ELKHART GENERAL HOSPITAL - ELKHART, IN

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ELKHART GENERAL HOSPITAL
600 EAST BLVD
ELKHART, IN, 46514

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (574) 294-2621

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Local
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Chemotherapy Services
Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Home Health 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 : 43.15
Registered Professional Nurses : 470.63
Other Salaried Personnel : 1069.16
Dieticians : 7.50
Occupational Therapists : 9.62
Physical Therapists : 11.40
Registered Pharmacists : 19.54
Respiratory Therapists : 19.70
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 4.10
Physicians : 24.30
Medical Social Workers : 4.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 3.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 19.40
Nurse Practitioners: 2.00
Psychologists : 1.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 297
Total Certified: 297
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 16
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 20

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	99.0%
Indiana:	98.5%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	97.0%
Indiana:	98.9%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	95.8%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	95.0%
State:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.3%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

Here:	98.0%
Indiana:	92.2%

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

Here:	11
Indiana:	7

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

This Hospital:	91.0%
Indiana:	95.6%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	97.4%

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

Here:	87.0%
State:	92.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	70.0%
State:	85.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Indiana:	98.7%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
Indiana:	96.0%

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

Here:	96.0%
Indiana:	95.1%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	98.0%
Indiana:	97.5%

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

Here:	88.0%
Indiana:	90.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	87.0%
State:	91.5%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	87.0%
State:	93.2%

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:	97.0%

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

Here:	94.0%
Indiana:	94.8%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	97.6%

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

Here:	93.0%
Indiana:	90.3%

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

Here:	95.0%
Indiana:	92.3%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Indiana:	93.2%

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%
State:	99.7%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	91.6%

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

Here:	94.0%
Indiana:	92.2%

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

Here:	92.0%
Indiana:	91.7%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
Indiana:	94.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	14.8%
Indiana:	15.5%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	10.3%
Indiana:	11.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	9.8%
State:	11.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	18.0%
State:	19.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	22.8%
State:	23.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.7%
Indiana:	17.4%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Blood Incompatibility

Here:	0.225%
State:	0.004%

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

This Hospital:	0.338%
State:	0.076%

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.676%
Indiana:	0.542%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	0.225%
Indiana:	0.327%

Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control

This Hospital:	0.113%
Indiana:	0.052%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 35%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
Indiana:	4%

Usually

Here:	22%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	73%
Indiana:	79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
State:	4%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	75%
Indiana:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
Indiana:	8%

Usually

Here:	30%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	61%
Indiana:	68%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
Indiana:	6%

Usually

Here:	24%
State:	23%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	27%
State:	20%

Usually

Here:	19%
Indiana:	19%

Always

Here:	54%
Indiana:	61%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	73%
State:	75%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	14%
Indiana:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	34%
State:	32%

Always

Here:	52%
Indiana:	58%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	78%
Indiana:	83%

Here:	22%
Indiana:	17%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	9%
State:	7%

7 or 8

Here:	23%
Indiana:	21%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	68%
Indiana:	72%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	5%
Indiana:	4%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	26%
State:	23%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	69%
State:	73%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	33.200%
State:	34.968%

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

Here:	8.200%
State:	8.203%

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

Here:	0.067%
State:	0.234%

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

Here:	0.010%
State:	0.115%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,860

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $10,819

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,810

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,026

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,141

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,614

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,045

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,265

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,440

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,989

Diabetes w MCC: $7,581

Chest Pain: $2,963

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $24,772

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $44,899

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $29,512

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $28,292

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $27,993

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $116,605

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $35,690

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $64,388

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,585

Extracranial procedures w CC: $8,666

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $20,140

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $31,622

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $11,185

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $14,434

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $10,717

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,281

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $13,809

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $9,204

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,392

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $13,861

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,046

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $14,268

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $28,808

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,122

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $11,159

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $1,068

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $14,544

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $40,192

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $33,648

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,232

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $9,592

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $17,529

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $11,195

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $18,434

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $13,710

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $17,079

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $18,278

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $11,835

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $17,101

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $7,712

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $10,452

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $11,988

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $12,514

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,299

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,527

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,235

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,562

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,715

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