MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - GONZALES, TX

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Addresss:
1110 NORTH SARAH DEWITT DRIVE
GONZALES, TX, 78629
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (830) 672-7581

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 20.18
Registered Professional Nurses : 19.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 71.45
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 1.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 0.50
Physical Therapists : 2.00
Respiratory Therapists : 1.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 10.21
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 1.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 7.81

Number Of Beds
Total: 35
Total Certified: 34

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Organ Bank Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation 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

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

Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,460
State:

$22,187
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,779
Texas:

$5,512
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

7.93%
State:

2.13%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,412
Texas:

$22,469
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,827
State:

$4,747
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

8.54%
Texas:

1.59%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,629
Texas:

$29,852
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,739
State:

$6,718
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

9.15%
Texas:

3.09%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,067
Texas:

$22,532
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,268
State:

$5,086
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

18.90%
State:

3.62%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$6,819
Texas:

$20,255
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,780
Texas:

$4,589
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

9.76%
Texas:

2.39%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,598
Texas:

$42,475
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,744
State:

$9,270
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

7.32%
State:

0.80%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,815
Texas:

$30,598
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,726
State:

$6,580
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

17.68%
State:

2.99%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,907
State:

$21,702
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,773
State:

$4,627
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

12.20%
Texas:

1.33%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$46,407
State:

$103,546
Average Total Payments
Here:

$26,589
Texas:

$25,970
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

8.54%
Texas:

1.13%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

51.500%
Texas:

37.857%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

2.400%
Texas:

8.275%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.581%
Texas:

0.250%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.560%
State:

0.110%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

10
Texas:

8
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital
This Hospital:

73
Texas:

111
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

92.0%
State:

95.6%

Heart Failure

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

91.0%
Texas:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

71.0%
Texas:

93.1%

Pneumonia

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

98.0%
Texas:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

100.0%
Texas:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

65.0%
Texas:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

97.0%
Texas:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

100.0%
State:

94.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

96.2%

Surgery

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

80.0%
State:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

95.0%
State:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

38.0%
Texas:

96.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

38.0%
Texas:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Texas:

99.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

91.0%
State:

97.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

88.0%
State:

96.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

86.0%
State:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

11.2%
State:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

10.2%
State:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

23.3%
State:

24.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.9%
Texas:

18.0%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Fewer than 100
Survey Response Rate: 12%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

22%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

67%
Texas:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

4%
Usually
Here:

13%
Texas:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

80%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

26%
Texas:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

67%
Texas:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

17%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

23%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
Texas:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

39%
Texas:

19%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

46%
Texas:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

11%
Texas:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

69%
Texas:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
Texas:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

43%
State:

25%
Always
Here:

49%
State:

67%

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

Yes
Here:

80%
State:

83%
No
Here:

20%
State:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

21%
Texas:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

17%
State:

21%
9 or 10
Here:

62%
Texas:

71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

15%
Texas:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

26%
State:

23%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

59%
State:

72%

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