KERSHAW HEALTH - CAMDEN, SC

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KERSHAW HEALTH
HAILE AND ROBERTS STREETS, BOX 7003
CAMDEN, SC, 29020

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (803) 432-4311

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: No

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 87.25
Registered Professional Nurses : 304.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 827.25
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 4.00
Dieticians : 2.00
Occupational Therapists : 2.00
Physical Therapists : 11.25
Registered Pharmacists : 4.25
Respiratory Therapists : 23.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.50
Medical Social Workers : 2.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 121
Total Certified: 121

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.230%
State:	0.606%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

This Hospital:	0.230%
South Carolina:	0.369%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	98.5%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	96.0%
South Carolina:	98.9%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
South Carolina:	96.8%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	93.0%
South Carolina:	99.1%

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:	1
South Carolina:	9

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

This Hospital:	68
South Carolina:	70

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

This Hospital:	78
South Carolina:	34

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	95.6%

Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival

This Hospital:	50
South Carolina:	57

Heart Failure

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	98.8%

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

This Hospital:	81.0%
South Carolina:	95.6%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	90.0%
State:	89.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
South Carolina:	99.2%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	95.8%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	96.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
South Carolina:	98.6%

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

Here:	91.0%
State:	93.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
South Carolina:	93.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	95.5%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	97.0%

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	94.9%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
South Carolina:	97.8%

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%
State:	94.1%

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

Here:	91.0%
South Carolina:	95.1%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.3%

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

Here:	77.0%
South Carolina:	93.2%

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
State:	94.1%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
South Carolina:	93.6%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	95.0%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	14.3%
State:	16.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	10.4%
South Carolina:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	11.7%
State:	12.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	19.8%
State:	19.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	23.2%
State:	23.8%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	19.5%
State:	18.2%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	40.900%
State:	34.323%

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

Here:	3.500%
State:	8.362%

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

This Hospital:	0.762%
State:	0.159%

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

This Hospital:	0.031%
State:	0.030%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,819

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $10,753

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $5,208

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,001

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,091

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,580

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,020

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,221

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,407

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,940

Diabetes w MCC: $7,539

Chest Pain: $2,945

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $36,225

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $27,687

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $32,719

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,544

Extracranial procedures w CC: $8,609

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $11,116

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $14,395

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,242

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $13,732

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $9,148

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $16,316

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,349

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $13,776

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $7,769

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,996

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $14,181

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $28,632

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $11,126

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $18,244

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $13,601

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $16,980

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $16,996

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $10,328

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,506

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,201

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,523

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,678

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 27%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
South Carolina:	5%

Usually

Here:	16%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	79%
South Carolina:	78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
South Carolina:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	12%
South Carolina:	13%

Always

This Hospital:	84%
South Carolina:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	12%
State:	11%

Usually

Here:	22%
State:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
State:	65%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
South Carolina:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
South Carolina:	22%

Always

Here:	76%
South Carolina:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	21%
South Carolina:	22%

Usually

This Hospital:	14%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	65%
South Carolina:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	10%

Usually

Here:	20%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	70%
South Carolina:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	27%
State:	26%

Always

Here:	67%
State:	66%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	81%
South Carolina:	83%

This Hospital:	19%
South Carolina:	17%

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

6 or lower

Here:	9%
South Carolina:	9%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	24%
State:	22%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	67%
State:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	6%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

Here:	29%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	65%
South Carolina:	69%

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