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HIGHLANDS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
3600 S HIGHLANDS AVE
SEBRING, FL, 33870

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (863) 385-6101

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
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
  • ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
  • ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
  • Inpatient Surgical Services
  • Occupational Therapy Services
  • Operating Room Services
  • Outpatient Services
  • Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
  • Pharmacy Services
  • Physical Therapy Services
  • Postoperative Recovery Room Services
  • Respiratory Care Services
  • Social Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 32.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 58.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 171.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 0.25
Registered Pharmacists : 0.25
Respiratory Therapists : 10.50
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Physician Assistants : 2.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 126
Total Certified: 126

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma
This Hospital:

0.200%
State:

0.577%
Catheter-Associated UTI
This Hospital:

1.199%
State:

0.301%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
Florida:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Florida:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.2%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Florida:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.8%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

4
State:

8
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital
This Hospital:

192
State:

76
Median Time to Fibrinolysis
This Hospital:

84
State:

31
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

98.0%
Florida:

96.9%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
Florida:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

95.9%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

100.0%
State:

91.2%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Florida:

99.6%

Pneumonia

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

95.0%
Florida:

95.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

99.0%
Florida:

96.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

86.0%
Florida:

94.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

100.0%
Florida:

94.5%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

99.0%
Florida:

96.3%

Children's Asthma

Percent of Children Who Received Reliever Medication While Hospitalized for Asthma
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

100.0%
Percent of Children Who Received Systemic Corticosteroid Medication While Hospitalized for Asthma
Here:

100.0%
Florida:

100.0%
Percent of Children and their Caregivers Who Received a Home Management Plan of Care Document While Hospitalized for Asthma
Here:

87.0%
State:

83.5%

Surgery

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

100.0%
Florida:

97.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

95.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

97.0%
Florida:

97.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

99.0%
Florida:

93.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

100.0%
State:

95.1%
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%
Florida:

99.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

91.2%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

96.0%
State:

94.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

99.0%
Florida:

93.4%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

93.0%
Florida:

93.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

15.8%
State:

15.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

8.3%
Florida:

10.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

12.6%
State:

11.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

21.4%
Florida:

19.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

24.6%
Florida:

24.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

21.7%
State:

18.2%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,650
Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $10,375
Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,530
Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $3,861
Heart failure and shock w MCC: $7,807
Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,384
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $3,879
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $6,967
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,217
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,661
Diabetes w MCC: $7,270
Chest Pain: $2,841
Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $27,543
Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $27,119
Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $35,887
Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,424
Extracranial procedures w CC: $8,417
Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $10,726
Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $13,842
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,023
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $13,242
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $8,826
Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $19,221
Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,237
Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $13,292
Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $7,496
Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,675
Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $13,682
Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $27,626
Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $7,769
Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,049
Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $9,179
Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $10,735
Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $17,592
Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $13,100
Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $7,883
Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $17,528
Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $24,630
Transurethral procedures w MCC: $11,971
Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $14,813
Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $11,543
Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,382
Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $5,980
Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,364
Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,511

Use of Medical Imaging

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

29.200%
Florida:

28.328%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.215%
Florida:

0.223%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.173%
Florida:

0.050%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 36%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
State:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

26%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
State:

72%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
Florida:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
Florida:

16%
Always
Here:

74%
State:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

23%
State:

15%
Usually
Here:

31%
State:

27%
Always
Here:

46%
Florida:

58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

12%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

29%
State:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

59%
State:

67%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

31%
State:

26%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
Florida:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

51%
Florida:

56%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

19%
State:

13%
Usually
Here:

26%
State:

20%
Always
Here:

55%
State:

67%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

18%
Florida:

14%
Usually
Here:

36%
Florida:

30%
Always
This Hospital:

46%
Florida:

56%

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

Yes
Here:

80%
Florida:

80%
No
This Hospital:

20%
Florida:

20%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

19%
Florida:

12%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

33%
Florida:

25%
9 or 10
Here:

48%
Florida:

63%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

11%
Florida:

8%
Yes, probably
Here:

36%
Florida:

25%
Yes, definitely
Here:

53%
Florida:

67%

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