MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - WILLISTON, ND

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Addresss:
1301 15TH AVE W
WILLISTON, ND, 58801
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (701) 774-7400

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

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Use of Medical Imaging

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

42.900%
North Dakota:

33.290%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

8.900%
State:

7.578%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.087%
North Dakota:

0.128%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.020%
State:

0.010%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

5.900%
North Dakota:

4.440%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 31%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
North Dakota:

4%
Usually
Here:

21%
North Dakota:

19%
Always
Here:

74%
North Dakota:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
North Dakota:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

13%
North Dakota:

18%
Always
Here:

84%
State:

78%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

9%
North Dakota:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
North Dakota:

28%
Always
This Hospital:

66%
North Dakota:

65%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

27%
North Dakota:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
State:

69%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

17%
State:

18%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
State:

61%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

12%
North Dakota:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
North Dakota:

20%
Always
Here:

68%
North Dakota:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

32%
State:

34%
Always
This Hospital:

57%
North Dakota:

56%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

89%
North Dakota:

84%
No
This Hospital:

11%
North Dakota:

16%

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

6 or lower
Here:

9%
North Dakota:

9%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

25%
State:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

66%
State:

67%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

5%
North Dakota:

4%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

29%
State:

27%
Yes, definitely
Here:

66%
State:

69%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

18
North Dakota:

12
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.1%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

94.3%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

94.9%

Pneumonia

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

100.0%
North Dakota:

95.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

100.0%
North Dakota:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
North Dakota:

97.7%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

93.0%
North Dakota:

91.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
North Dakota:

87.3%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

95.0%
North Dakota:

93.3%

Surgery

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

96.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

96.0%
North Dakota:

98.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

100.0%
North Dakota:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

94.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

97.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

99.0%
State:

99.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

100.0%
State:

94.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

83.0%
North Dakota:

94.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

94.0%
State:

93.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.6%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

90.0%
State:

98.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

16.8%
North Dakota:

15.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

13.0%
North Dakota:

11.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.7%
North Dakota:

11.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

23.3%
North Dakota:

23.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.7%
State:

18.2%

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