LOS ALAMOS MEDICAL CENTER - LOS ALAMOS, NM

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LOS ALAMOS MEDICAL CENTER
3917 WEST ROAD
LOS ALAMOS, NM, 87544

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (505) 662-4201

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Blood Bank 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
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Transplant 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 : 8.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 56.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 132.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 2.00
Registered Pharmacists : 6.00
Respiratory Therapists : 4.00
Physicians : 1.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 53
Total Certified: 53

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $18,586

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $6,848

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $13,985

Heart failure and shock w CC: $8,080

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $6,948

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $8,329

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $7,822

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $9,158

Diabetes w MCC: $13,023

Chest Pain: $5,090

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $19,222

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $23,217

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $7,200

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $23,732

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $15,540

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $24,508

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $47,371

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $16,442

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $30,112

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $19,230

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $15,783

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $15,660

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $5,051

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $10,711

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $7,818

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	36.400%
State:	33.772%

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

This Hospital:	9.900%
State:	7.440%

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

This Hospital:	0.196%
New Mexico:	0.136%

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

Here:	0.016%
State:	0.044%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

Here:	5.128%
New Mexico:	0.897%

Catheter-Associated UTI

This Hospital:	5.128%
New Mexico:	0.299%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 26%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
New Mexico:	7%

Usually

Here:	30%
New Mexico:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	63%
State:	72%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
New Mexico:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	74%
New Mexico:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
State:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	35%
New Mexico:	26%

Always

This Hospital:	57%
State:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	33%
New Mexico:	24%

Always

Here:	59%
State:	68%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	29%
New Mexico:	22%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
New Mexico:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	48%
New Mexico:	59%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	15%
New Mexico:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	26%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	59%
New Mexico:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	13%
State:	12%

Usually

This Hospital:	34%
State:	31%

Always

Here:	53%
New Mexico:	57%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	79%
State:	80%

This Hospital:	21%
State:	20%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	8%
State:	12%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	33%
State:	27%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	59%
State:	61%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	5%
New Mexico:	7%

Yes, probably

Here:	25%
New Mexico:	32%

Yes, definitely

Here:	70%
New Mexico:	61%

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

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

This Hospital:	141
New Mexico:	137

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

Here:	64
New Mexico:	37

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

Here:	94.0%
New Mexico:	95.1%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	79.0%
New Mexico:	92.8%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
New Mexico:	90.0%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	75.0%
State:	80.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	92.8%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
New Mexico:	93.1%

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

Here:	87.0%
New Mexico:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	89.1%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	89.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	96.0%
New Mexico:	87.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	89.9%

Surgery

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

Here:	94.0%
New Mexico:	94.5%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	94.3%

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

Here:	99.0%
New Mexico:	97.5%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	91.2%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	93.2%

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:	99.4%

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
New Mexico:	93.0%

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

This Hospital:	86.0%
New Mexico:	88.5%

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

Here:	83.0%
New Mexico:	85.4%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	92.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	11.0%
New Mexico:	11.8%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	14.9%
State:	12.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	25.0%
New Mexico:	23.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	17.4%
State:	16.7%

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