LITTLE FALLS HOSPITAL - LITTLE FALLS, NY

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Addresss:
140 BURWELL STREET
LITTLE FALLS, NY, 13365
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (315) 823-5261

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

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Use of Medical Imaging

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

15.600%
New York:

11.437%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.062%
State:

0.112%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.016%
State:

0.030%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

3.400%
State:

5.961%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

9
State:

10
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

100.0%
New York:

97.3%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
New York:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

92.8%

Pneumonia

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

93.0%
New York:

93.8%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

88.0%
New York:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
New York:

98.5%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

95.0%
State:

90.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

94.0%
New York:

94.0%

Surgery

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

96.0%
State:

94.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

92.0%
New York:

94.4%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

11.3%
State:

11.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

15.3%
State:

11.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

24.8%
State:

26.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

19.3%
State:

19.8%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 32%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
New York:

7%
Usually
Here:

20%
New York:

20%
Always
Here:

77%
New York:

73%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
New York:

6%
Usually
Here:

12%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

85%
New York:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
State:

15%
Usually
This Hospital:

33%
State:

27%
Always
Here:

59%
New York:

58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

26%
New York:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
New York:

66%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

19%
State:

24%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
New York:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
State:

58%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
State:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
State:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

77%
New York:

67%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

12%
State:

17%
Usually
Here:

38%
New York:

34%
Always
Here:

50%
State:

49%

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

Yes
Here:

89%
State:

81%
No
Here:

11%
New York:

19%

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

6 or lower
Here:

7%
New York:

12%
7 or 8
Here:

28%
State:

27%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

65%
State:

61%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

3%
New York:

7%
Yes, probably
Here:

30%
State:

29%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

67%
State:

64%

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