BROWNSVILLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL - BROWNSVILLE, TX

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BROWNSVILLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL
4750 NORTH EXPRESSWAY
BROWNSVILLE, TX, 78526

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (956) 554-2000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes

Provided Services

Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Organ Bank Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 11.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 31.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 93.00
Respiratory Therapists : 2.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 3.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 9.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 8
Total Certified: 8

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Foreign Object Retained After Surgery

This Hospital:	3.175%
State:	0.091%

Average Medicare Payment

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,552

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,897

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,249

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,631

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,715

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,391

Diabetes w MCC: $3,539

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,162

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,597

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $14,505

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $14,560

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,502

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $14,987

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $43,265

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $11,210

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $25,842

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $15,277

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $20,855

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $34,899

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,495

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $10,075

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $11,759

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $11,958

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $12,643

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,780

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,941

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 54%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	8%
Texas:	18%

Always

Here:	90%
Texas:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Usually

This Hospital:	5%
Texas:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	95%
State:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
Texas:	11%

Usually

Here:	9%
Texas:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	86%
State:	65%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	7%
State:	22%

Always

Here:	91%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
State:	21%

Usually

Here:	5%
Texas:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	88%
State:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
State:	9%

Usually

Here:	6%
Texas:	19%

Always

Here:	91%
State:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
Texas:	8%

Usually

Here:	16%
Texas:	26%

Always

Here:	82%
Texas:	66%

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

Yes

Here:	90%
Texas:	82%

Here:	10%
State:	18%

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

6 or lower

Here:	5%
Texas:	9%

7 or 8

Here:	8%
Texas:	22%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	87%
Texas:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	4%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	8%
Texas:	23%

Yes, definitely

Here:	88%
Texas:	71%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	100.0%
Texas:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
Texas:	97.9%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
Texas:	98.0%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	70.0%
Texas:	97.5%

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

This Hospital:	67.0%
State:	94.7%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	33.0%
State:	89.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	50.0%
Texas:	98.5%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
Texas:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	50.0%
State:	97.9%

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

Here:	56.0%
Texas:	90.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	75.0%
State:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	62.0%
Texas:	93.7%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	96.9%

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

This Hospital:	87.0%
State:	93.7%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	97.4%

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

This Hospital:	61.0%
State:	90.8%

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

This Hospital:	59.0%
Texas:	92.8%

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:	99.6%

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

Here:	58.0%
State:	88.5%

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

This Hospital:	78.0%
Texas:	92.3%

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

This Hospital:	58.0%
Texas:	92.8%

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

This Hospital:	71.0%
State:	93.3%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	28.800%
Texas:	34.035%

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

This Hospital:	1.400%
State:	8.248%

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

Here:	0.458%
Texas:	0.316%

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

Here:	0.140%
Texas:	0.116%

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