MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SALEM COUNTY - SALEM, NJ

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Addresss:
310 WOODSTOWN ROAD
SALEM, NJ, 08079
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (856) 935-1000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 31.90
Registered Professional Nurses : 173.25
Other Salaried Personnel : 342.50
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 2.00
Dieticians : 4.50
Registered Pharmacists : 5.50
Respiratory Therapists : 7.30
Physicians : 3.04
Medical Social Workers : 3.40

Number Of Beds
Total: 152
Total Certified: 152

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental 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
Obstetric Services
Outpatient Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
New Jersey:

99.3%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

10
State:

7
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

97.0%
New Jersey:

98.7%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

99.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
New Jersey:

98.0%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

100.0%
State:

96.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.9%

Pneumonia

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

96.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

97.0%
New Jersey:

98.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

96.0%
New Jersey:

97.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

83.0%
New Jersey:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

97.7%

Surgery

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

99.0%
New Jersey:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

99.0%
New Jersey:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

98.0%
New Jersey:

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:

96.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

97.0%
New Jersey:

98.2%
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%
New Jersey:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

96.0%
State:

95.3%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

96.0%
New Jersey:

96.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

96.0%
New Jersey:

97.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

85.0%
New Jersey:

96.6%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
New Jersey:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

17.2%
State:

14.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

10.0%
State:

10.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.2%
New Jersey:

11.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

20.2%
State:

21.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

26.2%
New Jersey:

26.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

22.3%
New Jersey:

19.5%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

12.400%
State:

11.744%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.099%
New Jersey:

0.094%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.026%
New Jersey:

0.027%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

6.300%
New Jersey:

6.521%

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$34,048
New Jersey:

$57,616
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,418
New Jersey:

$8,393
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.80%
State:

0.74%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$39,395
State:

$88,086
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,086
State:

$13,269
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.08%
State:

1.27%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,832
New Jersey:

$31,551
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,841
State:

$4,331
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.48%
State:

0.75%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,854
New Jersey:

$44,543
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,555
New Jersey:

$6,394
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

0.91%
New Jersey:

0.59%
Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,114
State:

$33,151
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,009
State:

$4,692
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.20%
New Jersey:

0.37%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,300
State:

$45,839
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,417
New Jersey:

$6,359
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

1.94%
State:

1.56%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,689
State:

$31,596
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,762
New Jersey:

$4,298
Number of discharges: 49
Here:

2.79%
New Jersey:

1.83%
Cellulitis with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$50,388
State:

$68,317
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,553
State:

$11,105
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.03%
New Jersey:

0.38%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,997
State:

$40,596
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,388
State:

$6,234
Number of discharges: 64
This Hospital:

3.64%
State:

2.40%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,339
New Jersey:

$32,970
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,593
State:

$4,276
Number of discharges: 68
This Hospital:

3.87%
State:

1.82%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,850
State:

$50,790
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,415
State:

$7,184
Number of discharges: 51
Here:

2.90%
New Jersey:

2.29%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,733
State:

$62,346
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,790
New Jersey:

$8,879
Number of discharges: 41
This Hospital:

2.33%
New Jersey:

2.07%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,248
State:

$39,596
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,757
New Jersey:

$5,361
Number of discharges: 54
This Hospital:

3.08%
State:

1.56%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,979
New Jersey:

$42,421
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,672
New Jersey:

$6,579
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.08%
State:

0.37%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,613
New Jersey:

$45,211
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,969
New Jersey:

$6,988
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.03%
State:

0.65%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,488
State:

$45,234
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,403
State:

$6,470
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

1.88%
New Jersey:

0.79%
Dysequilibrium
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,514
New Jersey:

$34,475
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,205
State:

$4,750
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

1.14%
New Jersey:

0.51%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$63,299
New Jersey:

$58,121
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,224
State:

$8,866
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

0.91%
State:

0.65%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,388
New Jersey:

$37,750
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,726
State:

$5,392
Number of discharges: 89
Here:

5.07%
State:

3.49%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,056
State:

$51,281
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,621
State:

$7,633
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

1.48%
New Jersey:

2.03%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$55,842
State:

$82,647
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,140
New Jersey:

$13,270
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.63%
New Jersey:

0.79%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$32,430
State:

$35,279
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,712
New Jersey:

$5,265
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.03%
State:

0.71%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$36,721
New Jersey:

$47,680
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,075
State:

$6,887
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.03%
New Jersey:

0.65%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,738
New Jersey:

$52,684
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,523
State:

$7,674
Number of discharges: 64
This Hospital:

3.64%
State:

3.71%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$44,038
New Jersey:

$75,197
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,537
New Jersey:

