HEREFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - HEREFORD, TX

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Addresss:
801 EAST THIRD
HEREFORD, TX, 79045
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (806) 364-2141

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 32.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 36.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 117.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 2.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 2.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 5.00
Physician Assistants : 1.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 5.00
Nurse Practitioners: 2.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 40
Total Certified: 40

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Obstetric Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services

Use of Medical Imaging

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

0.067%
Texas:

0.250%

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

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

$6,496
Texas:

$22,469
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,682
State:

$4,747
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

17.74%
State:

1.59%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,227
State:

$24,361
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,808
State:

$4,830
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

19.35%
State:

3.07%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$4,921
State:

$20,255
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,642
State:

$4,589
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

30.65%
State:

2.39%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,671
State:

$21,702
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,846
State:

$4,627
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

32.26%
State:

1.33%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

17
State:

8
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

92.0%
State:

95.6%

Heart Failure

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

86.0%
Texas:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

50.0%
State:

93.1%

Pneumonia

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

81.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

95.0%
Texas:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

70.0%
Texas:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

52.0%
State:

96.2%

Surgery

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

90.0%
Texas:

96.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

90.0%
Texas:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

92.0%
Texas:

99.9%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

12.1%
State:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

13.1%
State:

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

24.4%
Texas:

24.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

16.4%
State:

18.0%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 27%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

12%
Texas:

5%
Usually
Here:

17%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

71%
State:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
Texas:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
Texas:

13%
Always
Here:

80%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

28%
State:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

62%
Texas:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

14%
Texas:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
Texas:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

20%
Texas:

19%
Usually
Here:

22%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

58%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

17%
Texas:

9%
Usually
Here:

20%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

63%
Texas:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

18%
State:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

26%
State:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

56%
State:

67%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

80%
Texas:

83%
No
Here:

20%
Texas:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

11%
State:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

30%
Texas:

21%
9 or 10
Here:

59%
Texas:

71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

9%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

39%
State:

23%
Yes, definitely
Here:

52%
State:

72%

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