DELAWARE VALLEY HOSPITAL, INC - WALTON, NY

Submitted by:

deborah hitt, VP of Quality Management

Total Beds - 25
Total Certified 25
JCAHO - have not been a JCAHO facility since 2003
Not Accredited - NYS DOH Survey only
Renal Dialysis - stabilized and transferred
cornary care - stabilized and transferred
Inpatient Surgical - stablized and transferred
Neonatal - not at DVH
Nuclear Med - not at DVH
Obstetrics - not at DVH
Swing Bed - YES
Swing Bed size - 25 beds
Type of Facility - Critical Access - short term
Current Survey Date - NYS DOH October 2009

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Address

1 TITUS PLACE
WALTON, NY, 13856

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (607) 865-2100

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

Provided Services

Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Hospice Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Occupational Therapy 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

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 7.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 19.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 1.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 0.50
Physical Therapists : 0.50
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 2.00
Physicians : 5.50
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 5.40
Physician Assistants : 5.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 6.00
Nurse Practitioners: 1.40

Number Of Beds

Total: 25
Total Certified: 25

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	13.200%
New York:	11.437%

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

Here:	0.032%
State:	0.112%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 35%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Usually

Here:	14%
New York:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	86%
State:	73%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	12%
New York:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	86%
New York:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
New York:	15%

Usually

This Hospital:	13%
New York:	27%

Always

This Hospital:	84%
New York:	58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
State:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	25%

Always

Here:	79%
New York:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	16%
State:	24%

Usually

This Hospital:	14%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	70%
New York:	58%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
State:	11%

Usually

Here:	5%
New York:	22%

Always

Here:	93%
State:	67%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
State:	17%

Usually

Here:	25%
New York:	34%

Always

This Hospital:	73%
New York:	49%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	84%
New York:	81%

Here:	16%
New York:	19%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	3%
New York:	12%

7 or 8

Here:	16%
New York:	27%

9 or 10

Here:	81%
State:	61%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	2%
New York:	7%

Yes, probably

Here:	22%
State:	29%

Yes, definitely

Here:	76%
State:	64%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

This Hospital:	8
State:	10

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

Here:	95.0%
New York:	97.3%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	90.0%
State:	99.1%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	94.0%
New York:	92.8%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	95.0%
New York:	93.8%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	95.8%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	94.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	90.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	94.0%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	11.5%
State:	11.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	11.5%
State:	11.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	26.7%
New York:	26.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	18.6%
New York:	19.8%

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