EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER - MOUNT PLEASANT, SC

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EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER
2000 HOSPITAL DR
MOUNT PLEASANT, SC, 29464

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (843) 881-0100

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
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 - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit 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 : 11.90
Registered Professional Nurses : 147.60
Other Salaried Personnel : 248.79
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 6.90
Registered Pharmacists : 4.65
Respiratory Therapists : 6.30
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 0.70

Number Of Beds

Total: 100
Total Certified: 100

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
South Carolina:	98.5%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.9%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.8%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.1%

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

Here:	7
State:	9

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

Here:	45
South Carolina:	70

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
South Carolina:	95.6%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	98.8%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	95.6%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	98.0%
South Carolina:	89.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
South Carolina:	99.2%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	98.0%
South Carolina:	95.8%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	96.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
South Carolina:	98.6%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
South Carolina:	93.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	93.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	99.0%
South Carolina:	95.5%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
South Carolina:	97.0%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	94.9%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	97.8%

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
South Carolina:	94.1%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	95.1%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	99.3%

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

This Hospital:	91.0%
South Carolina:	93.2%

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

Here:	79.0%
State:	94.1%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
South Carolina:	93.6%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
South Carolina:	95.0%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	11.2%
South Carolina:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	12.4%
State:	12.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	23.1%
South Carolina:	23.8%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	16.2%
South Carolina:	18.2%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

Here:	1.216%
State:	0.606%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,155

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $10,479

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,596

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $3,899

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $7,885

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,438

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $3,918

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,037

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,269

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,737

Diabetes w MCC: $7,262

Chest Pain: $1,969

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,083

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $13,079

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $8,915

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,210

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,762

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $13,820

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $27,903

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $10,337

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $13,931

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $19,230

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $31,823

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,067

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $9,290

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $10,843

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $17,768

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $7,962

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $1,068

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $14,631

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $11,658

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,408

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,556

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	21.400%
State:	34.323%

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

Here:	11.100%
South Carolina:	8.362%

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

This Hospital:	0.102%
State:	0.159%

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

This Hospital:	0.048%
State:	0.030%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 37%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
South Carolina:	5%

Usually

Here:	18%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	77%
South Carolina:	78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
State:	4%

Usually

Here:	15%
State:	13%

Always

Here:	83%
South Carolina:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	11%
State:	11%

Usually

Here:	25%
State:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	64%
State:	65%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
South Carolina:	8%

Usually

Here:	22%
State:	22%

Always

Here:	74%
State:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	19%
South Carolina:	22%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	16%

Always

This Hospital:	62%
State:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
State:	10%

Usually

Here:	18%
South Carolina:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	73%
South Carolina:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
South Carolina:	8%

Usually

Here:	27%
South Carolina:	26%

Always

Here:	64%
South Carolina:	66%

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

Yes

Here:	86%
State:	83%

Here:	14%
State:	17%

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

6 or lower

Here:	7%
State:	9%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	24%
South Carolina:	22%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	69%
State:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	5%
South Carolina:	6%

Yes, probably

Here:	20%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	75%
South Carolina:	69%

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