MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM - ALBERT LEA - ALBERT LEA, MN

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Albert Lea Medical Center - Mayo Health System
404 W. Fountain St.
Albert Lea, MN 56007

Beds - Total - 95
Physicians - 51
Accreditation effective date - Nov. 2007
Accreditation expiration date - Nov. 2010
Dieticians - 3
Inhalation therapists - 5
Licensed pract/vocat nurses - 100
Occupational therapists - 5
Other personnel - 1100
Physical therapists - 11
Physician assistants - 4
Registered pharmacists - 11
Rehabilitation unit beds - 0
Rehabilitation unit effective date - service no longer provided, please remove
Srv: acute renal dialysis - service no longer provided, please remove
Medical social workers - 4
Current survey date - June 2010

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Addresss:
404 WEST FOUNTAIN STREET
ALBERT LEA, MN, 56007
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (507) 373-2384

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Registered Professional Nurses : 136.75
Other Salaried Personnel : 624.25
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 4.75
Dieticians : 1.50
Occupational Therapists : 2.50
Physical Therapists : 9.75
Registered Pharmacists : 10.50
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 0.75
Physicians : 43.00
Medical Social Workers : 4.00
Physician Assistants : 4.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 107
Total Certified: 107
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 10

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
CT Scanner Services
Chemotherapy Services
Chiropractice Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Gerontological Specialty Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Pediatric Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Optometric Services
Organ Bank Services
Outpatient Services
Pediatric Services
Physical Therapy Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 45%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

2%
State:

3%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

82%
State:

79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
Minnesota:

3%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

14%
Always
This Hospital:

82%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
Minnesota:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
Minnesota:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

69%
Minnesota:

72%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

24%
State:

25%
Always
Here:

71%
State:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

13%
Minnesota:

16%
Usually
Here:

23%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

17%
Minnesota:

18%
Always
Here:

79%
Minnesota:

76%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
Minnesota:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

34%
Minnesota:

30%
Always
Here:

56%
Minnesota:

63%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

84%
State:

86%
No
This Hospital:

16%
Minnesota:

14%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

4%
State:

6%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

21%
Minnesota:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

75%
Minnesota:

72%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

3%
Minnesota:

3%
Yes, probably
Here:

25%
State:

24%
Yes, definitely
Here:

72%
Minnesota:

73%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

27.900%
State:

48.041%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

6.200%
Minnesota:

6.118%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.023%
State:

0.072%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

3.200%
Minnesota:

5.841%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
Here:

1.700%
Minnesota:

2.414%

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

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

$13,240
State:

$22,923
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,238
Minnesota:

$8,165
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

2.87%
State:

0.57%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,982
Minnesota:

$16,531
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,794
Minnesota:

$5,317
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

2.87%
Minnesota:

0.24%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,647
Minnesota:

$13,366
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,579
Minnesota:

$4,249
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

2.87%
Minnesota:

0.46%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,251
State:

$16,186
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,003
State:

$5,965
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.97%
State:

1.64%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,625
State:

$11,692
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,499
State:

$4,101
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

4.48%
State:

1.67%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,801
State:

$15,700
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,003
State:

$5,990
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

2.87%
Minnesota:

1.78%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,374
Minnesota:

$20,945
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,212
Minnesota:

$8,297
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.51%
State:

1.44%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,609
State:

$13,090
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,412
State:

$5,187
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

2.69%
State:

0.78%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,034
State:

$15,752
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,354
Minnesota:

$5,193
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

4.12%
State:

3.65%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,755
State:

$14,389
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,159
State:

$5,107
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

2.15%
Minnesota:

0.35%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,893
State:

$20,607
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,128
Minnesota:

$7,325
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

5.02%
State:

2.21%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,138
State:

$19,497
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,014
State:

$7,303
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

3.41%
Minnesota:

2.99%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,045
Minnesota:

$13,992
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,208
State:

$4,779
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.97%
Minnesota:

1.05%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,631
Minnesota:

$38,413
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,307
State:

$12,843
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.51%
Minnesota:

1.31%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,981
State:

$24,316
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,831
State:

$8,197
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

2.69%
Minnesota:

1.53%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,970
State:

$14,428
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,829
Minnesota:

$5,431
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

3.05%
Minnesota:

2.35%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,207
Minnesota:

$36,865
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,933
Minnesota:

$14,961
Number of discharges: 88
This Hospital:

15.77%
State:

9.87%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,442
State:

$13,567
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,191
Minnesota:

$4,921
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

4.12%
Minnesota:

2.24%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,846
Minnesota:

$19,713
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,923
State:

$7,345
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

2.87%
Minnesota:

1.93%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,963
Minnesota:

$25,000
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,959
Minnesota:

$10,430
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

2.15%
Minnesota:

0.72%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,170
Minnesota:

$38,306
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,074
Minnesota:

$13,889
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

3.76%
State:

3.98%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,615
Minnesota:

$21,565
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,257
State:

$8,065
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

3.05%
Minnesota:

1.75%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,932
State:

$16,939
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,157
Minnesota:

$7,101
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

9.14%
Minnesota:

3.04%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,728
State:

$26,863
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,783
Minnesota:

$10,284
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

3.05%
Minnesota:

1.63%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,174
State:

$12,348
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,351
Minnesota:

$4,896
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

6.09%
Minnesota:

0.96%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,771
State:

$13,929
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,341
State:

$5,101
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.97%
Minnesota:

1.63%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

94.0%
Minnesota:

99.7%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

93.0%
Minnesota:

99.6%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

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

12
State:

7
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital
This Hospital:

124
State:

52
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

97.0%
Minnesota:

96.6%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

83.0%
Minnesota:

98.3%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
Minnesota:

97.5%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

88.6%

Pneumonia

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

85.0%
State:

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

100.0%
Minnesota:

96.0%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

81.0%
State:

92.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

95.0%
Minnesota:

93.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

94.0%
State:

94.9%

Surgery

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

97.0%
Minnesota:

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

99.0%
State:

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

99.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

99.0%
Minnesota:

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

99.0%
Minnesota:

97.4%
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%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

95.0%
Minnesota:

92.7%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

92.0%
Minnesota:

95.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

85.0%
State:

94.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

97.0%
State:

96.8%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
Minnesota:

99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

14.8%
Minnesota:

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

12.8%
State:

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

12.0%
Minnesota:

11.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

18.1%
State:

18.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

23.4%
Minnesota:

24.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

16.0%
Minnesota:

18.3%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

2.121%
Minnesota:

0.732%
Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar
Here:

0.530%
Minnesota:

0.278%

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