GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER - DANVILLE, PA

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GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER
100 NORTH ACADEMY AVENUE
DANVILLE, PA, 17822

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (570) 271-6211

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Optometric Services
Organ Bank Services
Organ Transplant 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
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 173.90
Registered Professional Nurses : 772.20
Other Salaried Personnel : 2037.10
Dieticians : 19.00
Occupational Therapists : 9.00
Physical Therapists : 13.00
Registered Pharmacists : 40.00
Respiratory Therapists : 28.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 13.00
Medical Social Workers : 22.00
Residents (Physicians) : 208.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 548
Total Certified: 352
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 28
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 40

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	26.200%
Pennsylvania:	32.404%

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

Here:	11.000%
Pennsylvania:	8.265%

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

This Hospital:	0.097%
Pennsylvania:	0.206%

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

Here:	0.011%
State:	0.026%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $6,594

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $7,610

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $9,233

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $1,103

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $11,006

Heart failure and shock w CC: $7,455

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $5,000

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $2,040

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $3,609

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $4,201

Diabetes w MCC: $9,740

Chest Pain: $4,029

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $33,265

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $12,577

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $8,267

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $38,476

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $22,746

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $50,933

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $8,652

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $60,516

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,587

Extracranial procedures w CC: $11,703

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $27,256

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $25,120

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $15,210

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $9,727

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $14,503

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $8,541

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $18,786

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $2,585

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $27,070

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $7,316

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $18,865

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $10,639

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $11,834

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $16,377

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $27,546

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $11,018

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $14,618

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $33,483

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $19,794

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $5,575

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $22,515

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $7,115

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $13,044

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $1,634

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $13,027

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $23,857

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,696

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $14,474

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $3,836

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $15,205

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $2,308

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $24,083

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $16,108

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $14,038

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $2,020

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $25,122

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $14,124

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $23,753

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $25,309

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $2,000

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $21,024

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $3,299

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $959

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $1,709

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $1,278

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $6,403

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 43%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	79%
Pennsylvania:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
State:	5%

Usually

Here:	17%
Pennsylvania:	16%

Always

Here:	79%
State:	79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
State:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	25%
State:	26%

Always

Here:	68%
Pennsylvania:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
State:	7%

Usually

Here:	25%
Pennsylvania:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
State:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	19%
State:	22%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
Pennsylvania:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	62%
Pennsylvania:	59%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
Pennsylvania:	9%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	75%
Pennsylvania:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	17%
Pennsylvania:	15%

Usually

Here:	40%
Pennsylvania:	35%

Always

This Hospital:	43%
Pennsylvania:	50%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	88%
Pennsylvania:	82%

Here:	12%
Pennsylvania:	18%

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

6 or lower

Here:	7%
Pennsylvania:	10%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	17%
State:	25%

9 or 10

Here:	76%
State:	65%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	2%
Pennsylvania:	5%

Yes, probably

Here:	17%
Pennsylvania:	28%

Yes, definitely

Here:	81%
Pennsylvania:	67%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Foreign Object Retained After Surgery

Here:	0.239%
Pennsylvania:	0.112%

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

Here:	0.095%
State:	0.161%

Falls And Trauma

Here:	0.858%
Pennsylvania:	0.581%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

This Hospital:	0.858%
Pennsylvania:	0.318%

Catheter-Associated UTI

This Hospital:	0.858%
Pennsylvania:	0.346%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	99.0%
Pennsylvania:	98.6%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	98.9%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	95.3%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.6%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	96.0%
Pennsylvania:	88.3%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	98.6%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	94.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	96.0%
State:	90.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	98.3%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	95.7%

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

Here:	88.0%
State:	95.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.8%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	93.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	90.0%
State:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	95.0%
Pennsylvania:	94.7%

Surgery

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	97.4%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	95.3%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	97.5%

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	95.5%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Pennsylvania:	96.6%

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

Here:	99.0%
Pennsylvania:	96.1%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	94.6%

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

Here:	90.0%
State:	93.6%

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:	91.6%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Pennsylvania:	93.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	14.7%
State:	15.4%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	14.8%
Pennsylvania:	10.5%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.9%
State:	11.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	18.3%
Pennsylvania:	19.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	21.3%
State:	24.8%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.6%
State:	18.4%

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