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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%
No
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?

No
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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