ELMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL - WETUMPKA, AL

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ELMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
500 HOSPITAL DRIVE
WETUMPKA, AL, 36092

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (334) 567-4311

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - State
Emergency Services: Yes

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical 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 : 9.61
Registered Professional Nurses : 16.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 50.53
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 1.00
Dieticians : 0.50
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 1.00
Physicians : 2.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 69
Total Certified: 69

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 31%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
Alabama:	6%

Usually

Here:	12%
Alabama:	15%

Always

This Hospital:	85%
State:	79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
State:	3%

Usually

This Hospital:	11%
Alabama:	11%

Always

This Hospital:	87%
Alabama:	86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
Alabama:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
Alabama:	23%

Always

This Hospital:	76%
State:	66%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Alabama:	8%

Usually

Here:	17%
State:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	78%
Alabama:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	15%
State:	21%

Usually

Here:	17%
Alabama:	16%

Always

Here:	68%
State:	63%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
Alabama:	11%

Usually

Here:	16%
State:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	75%
State:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
State:	7%

Usually

Here:	22%
State:	23%

Always

This Hospital:	75%
State:	70%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	83%
Alabama:	80%

This Hospital:	17%
State:	20%

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

6 or lower

Here:	2%
Alabama:	8%

7 or 8

Here:	20%
Alabama:	23%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	78%
State:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	3%
Alabama:	5%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	23%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	74%
Alabama:	70%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	39.400%
State:	36.050%

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

This Hospital:	6.500%
Alabama:	9.208%

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

Here:	0.320%
State:	0.281%

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

This Hospital:	0.177%
State:	0.055%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.6%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Alabama:	98.4%

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

This Hospital:	12
Alabama:	10

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

This Hospital:	40
Alabama:	67

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

Here:	83.0%
State:	94.7%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	77.0%
State:	96.9%

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

This Hospital:	86.0%
State:	95.4%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	31.0%
Alabama:	87.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	62.0%
Alabama:	98.3%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	95.0%

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
State:	96.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	73.0%
Alabama:	98.4%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Alabama:	89.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	67.0%
State:	91.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	41.0%
State:	93.3%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	67.0%
Alabama:	94.0%

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
Alabama:	96.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	10.6%
Alabama:	10.8%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	12.5%
Alabama:	11.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	24.4%
Alabama:	24.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	18.4%
Alabama:	18.4%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $3,687

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $9,221

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,733

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $3,980

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,049

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,551

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $3,999

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $6,465

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,379

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,313

Chest Pain: $2,929

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