$11,417
Number of discharges: 74
Here:

4.21%
New Jersey:

2.96%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,026
State:

$36,852
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,517
State:

$5,135
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

1.65%
State:

1.54%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$70,568
State:

$69,604
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,082
State:

$13,532
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.68%
New Jersey:

0.99%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$70,613
State:

$55,694
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,113
State:

$11,055
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.63%
State:

0.33%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,602
New Jersey:

$33,332
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,047
New Jersey:

$4,745
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

0.97%
New Jersey:

0.46%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$44,301
New Jersey:

$58,890
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,484
State:

$8,702
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.08%
New Jersey:

1.45%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$57,770
State:

$92,373
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,457
New Jersey:

$14,490
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.68%
State:

0.85%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,973
New Jersey:

$45,063
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,340
New Jersey:

$6,173
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.25%
New Jersey:

0.76%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$40,293
New Jersey:

$58,211
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,157
State:

$8,845
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.54%
State:

1.09%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,098
New Jersey:

$40,335
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,128
New Jersey:

$5,798
Number of discharges: 61
Here:

3.47%
New Jersey:

2.97%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$96,451
State:

$66,640
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,868
New Jersey:

$15,059
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.85%
State:

3.99%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,601
State:

$41,590
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,406
State:

$6,442
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.25%
State:

1.06%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,493
State:

$37,551
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,517
State:

$5,216
Number of discharges: 68
This Hospital:

3.87%
State:

2.13%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,145
State:

$46,769
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,549
State:

$7,398
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.85%
New Jersey:

0.72%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,854
New Jersey:

$48,224
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,957
New Jersey:

$7,309
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.08%
New Jersey:

0.68%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,683
New Jersey:

$39,732
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,123
New Jersey:

$4,888
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.68%
New Jersey:

0.29%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,759
New Jersey:

$41,991
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,241
New Jersey:

$6,196
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

1.59%
New Jersey:

1.48%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,441
New Jersey:

$52,443
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,650
State:

$7,686
Number of discharges: 51
Here:

2.90%
New Jersey:

2.07%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$48,674
State:

$80,919
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,037
New Jersey:

$12,608
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

2.05%
New Jersey:

1.38%
Renal Failure without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,299
State:

$34,490
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,230
New Jersey:

$4,989
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.63%
New Jersey:

0.35%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$46,047
New Jersey:

$63,749
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,967
State:

$10,364
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.68%
New Jersey:

0.78%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$77,608
State:

$106,179
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,852
State:

$17,343
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

1.42%
New Jersey:

0.96%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,810
New Jersey:

$44,017
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,863
New Jersey:

$6,078
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

1.42%
State:

0.92%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$66,892
State:

$88,530
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,370
State:

$14,676
Number of discharges: 70
This Hospital:

3.99%
New Jersey:

4.36%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$45,370
New Jersey:

$56,844
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,357
New Jersey:

$8,721
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.85%
State:

1.42%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,533
New Jersey:

$36,661
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,406
State:

$5,269
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.14%
State:

0.63%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$39,356
New Jersey:

$51,726
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,603
New Jersey:

$7,544
Number of discharges: 72
Here:

4.10%
New Jersey:

2.50%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$60,429
New Jersey:

$72,085
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,453
New Jersey:

$10,984
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

1.71%
New Jersey:

1.49%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,996
State:

$37,623
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,826
New Jersey:

$5,339
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.14%
New Jersey:

0.88%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,649
New Jersey:

$40,180
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,726
State:

$5,402
Number of discharges: 52
This Hospital:

2.96%
State:

2.82%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,654
State:

$40,888
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,820
New Jersey:

$5,447
Number of discharges: 47
This Hospital:

2.68%
State:

1.62%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 22%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
New Jersey:

7%
Usually
Here:

17%
New Jersey:

19%
Always
Here:

77%
State:

74%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
New Jersey:

6%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

78%
State:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
New Jersey:

15%
Usually
Here:

27%
New Jersey:

27%
Always
Here:

63%
State:

58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
State:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
New Jersey:

67%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

21%
State:

24%
Usually
Here:

17%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

62%
New Jersey:

58%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

13%
State:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

67%
New Jersey:

68%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

12%
State:

16%
Usually
Here:

27%
New Jersey:

32%
Always
Here:

61%
State:

52%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

82%
New Jersey:

79%
No
Here:

18%
State:

21%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

12%
State:

12%
7 or 8
Here:

31%
New Jersey:

26%
9 or 10
Here:

57%
New Jersey:

62%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

9%
New Jersey:

7%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

41%
State:

28%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

50%
New Jersey:

65%

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