HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (WASHINGTON, DC) Detailed Hospital Profile

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 10%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	14%
District of Columbia:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
State:	21%

Always

Here:	64%
State:	69%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	18%
District of Columbia:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	72%
State:	76%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	28%
State:	21%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
District of Columbia:	28%

Always

This Hospital:	49%
District of Columbia:	51%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	17%
State:	12%

Usually

This Hospital:	27%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	56%
District of Columbia:	64%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	27%
District of Columbia:	26%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	54%
State:	56%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	18%
State:	17%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
State:	23%

Always

Here:	62%
State:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	15%
State:	15%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
State:	30%

Always

This Hospital:	62%
State:	55%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	71%
District of Columbia:	77%

Here:	29%
State:	23%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	21%
District of Columbia:	13%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	32%
District of Columbia:	29%

9 or 10

Here:	47%
District of Columbia:	58%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	16%
District of Columbia:	9%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	40%
State:	28%

Yes, definitely

Here:	44%
State:	63%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	93.0%
District of Columbia:	98.7%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	98.3%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	95.8%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	98.0%
State:	98.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	100.0%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

Here:	95.0%
State:	97.3%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	97.1%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	79.0%
District of Columbia:	84.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
District of Columbia:	99.5%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	80.0%
District of Columbia:	87.1%

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

Here:	95.0%
District of Columbia:	90.1%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.6%

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

Here:	90.0%
District of Columbia:	97.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	79.0%
District of Columbia:	80.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	88.0%
State:	77.3%

Children's Asthma

Percent of Children Who Received Reliever Medication While Hospitalized for Asthma

This Hospital:	100.0%
District of Columbia:	100.0%

Percent of Children Who Received Systemic Corticosteroid Medication While Hospitalized for Asthma

This Hospital:	100.0%
District of Columbia:	99.8%

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

This Hospital:	48.0%
State:	87.3%

Surgery

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	96.4%

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

Here:	95.0%
District of Columbia:	95.4%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
District of Columbia:	97.7%

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
District of Columbia:	96.1%

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

Here:	90.0%
State:	97.0%

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

Here:	76.0%
District of Columbia:	92.3%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	99.7%

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

Here:	100.0%
District of Columbia:	93.8%

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

Here:	52.0%
State:	92.3%

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

Here:	79.0%
State:	91.8%

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

Here:	82.0%
State:	93.7%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	98.5%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	16.0%
District of Columbia:	15.4%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	9.1%
District of Columbia:	9.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	10.8%
State:	11.8%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	21.7%
District of Columbia:	20.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	29.8%
District of Columbia:	26.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	20.2%
District of Columbia:	19.0%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries

This Hospital:	0.322%
District of Columbia:	0.511%

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

Here:	0.805%
State:	0.642%

Infection from a Urinary Catheter

Here:	0.644%
State:	0.496%

Severe pressure sores (bed sores)

This Hospital:	0.161%
District of Columbia:	0.204%

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

Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$18,728
State:	$19,634

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,876
State:	$6,460

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	0.98%
District of Columbia:	0.39%

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$18,037
District of Columbia:	$17,188

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,642
State:	$6,156

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	1.27%
State:	0.26%

Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$18,876
State:	$20,582

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,405
District of Columbia:	$7,494

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	1.04%
District of Columbia:	0.45%

Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,080
State:	$16,001

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,495
District of Columbia:	$5,664

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.93%
District of Columbia:	0.25%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$31,170
District of Columbia:	$24,276

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,450
District of Columbia:	$7,618

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.93%
State:	0.99%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$63,420
State:	$41,004

Average Total Payments

Here:	$23,289
District of Columbia:	$12,496

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	0.87%
State:	0.64%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$17,074
District of Columbia:	$15,037

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,475
State:	$4,835

Number of discharges: 21

Here:	1.22%
State:	1.21%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$15,649
State:	$20,432

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,847
District of Columbia:	$7,158

Number of discharges: 23

This Hospital:	1.33%
State:	1.81%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$16,770
State:	$16,270

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,021
State:	$5,309

Number of discharges: 96

Here:	5.56%
State:	1.83%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$26,424
District of Columbia:	$25,480

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,275
District of Columbia:	$8,881

Number of discharges: 41

This Hospital:	2.37%
District of Columbia:	1.60%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$32,888
District of Columbia:	$31,823

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$14,914
District of Columbia:	$10,629

Number of discharges: 38

This Hospital:	2.20%
State:	1.32%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$18,372
District of Columbia:	$19,111

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,832
District of Columbia:	$6,580

Number of discharges: 63

Here:	3.65%
State:	1.46%

Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$37,188
State:	$34,466

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,892
State:	$9,630

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.69%
State:	1.94%

Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$25,278
State:	$24,898

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,095
District of Columbia:	$8,622

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	0.98%
District of Columbia:	0.41%

Diabetes with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$19,215
State:	$21,544

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,228
District of Columbia:	$7,576

Number of discharges: 33

Here:	1.91%
District of Columbia:	0.96%

Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$20,269
State:	$25,806

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,425
District of Columbia:	$9,876

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.69%
State:	0.26%

Dysequilibrium

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,700
District of Columbia:	$18,321

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,809
District of Columbia:	$5,917

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.64%
State:	0.31%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$27,987
State:	$29,895

Average Total Payments

Here:	$15,448
State:	$10,846

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	1.04%
State:	0.87%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,810
State:	$19,552

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,077
State:	$6,641

Number of discharges: 89

This Hospital:	5.15%
District of Columbia:	2.98%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$34,854
State:	$27,979

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$14,145
District of Columbia:	$8,900

