HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER - NEW YORK, NY

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HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER
506 LENOX AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY, 10037

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (212) 491-8400

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

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: HARLEM HOSPITAL

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
Burn Care Unit Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Chemotherapy Services
Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Services
Chiropractice Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Forensic Psychiatric Services
Geriatric Psychiatric Services
Gerontological Specialty Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Neonatal Services
ICU - Pediatric 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
Optometric Services
Organ Bank Services
Organ Transplant 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
Urgent Care Center Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 73.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 271.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 1783.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 1.50
Dieticians : 18.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 2.50
Registered Pharmacists : 31.00
Respiratory Therapists : 7.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.00
Physicians : 65.00
Medical Social Workers : 21.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 1.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 0.50
Physician Assistants : 175.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 4.00
Nurse Practitioners: 5.00
Residents (Physicians) : 186.00
Psychologists : 8.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 286
Total Certified: 286
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 51
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 14

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 20%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	21%
New York:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
New York:	21%

Always

Here:	61%
State:	71%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	15%
New York:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	76%
State:	76%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	32%
State:	16%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
State:	28%

Always

This Hospital:	47%
State:	56%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	23%
State:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
New York:	25%

Always

This Hospital:	57%
New York:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	28%
New York:	25%

Usually

Here:	18%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	54%
New York:	56%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	23%
State:	11%

Usually

Here:	19%
New York:	23%

Always

Here:	58%
State:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	17%
State:	18%

Usually

This Hospital:	25%
State:	34%

Always

Here:	58%
State:	48%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	78%
State:	80%

This Hospital:	22%
New York:	20%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	22%
State:	12%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	33%
State:	29%

9 or 10

Here:	45%
New York:	59%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	16%
State:	7%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	32%
State:	30%

Yes, definitely

Here:	52%
State:	63%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

Here:	0.503%
State:	0.317%

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.503%
New York:	0.590%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $2,036

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $13,230

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $16,022

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $1,690

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $17,254

Heart failure and shock w CC: $2,357

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $1,698

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $16,971

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $2,284

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $18,998

Diabetes w MCC: $17,709

Chest Pain: $1,244

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $66,090

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $2,342

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $4,695

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $5,606

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $2,538

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $32,256

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $2,258

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $3,798

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $5,990

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $12,094

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $18,925

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $6,106

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $7,711

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $2,196

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $15,343

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $4,969

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $43,121

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $3,064

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $6,485

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $28,625

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $8,387

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $2,618

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $1,768

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $1,901

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	33.300%
New York:	27.056%

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

Here:	8.100%
State:	9.830%

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

Here:	0.348%
New York:	0.153%

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

This Hospital:	0.242%
State:	0.034%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.5%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
New York:	99.6%

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

Here:	26
New York:	12

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

This Hospital:	73
State:	31

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.3%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	98.6%

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

Here:	93.0%
New York:	94.1%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	78.0%
New York:	89.4%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.2%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	92.8%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
New York:	94.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	99.0%
New York:	97.7%

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

Here:	98.0%
New York:	91.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	80.0%
New York:	90.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	99.0%
State:	91.8%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	96.3%

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
New York:	93.9%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	96.9%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
New York:	93.8%

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

Here:	97.0%
New York:	95.4%

Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method

Here:	94.0%
New York:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	89.8%

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

This Hospital:	83.0%
State:	91.9%

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

This Hospital:	88.0%
State:	91.6%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	93.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	15.5%
State:	15.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	11.3%
State:	10.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	15.2%
New York:	11.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	21.3%
New York:	21.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	27.1%
State:	26.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	18.6%
State:	19.6%

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