644
Massachusetts:	$32,374

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,476
State:	$14,299

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.34%
State:	0.15%

Major Cardiovasc Procedures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$61,111
Massachusetts:	$72,505

Average Total Payments

Here:	$28,815
State:	$27,532

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.34%
State:	0.45%

Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$17,589
State:	$17,258

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,483
Massachusetts:	$9,740

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.74%
Massachusetts:	0.61%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$42,265
State:	$56,032

Average Total Payments

Here:	$25,833
State:	$26,459

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.37%
Massachusetts:	0.23%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$32,325
Massachusetts:	$34,815

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$17,160
Massachusetts:	$16,169

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	5.01%
State:	5.05%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$43,983
State:	$47,736

Average Total Payments

Here:	$20,151
Massachusetts:	$20,782

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.06%
Massachusetts:	0.73%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$64,510
State:	$89,293

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$40,992
State:	$41,855

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.69%
Massachusetts:	0.44%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,989
Massachusetts:	$13,283

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,486
State:	$6,375

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.58%
State:	1.27%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,090
State:	$17,371

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,432
State:	$9,228

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.60%
State:	0.65%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,201
State:	$11,032

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,504
Massachusetts:	$5,408

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.52%
State:	2.34%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,990
State:	$19,359

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,434
Massachusetts:	$8,410

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.37%
Massachusetts:	0.31%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$19,829
State:	$32,993

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,837
Massachusetts:	$15,874

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.03%
State:	0.51%

Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$14,042
State:	$16,291

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,760
State:	$8,089

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.69%
State:	0.74%

Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,212
Massachusetts:	$17,038

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,592
State:	$8,221

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.60%
State:	0.37%

Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$19,987
Massachusetts:	$27,080

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,448
Massachusetts:	$13,292

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.60%
Massachusetts:	0.22%

Other Vascular Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$43,823
Massachusetts:	$57,770

Average Total Payments

Here:	$23,586
State:	$22,087

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.92%
State:	0.51%

Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$64,266
Massachusetts:	$69,347

Average Total Payments

Here:	$29,628
State:	$28,688

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.60%
Massachusetts:	0.40%

Other Vascular Procedures without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$28,313
State:	$39,953

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,148
State:	$14,837

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.69%
Massachusetts:	0.40%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,483
State:	$15,504

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,343
State:	$7,834

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.74%
State:	0.53%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$35,083
Massachusetts:	$50,350

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$21,701
Massachusetts:	$21,721

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.77%
State:	0.37%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$30,158
Massachusetts:	$38,334

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$16,069
Massachusetts:	$16,807

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.46%
State:	0.35%

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$27,127
State:	$26,686

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,234
Massachusetts:	$12,916

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.49%
State:	0.27%

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,856
State:	$11,310

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,906
Massachusetts:	$5,178

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.54%
State:	0.57%

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$17,858
Massachusetts:	$18,051

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,061
State:	$9,910

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.89%
State:	1.08%

Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,061
State:	$18,441

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,248
State:	$8,312

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.43%
State:	0.46%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,898
State:	$12,727

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,310
State:	$6,341

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.43%
Massachusetts:	1.15%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,598
Massachusetts:	$14,101

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,874
State:	$7,793

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	2.15%
Massachusetts:	2.19%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$22,405
State:	$22,295

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,624
Massachusetts:	$12,764

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.43%
State:	1.23%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,923
State:	$20,284

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,567
Massachusetts:	$10,835

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.17%
State:	1.09%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$21,382
Massachusetts:	$26,638

Average Total Payments

Here:	$15,257
Massachusetts:	$15,116

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.83%
State:	1.06%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$66,849
State:	$96,443

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$41,104
Massachusetts:	$44,222

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.80%
State:	0.26%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$32,331
Massachusetts:	$39,531

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$19,301
Massachusetts:	$18,650

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.29%
Massachusetts:	0.77%

Seizures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,856
Massachusetts:	$14,164

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,970
Massachusetts:	$6,348

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.72%
Massachusetts:	0.94%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$62,742
State:	$103,425

