EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL - METAIRIE, LA

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EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL
4200 HOUMA BLVD
METAIRIE, LA, 70006

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (504) 454-4000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

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
Chemotherapy Services
Chiropractice Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Geriatric Psychiatric Services
Gerontological Specialty Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Neonatal Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitation (Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Outppatient Psychiatric 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 : 74.06
Registered Professional Nurses : 1098.86
Other Salaried Personnel : 1795.78
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 1.00
Dieticians : 7.74
Occupational Therapists : 8.41
Physical Therapists : 17.14
Registered Pharmacists : 29.39
Respiratory Therapists : 98.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 3.29
Physicians : 22.00
Medical Social Workers : 22.56
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 48.29
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 7.45
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 28.90
Nurse Practitioners: 8.83
Residents (Physicians) : 21.93
Psychologists : 0.94

Number Of Beds

Total: 439
Total Certified: 402
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 34
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 31

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Foreign Object Retained After Surgery

This Hospital:	0.592%
State:	0.078%

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.370%
State:	0.381%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

This Hospital:	0.370%
Louisiana:	0.345%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	0.093%
Louisiana:	0.194%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,943

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $10,931

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,942

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,104

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,262

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,588

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,123

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $5,925

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,414

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,540

Diabetes w MCC: $7,728

Chest Pain: $69

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $12,753

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $1,042

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $30,011

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $658

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $40,861

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $38,150

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $26,048

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $23,116

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,687

Extracranial procedures w CC: $8,825

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $20,431

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $736

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $11,402

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $14,365

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $248

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,298

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $14,077

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $214

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $463

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,484

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $7,969

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,798

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $14,200

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $10,660

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $4,224

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $10,879

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $572

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $338

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $20,239

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $68,710

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,333

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $9,778

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $145

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $223

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $17,870

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $11,141

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $12,036

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $318

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $14,509

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $8,181

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $17,418

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $9,877

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $17,433

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $7,789

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $425

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $10,587

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $25,823

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $433

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $290

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $3,806

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $15,747

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $11,979

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $1,796

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,357

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,639

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $2,431

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	39.000%
State:	36.263%

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

This Hospital:	8.800%
State:	8.127%

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

This Hospital:	0.536%
Louisiana:	0.349%

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

Here:	0.001%
Louisiana:	0.082%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 32%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Louisiana:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	14%

Always

Here:	76%
State:	81%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
State:	3%

Usually

This Hospital:	14%
Louisiana:	11%

Always

Here:	83%
Louisiana:	86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	14%
Louisiana:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	30%
Louisiana:	19%

Always

Here:	56%
State:	70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
Louisiana:	7%

Usually

Here:	26%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
State:	74%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	23%
State:	19%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
State:	15%

Always

This Hospital:	56%
Louisiana:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	17%
Louisiana:	10%

Usually

Here:	25%
Louisiana:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	58%
Louisiana:	73%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	12%
State:	7%

Usually

Here:	28%
Louisiana:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	60%
Louisiana:	71%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	84%
State:	81%

This Hospital:	16%
Louisiana:	19%

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

6 or lower

Here:	8%
Louisiana:	8%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	24%
Louisiana:	19%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	68%
Louisiana:	73%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	4%
State:	5%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	22%
State:	21%

Yes, definitely

Here:	74%
Louisiana:	74%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	98.2%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	97.7%

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

Here:	90.0%
Louisiana:	95.4%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	97.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	97.0%
State:	99.4%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

Here:	86.0%
State:	80.9%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	96.4%

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

Here:	92.0%
Louisiana:	93.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	89.0%
Louisiana:	85.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	97.0%
Louisiana:	97.7%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Louisiana:	93.7%

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

Here:	98.0%
Louisiana:	95.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	94.0%
Louisiana:	96.6%

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

Here:	90.0%
Louisiana:	89.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	84.0%
Louisiana:	87.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	87.0%
Louisiana:	90.4%

Surgery

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

Here:	98.0%
Louisiana:	96.8%

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

Here:	92.0%
Louisiana:	91.7%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	96.4%

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

This Hospital:	88.0%
Louisiana:	90.3%

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

Here:	88.0%
Louisiana:	92.4%

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

Here:	89.0%
Louisiana:	89.1%

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

Here:	99.0%
Louisiana:	99.2%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	87.3%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Louisiana:	92.2%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
State:	90.0%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
Louisiana:	91.1%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	15.3%
Louisiana:	16.4%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	10.9%
State:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	11.7%
Louisiana:	11.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	17.6%
State:	19.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	20.2%
Louisiana:	25.2%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	15.0%
State:	18.3%

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