LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - LAKE CHARLES, LA

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LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
1701 OAK PARK BLVD
LAKE CHARLES, LA, 70601

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (337) 494-3200

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery 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
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 128.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 390.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 1007.00
Dieticians : 7.00
Occupational Therapists : 10.00
Physical Therapists : 15.00
Respiratory Therapists : 20.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 4.00
Physicians : 35.00
Medical Social Workers : 4.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 324
Total Certified: 310
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 12
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 23

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

Here:	0.471%
Louisiana:	0.166%

Falls And Trauma

Here:	1.257%
State:	0.381%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	5.000%
State:	8.127%

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

This Hospital:	0.102%
State:	0.349%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,930

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $11,001

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,924

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,093

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,278

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,709

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,113

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,387

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,532

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,123

Diabetes w MCC: $6,424

Chest Pain: $3,013

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $83,488

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $15,279

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $28,767

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $28,325

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $33,453

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,672

Extracranial procedures w CC: $8,802

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $20,379

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $32,152

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $11,372

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $14,916

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $10,844

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,386

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $14,040

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $9,358

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $16,692

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,649

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $19,716

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $7,948

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,198

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $14,507

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $29,291

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,238

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $10,851

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $25,423

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $14,788

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $20,187

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,320

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $9,752

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,317

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $10,050

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $17,823

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $11,382

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $18,653

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $13,890

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $14,471

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $8,358

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $12,231

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $17,672

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $7,804

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $18,585

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $10,560

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $25,161

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w MCC: $26,591

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $12,693

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,422

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $15,706

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $12,239

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,586

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,547

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,627

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,783

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 29%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	14%

Always

Here:	77%
Louisiana:	81%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
Louisiana:	3%

Usually

This Hospital:	13%
Louisiana:	11%

Always

This Hospital:	84%
State:	86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	13%
Louisiana:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	24%
Louisiana:	19%

Always

Here:	63%
Louisiana:	70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
Louisiana:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	71%
State:	74%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	22%
State:	19%

Usually

Here:	15%
Louisiana:	15%

Always

Here:	63%
Louisiana:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
State:	10%

Usually

Here:	25%
Louisiana:	17%

Always

Here:	63%
Louisiana:	73%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
Louisiana:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	24%
State:	22%

Always

Here:	69%
Louisiana:	71%

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

Yes

Here:	79%
State:	81%

Here:	21%
Louisiana:	19%

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

6 or lower

Here:	10%
State:	8%

7 or 8

Here:	23%
Louisiana:	19%

9 or 10

Here:	67%
State:	73%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	5%
Louisiana:	5%

Yes, probably

Here:	27%
State:	21%

Yes, definitely

Here:	68%
Louisiana:	74%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	100.0%
Louisiana:	98.2%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	92.0%
State:	97.7%

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
Louisiana:	95.4%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	95.0%
Louisiana:	97.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Louisiana:	99.4%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	50.0%
Louisiana:	80.9%

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

This Hospital:	10
State:	14

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Louisiana:	92.8%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
Louisiana:	96.4%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	93.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	88.0%
State:	85.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	98.0%
Louisiana:	97.7%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	88.0%
State:	93.7%

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	95.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	96.6%

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

Here:	86.0%
Louisiana:	89.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	87.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	94.0%
Louisiana:	90.4%

Surgery

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

Here:	97.0%
Louisiana:	96.8%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	91.7%

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

Here:	98.0%
Louisiana:	96.4%

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

Here:	95.0%
Louisiana:	90.3%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
Louisiana:	92.4%

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

Here:	80.0%
State:	89.1%

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%
State:	99.2%

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

This Hospital:	85.0%
Louisiana:	87.3%

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

Here:	83.0%
State:	92.2%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
Louisiana:	90.0%

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

Here:	96.0%
Louisiana:	91.1%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	16.2%
Louisiana:	16.4%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	14.6%
State:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	12.7%
Louisiana:	11.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	20.2%
State:	19.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	24.2%
State:	25.2%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	19.4%
State:	18.3%

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