HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL - CONNELLSVILLE, PA

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Addresss:
401 EAST MURPHY AVENUE
CONNELLSVILLE, PA, 15425
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (724) 628-1500

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 1.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 79.75
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 3.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.25
Respiratory Therapists : 5.50
Medical Social Workers : 1.50

Number Of Beds
Total: 71
Total Certified: 66
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 31

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine 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 - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)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
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,304
State:

$24,639
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,677
State:

$5,656
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

9.84%
State:

1.67%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,859
Pennsylvania:

$17,588
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,137
Pennsylvania:

$3,835
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

11.48%
Pennsylvania:

1.86%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,922
State:

$21,833
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,666
State:

$5,569
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

9.02%
State:

2.29%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,310
Pennsylvania:

$21,975
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,004
State:

$4,841
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

13.11%
Pennsylvania:

1.72%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,773
Pennsylvania:

$24,456
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,986
Pennsylvania:

$4,986
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

13.11%
State:

3.72%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,660
State:

$29,163
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,529
State:

$6,918
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

10.66%
State:

3.75%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,301
Pennsylvania:

$23,346
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,325
State:

$5,274
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

11.48%
State:

2.94%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,292
Pennsylvania:

$29,567
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,447
Pennsylvania:

$6,703
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

12.30%
Pennsylvania:

2.73%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,616
State:

$21,186
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,894
Pennsylvania:

$4,668
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

9.02%
State:

1.11%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

11.600%
State:

8.255%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.558%
Pennsylvania:

0.151%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

6.800%
State:

5.987%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

12
State:

9
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

94.0%
State:

96.6%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

62.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

82.0%
State:

93.4%

Pneumonia

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

98.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.6%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

99.0%
Pennsylvania:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

99.0%
Pennsylvania:

95.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

89.0%
Pennsylvania:

94.1%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

93.0%
State:

96.6%

Surgery

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

71.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

72.0%
State:

98.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

83.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

83.0%
Pennsylvania:

95.6%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

97.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

11.4%
Pennsylvania:

10.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

10.9%
Pennsylvania:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

25.1%
Pennsylvania:

24.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

19.4%
Pennsylvania:

18.6%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 33%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Pennsylvania:

5%
Usually
Here:

13%
Pennsylvania:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

82%
Pennsylvania:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Pennsylvania:

5%
Usually
Here:

10%
Pennsylvania:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

85%
Pennsylvania:

79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
Pennsylvania:

26%
Always
This Hospital:

72%
State:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
State:

24%
Always
Here:

73%
State:

69%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

19%
State:

21%
Usually
Here:

16%
Pennsylvania:

19%
Always
Here:

65%
State:

60%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

77%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

16%
Pennsylvania:

14%
Usually
Here:

41%
Pennsylvania:

34%
Always
Here:

43%
State:

52%

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

Yes
Here:

82%
Pennsylvania:

83%
No
This Hospital:

18%
Pennsylvania:

17%

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

6 or lower
Here:

11%
Pennsylvania:

10%
7 or 8
Here:

20%
Pennsylvania:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

69%
Pennsylvania:

66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

7%
Pennsylvania:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

25%
State:

28%
Yes, definitely
Here:

68%
Pennsylvania:

67%

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