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$44,296
State:	$49,815

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.69%
State:	0.24%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$24,425
State:	$27,269

Average Total Payments

Here:	$14,977
State:	$14,585

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	5.41%
State:	3.66%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$16,206
State:	$16,201

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,953
State:	$8,660

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.40%
State:	1.16%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,851
Massachusetts:	$11,667

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,484
State:	$5,423

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.63%
Massachusetts:	0.80%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,083
Massachusetts:	$14,686

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,836
Massachusetts:	$7,667

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	2.72%
State:	3.03%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$17,889
State:	$20,722

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,397
State:	$11,062

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	2.84%
State:	1.66%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,782
Massachusetts:	$10,334

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,611
State:	$5,319

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.17%
State:	1.20%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,450
Massachusetts:	$10,915

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,687
Massachusetts:	$5,557

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.86%
State:	2.83%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,268
Massachusetts:	$13,501

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,802
State:	$5,542

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.00%
State:	0.97%

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
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) 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
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 54.60
Registered Professional Nurses : 404.10
Other Salaried Personnel : 917.70
Dieticians : 5.20
Occupational Therapists : 1.36
Physical Therapists : 1.80
Registered Pharmacists : 9.50
Respiratory Therapists : 16.50
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 3.30
Physicians : 33.70
Medical Social Workers : 4.50
Physician Assistants : 7.60
Residents (Physicians) : 5.90

Number Of Beds

Total: 319
Total Certified: 319
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 35
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 35

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
Massachusetts:	99.7%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Massachusetts:	99.6%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.7%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	13
State:	9

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.2%

Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival

This Hospital:	59
State:	71

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

Here:	97.0%
State:	98.2%

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

Here:	30
State:	29

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.4%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	100.0%
State:	94.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Massachusetts:	98.7%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
Massachusetts:	96.6%

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

Here:	100.0%
Massachusetts:	96.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.7%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	96.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	99.0%
Massachusetts:	95.1%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
Massachusetts:	96.2%

Surgery

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

Here:	100.0%
Massachusetts:	98.3%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	97.5%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.8%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Massachusetts:	97.8%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.3%

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:	99.9%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	92.9%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.3%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	96.2%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	96.5%

Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	13.2%
Massachusetts:	14.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	10.1%
Massachusetts:	10.4%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	9.4%
Massachusetts:	10.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	20.3%
State:	20.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	23.2%
Massachusetts:	25.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	18.4%
Massachusetts:	19.2%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries

Here:	0.485%
Massachusetts:	0.520%

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

This Hospital:	0.194%
State:	0.298%

Infection from a Urinary Catheter

This Hospital:	1.261%
State:	0.513%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	32.500%
State:	34.287%

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

This Hospital:	8.500%
State:	9.164%

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

This Hospital:	0.049%
Massachusetts:	0.074%

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

Here:	0.032%
State:	0.008%

Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery

Here:	5.900%
State:	5.508%

Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time

This Hospital:	3.400%
Massachusetts:	2.235%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 33%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
Massachusetts:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	79%
State:	78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
Massachusetts:	5%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	15%

Always

This Hospital:	75%
Massachusetts:	80%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
Massachusetts:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	28%
State:	26%

Always

This Hospital:	63%
Massachusetts:	64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
State:	7%

Usually

Here:	22%
State:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	72%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	17%
Massachusetts:	19%

Usually

Here:	19%
Massachusetts:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	64%
State:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
Massachusetts:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	76%
Massachusetts:	73%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	16%
State:	15%

Usually

Here:	36%
State:	34%

Always

This Hospital:	48%
Massachusetts:	51%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	90%
State:	86%

Here:	10%
Massachusetts:	14%

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

6 or lower

Here:	9%
Massachusetts:	8%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	23%
State:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	68%
Massachusetts:	68%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	5%
Massachusetts:	4%

Yes, probably

Here:	27%
Massachusetts:	23%

Yes, definitely

Here:	68%
Massachusetts:	73%

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