BRATTLEBORO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - BRATTLEBORO, VT

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Number of beds: 61
JCAHO accreditation (last date) 2009
Total emp (FTEs): 450
Correct street address: 17 Belmont Avenue

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Addresss:
17 BELMONT AVE
BRATTLEBORO, VT, 05301
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (802) 257-0341

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 8.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 59.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 205.37
Dieticians : 1.50
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 4.00
Registered Pharmacists : 3.00
Respiratory Therapists : 4.00
Physicians : 5.18
Medical Social Workers : 0.25
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 3.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 2.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 2.00
Nurse Practitioners: 0.60

Number Of Beds
Total: 104
Total Certified: 104

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Organ Bank Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

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

Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,829
Vermont:

$10,686
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,962
Vermont:

$6,768
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

3.53%
Vermont:

2.17%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,819
Vermont:

$13,785
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,865
Vermont:

$8,082
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

5.77%
Vermont:

2.81%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,912
Vermont:

$16,404
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,310
State:

$9,700
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

4.49%
Vermont:

3.03%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,498
State:

$10,468
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,229
State:

$6,015
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

3.53%
State:

1.82%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,420
Vermont:

$13,448
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,724
State:

$6,401
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

5.77%
Vermont:

3.00%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,510
State:

$15,209
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,610
State:

$8,737
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

6.09%
State:

2.66%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,428
State:

$10,898
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,279
State:

$6,290
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

3.53%
State:

0.55%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$29,226
State:

$31,728
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,582
Vermont:

$15,967
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

4.17%
State:

1.60%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,323
Vermont:

$18,483
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,783
State:

$9,932
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

3.53%
State:

1.58%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,456
State:

$33,633
Average Total Payments
Here:

$18,278
Vermont:

$18,156
Number of discharges: 75
Here:

24.04%
State:

7.14%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,396
State:

$11,481
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,886
Vermont:

$6,101
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

6.73%
Vermont:

1.82%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,451
Vermont:

$25,734
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,952
State:

$15,743
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

3.53%
State:

4.62%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,029
Vermont:

$15,422
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,767
State:

$8,765
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

3.53%
State:

2.41%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,735
State:

$14,332
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,516
State:

$8,479
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

12.18%
State:

5.80%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,016
State:

$9,851
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,559
State:

$6,123
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

9.62%
Vermont:

2.16%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 35%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Vermont:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
Vermont:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
State:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
Vermont:

15%
Always
Here:

80%
State:

81%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
Vermont:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
Vermont:

24%
Always
Here:

69%
Vermont:

69%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
Vermont:

5%
Usually
Here:

22%
State:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

70%
State:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

20%
Vermont:

16%
Usually
Here:

21%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

59%
Vermont:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

79%
State:

77%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

12%
Vermont:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

33%
State:

36%
Always
This Hospital:

55%
Vermont:

53%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

84%
Vermont:

87%
No
Here:

16%
Vermont:

13%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

7%
State:

7%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

26%
State:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

67%
State:

69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

2%
State:

3%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

29%
State:

24%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

69%
State:

73%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

11
Vermont:

5
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

100.0%
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival
This Hospital:

45
State:

57
Median Time to Fibrinolysis
Here:

33
State:

28

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

100.0%
Vermont:

91.1%

Pneumonia

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

97.0%
State:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

97.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

94.0%
Vermont:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

90.0%
State:

93.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

90.0%
State:

95.9%

Surgery

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

96.0%
State:

98.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

99.0%
Vermont:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

98.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

97.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

98.0%
Vermont:

97.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Vermont:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

97.0%
Vermont:

97.5%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

95.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

97.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
Vermont:

99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

16.5%
Vermont:

15.5%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

15.3%
State:

13.5%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

13.2%
Vermont:

12.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

23.9%
Vermont:

23.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

17.9%
Vermont:

17.4%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.632%
Vermont:

0.787%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

47.900%
Vermont:

35.402%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

7.100%
State:

8.341%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.058%
State:

0.070%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.004%
State:

0.010%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

4.900%
State:

4.682%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

0.500%
State:

1.063%

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