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	1.22%
District of Columbia:	1.74%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$37,974
State:	$51,039

Average Total Payments

Here:	$20,837
State:	$16,693

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.81%
District of Columbia:	0.91%

G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$18,256
State:	$16,887

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,594
District of Columbia:	$6,134

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.75%
State:	0.92%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$29,525
State:	$25,439

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,176
State:	$9,102

Number of discharges: 61

Here:	3.53%
District of Columbia:	3.82%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$47,712
State:	$38,984

Average Total Payments

Here:	$21,518
District of Columbia:	$13,625

Number of discharges: 45

Here:	2.61%
District of Columbia:	2.59%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$19,435
District of Columbia:	$17,665

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,701
State:	$6,032

Number of discharges: 45

This Hospital:	2.61%
State:	1.83%

Hypertension without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,470
District of Columbia:	$15,941

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,778
State:	$6,400

Number of discharges: 43

This Hospital:	2.49%
District of Columbia:	0.55%

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$234,174
District of Columbia:	$144,050

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$99,068
District of Columbia:	$56,096

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.81%
District of Columbia:	0.65%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$42,921
State:	$36,913

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$17,572
District of Columbia:	$10,567

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	1.16%
State:	1.90%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$70,827
State:	$63,280

Average Total Payments

Here:	$27,012
District of Columbia:	$17,980

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.64%
District of Columbia:	1.36%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$25,554
District of Columbia:	$31,375

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,134
District of Columbia:	$7,915

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.64%
District of Columbia:	1.03%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,038
State:	$21,712

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,615
District of Columbia:	$6,901

Number of discharges: 40

This Hospital:	2.32%
State:	2.93%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$51,206
State:	$44,858

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$25,532
State:	$15,744

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.81%
District of Columbia:	4.99%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$17,778
State:	$21,194

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,156
State:	$7,281

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.93%
State:	0.74%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$47,953
District of Columbia:	$33,542

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$20,669
District of Columbia:	$11,497

Number of discharges: 42

This Hospital:	2.43%
District of Columbia:	1.52%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$20,258
District of Columbia:	$19,201

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,531
State:	$6,460

Number of discharges: 70

Here:	4.05%
State:	2.52%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$60,866
District of Columbia:	$54,924

Average Total Payments

Here:	$27,368
District of Columbia:	$17,257

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	0.98%
State:	1.45%

Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$66,538
State:	$79,056

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$38,477
State:	$28,106

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.75%
District of Columbia:	1.30%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$23,227
District of Columbia:	$24,480

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,059
State:	$8,814

Number of discharges: 22

Here:	1.27%
District of Columbia:	0.94%

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$16,254
State:	$18,229

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,008
District of Columbia:	$6,236

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	1.10%
State:	0.30%

Psychoses

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,051
District of Columbia:	$14,452

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,135
State:	$9,444

Number of discharges: 112

This Hospital:	6.49%
District of Columbia:	1.77%

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$56,256
District of Columbia:	$37,492

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$22,338
State:	$12,399

Number of discharges: 25

Here:	1.45%
State:	0.67%

Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$35,087
State:	$27,751

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,713
District of Columbia:	$9,403

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.64%
District of Columbia:	0.77%

Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$30,796
State:	$32,742

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$16,031
District of Columbia:	$11,775

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	1.16%
District of Columbia:	0.50%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$22,996
District of Columbia:	$20,334

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,716
District of Columbia:	$7,460

Number of discharges: 85

Here:	4.92%
State:	2.19%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,641
State:	$25,402

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,460
District of Columbia:	$9,053

Number of discharges: 29

This Hospital:	1.68%
District of Columbia:	2.91%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$44,413
State:	$40,825

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$22,787
State:	$15,541

Number of discharges: 43

Here:	2.49%
District of Columbia:	2.10%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$163,965
State:	$159,064

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$67,720
District of Columbia:	$49,004

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.93%
State:	0.64%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$67,408
District of Columbia:	$69,937

Average Total Payments

Here:	$28,906
State:	$20,888

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.69%
District of Columbia:	0.92%

Seizures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$23,516
District of Columbia:	$26,781

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,273
State:	$7,792

Number of discharges: 29

Here:	1.68%
State:	0.84%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$74,035
District of Columbia:	$54,713

Average Total Payments

Here:	$29,642
State:	$17,738

Number of discharges: 52

Here:	3.01%
District of Columbia:	2.45%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$28,904
State:	$31,627

Average Total Payments

Here:	$14,945
District of Columbia:	$10,213

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	1.16%
District of Columbia:	0.90%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$22,790
District of Columbia:	$19,792

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,018
District of Columbia:	$6,473

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	1.04%
State:	0.88%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$28,896
District of Columbia:	$28,864

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,651
State:	$9,037

Number of discharges: 25

This Hospital:	1.45%
District of Columbia:	1.94%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$37,917
District of Columbia:	$41,583

Average Total Payments

Here:	$18,769
State:	$13,415

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	1.04%
State:	1.10%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$17,855
State:	$17,252

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,890
State:	$6,030

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.69%
District of Columbia:	0.81%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$17,768
State:	$18,488

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,804
District of Columbia:	$6,557

Number of discharges: 71

This Hospital:	4.11%
District of Columbia:	1.80%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	4.700%
State:	6.419%

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

This Hospital:	0.035%
District of Columbia:	0.112%

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

Here:	0.014%
State:	0.045%

Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time

Here:	6.800%
District of Columbia:	3.208%

HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - WASHINGTON, DC

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Children's Asthma

Surgery

Outcome of Care

Hospital Acquired Conditions

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

Use of Medical Imaging

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