ELLSWORTH COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER - ELLSWORTH, KS

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ELLSWORTH COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER
1604 AYLWARD AVENUE
ELLSWORTH, KS, 67439

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (785) 472-5028

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Local
Emergency Services: Yes

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Organ Bank Services
Outpatient Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Respiratory Care Services
Speech Pathology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 7.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 19.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 93.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 2.50
Registered Pharmacists : 0.11
Respiratory Therapists : 2.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 2.00
Physician Assistants : 2.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 4.00
Nurse Practitioners: 1.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 20
Total Certified: 20

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 28%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
State:	4%

Usually

Here:	22%
Kansas:	18%

Always

Here:	76%
State:	78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
Kansas:	3%

Usually

This Hospital:	15%
Kansas:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	83%
State:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
Kansas:	7%

Usually

Here:	26%
Kansas:	25%

Always

Here:	71%
State:	68%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	31%
Kansas:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	64%
State:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	15%
State:	18%

Usually

Here:	19%
Kansas:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
State:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	82%
State:	74%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
State:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	35%
State:	30%

Always

Here:	60%
State:	62%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	71%
Kansas:	83%

Here:	29%
Kansas:	17%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	4%
State:	6%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	19%
State:	21%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	77%
Kansas:	73%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	1%
State:	3%

Yes, probably

Here:	28%
State:	23%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	71%
Kansas:	74%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	70.0%
Kansas:	98.5%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	88.0%
Kansas:	98.5%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Kansas:	94.6%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	90.0%
Kansas:	97.7%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	82.0%
Kansas:	93.6%

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

Here:	60.0%
State:	91.9%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	58.0%
Kansas:	83.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	33.0%
Kansas:	95.1%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	89.0%
Kansas:	95.3%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	89.0%
State:	94.0%

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

This Hospital:	47.0%
Kansas:	87.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	72.0%
Kansas:	88.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	70.0%
Kansas:	88.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	10.3%
Kansas:	11.1%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	11.6%
Kansas:	11.2%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	25.7%
Kansas:	24.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	19.5%
Kansas:	18.6%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	47.600%
State:	33.428%

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

This Hospital:	4.700%
State:	7.364%

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

Here:	0.402%
State:	0.308%

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

This Hospital:	0.044%
Kansas:	0.045%

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