CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER - CHARLESTON, WV

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CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER
501 MORRIS STREET
CHARLESTON, WV, 25301

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (304) 388-6203

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

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Chemotherapy 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
Geriatric Psychiatric Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Neonatal Services
ICU - Pediatric Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitation (Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Medicare Certified Transplant Center Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Optometric Services
Organ Bank Services
Organ Transplant Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 120.29
Registered Professional Nurses : 1208.95
Other Salaried Personnel : 2804.07
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 52.82
Dieticians : 9.59
Occupational Therapists : 7.70
Physical Therapists : 19.12
Registered Pharmacists : 15.97
Respiratory Therapists : 70.24
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.97
Physicians : 52.51
Medical Social Workers : 17.55
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 67.31
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 18.63
Physician Assistants : 11.61
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 56.11
Nurse Practitioners: 16.55
Residents (Physicians) : 138.11
Psychologists : 4.09

Number Of Beds

Total: 893
Total Certified: 893
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 18
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 40

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	98.0%
West Virginia:	97.0%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	99.0%
State:	97.9%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
West Virginia:	94.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	98.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
West Virginia:	99.5%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	67.0%
State:	84.8%

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

This Hospital:	53
West Virginia:	13

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	95.3%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
West Virginia:	97.3%

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
West Virginia:	90.1%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	67.0%
State:	85.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	98.0%
State:	97.6%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	89.0%
State:	93.9%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
West Virginia:	94.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	97.0%
West Virginia:	96.5%

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

Here:	85.0%
State:	89.5%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	85.0%
State:	90.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	92.0%
State:	91.9%

Surgery

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	97.3%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	94.5%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
West Virginia:	97.1%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	90.9%

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	92.7%

Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery

This Hospital:	91.0%
State:	90.7%

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%
West Virginia:	99.4%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
State:	90.5%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
West Virginia:	93.5%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
West Virginia:	89.6%

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

Here:	91.0%
State:	91.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	15.4%
West Virginia:	16.5%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	11.0%
West Virginia:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	12.1%
State:	12.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	20.2%
West Virginia:	19.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	23.4%
West Virginia:	25.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	19.4%
West Virginia:	19.2%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Air Embolism

Here:	0.041%
State:	0.012%

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

This Hospital:	0.207%
West Virginia:	0.158%

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.456%
State:	0.715%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	0.290%
State:	0.311%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	0.249%
State:	0.240%

Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control

This Hospital:	0.124%
State:	0.059%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 41%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
West Virginia:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	72%
West Virginia:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
State:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	79%
West Virginia:	81%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	15%
West Virginia:	10%

Usually

Here:	26%
West Virginia:	26%

Always

Here:	59%
West Virginia:	64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
West Virginia:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	25%
West Virginia:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
State:	68%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	26%
State:	21%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	57%
State:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	12%
West Virginia:	9%

Usually

Here:	24%
State:	19%

Always

Here:	64%
West Virginia:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	20%
West Virginia:	14%

Usually

This Hospital:	35%
State:	34%

Always

Here:	45%
State:	52%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	78%
West Virginia:	81%

Here:	22%
State:	19%

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

6 or lower

Here:	10%
West Virginia:	10%

7 or 8

Here:	24%
State:	25%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	66%
State:	65%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	5%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	22%
West Virginia:	29%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	73%
State:	65%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $5,284

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $11,790

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,421

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,387

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,872

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,118

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,408

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,917

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,862

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,705

Diabetes w MCC: $8,261

Chest Pain: $3,229

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $26,656

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $49,014

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $32,082

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $30,831

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $30,357

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $40,782

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $35,853

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $48,319

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,079

Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,433

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $21,841

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $34,459

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $12,188

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,729

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $11,622

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,844

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $15,048

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $10,030

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $21,691

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,862

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $15,105

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,423

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,858

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $15,373

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $31,393

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,829

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $11,630

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $15,849

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $21,636

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,701

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $10,452

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,694

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $10,372

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $19,102

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,199

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $19,991

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $14,719

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $18,689

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $8,857

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $19,918

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $12,157

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $18,635

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $8,364

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $19,919

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $11,318

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $26,968

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $20,265

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $13,625

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,910

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $16,834

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $13,117

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,822

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,795

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,959

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,069

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	42.300%
West Virginia:	38.416%

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

Here:	9.800%
West Virginia:	8.738%

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

Here:	0.058%
State:	0.302%

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

This Hospital:	0.006%
West Virginia:	0.057%

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