COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - WHITEVILLE, NC

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COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
500 JEFFERSON ST
WHITEVILLE, NC, 28472

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (910) 642-8011

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

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Obstetric Services
Operating Room 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

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 14.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 132.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 368.25
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 6.25
Dieticians : 2.00
Registered Pharmacists : 5.00
Respiratory Therapists : 9.50
Physicians : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 2.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 166
Total Certified: 166

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	88.0%
North Carolina:	98.8%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
North Carolina:	98.7%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.7%

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

Here:	11
State:	9

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital

Here:	63
North Carolina:	60

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

Here:	45
State:	32

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
North Carolina:	95.1%

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

This Hospital:	29
State:	53

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
North Carolina:	98.7%

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

This Hospital:	83.0%
State:	94.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	91.0%
North Carolina:	88.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
North Carolina:	99.3%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	88.0%
North Carolina:	95.3%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	96.1%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
North Carolina:	98.8%

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

Here:	99.0%
North Carolina:	91.7%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	99.0%
State:	92.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	96.0%
State:	94.8%

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:	97.7%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
State:	96.0%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	98.2%

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

Here:	90.0%
State:	93.0%

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

Here:	91.0%
North Carolina:	94.8%

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

Here:	100.0%
North Carolina:	99.7%

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

Here:	92.0%
State:	91.0%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
State:	93.8%

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

This Hospital:	80.0%
North Carolina:	94.3%

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

This Hospital:	84.0%
State:	94.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	17.8%
State:	15.8%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	11.3%
State:	11.1%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.5%
State:	12.2%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	23.1%
State:	24.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.7%
North Carolina:	18.7%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.401%
State:	0.550%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	0.602%
North Carolina:	0.360%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	27.700%
State:	30.827%

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

Here:	2.900%
State:	8.078%

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

This Hospital:	0.098%
State:	0.120%

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

Here:	0.013%
State:	0.037%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,122

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $10,101

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $4,824

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,449

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,997

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,204

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,470

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $8,029

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $6,012

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,828

Diabetes w MCC: $8,377

Chest Pain: $3,274

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,165

Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,566

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $12,360

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,951

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,941

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $15,259

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $10,171

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,945

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $15,287

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,605

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,997

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $15,767

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $31,835

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,953

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,866

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,371

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $17,482

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $15,037

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $18,897

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $11,477

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $13,795

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,066

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $17,070

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $13,275

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,897

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,891

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,029

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,199

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

This Hospital:	6%
North Carolina:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	15%
State:	16%

Always

This Hospital:	79%
State:	79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
State:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	12%
North Carolina:	13%

Always

This Hospital:	81%
State:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	14%
North Carolina:	10%

Usually

Here:	21%
State:	23%

Always

Here:	65%
State:	67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
State:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	77%
North Carolina:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	18%
State:	20%

Usually

This Hospital:	15%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
North Carolina:	63%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	16%
State:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
North Carolina:	20%

Always

Here:	66%
North Carolina:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	15%
North Carolina:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	24%
North Carolina:	29%

Always

This Hospital:	61%
State:	62%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	85%
State:	83%

This Hospital:	15%
North Carolina:	17%

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

6 or lower

Here:	7%
North Carolina:	8%

7 or 8

Here:	27%
North Carolina:	23%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	66%
North Carolina:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	6%
North Carolina:	5%

Yes, probably

Here:	31%
North Carolina:	24%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	63%
State:	71%

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