NEW YORK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF BROOKLYN, INC. - BROOKLYN, NY

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NEW YORK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF BROOKLYN, INC.
2525 KINGS HIGHWAY
BROOKLYN, NY, 11229

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (718) 692-5302

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

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Organ Transplant Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 4.20
Registered Professional Nurses : 114.20
Other Salaried Personnel : 255.65
Dieticians : 4.00
Physical Therapists : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 6.30
Respiratory Therapists : 11.80
Physicians : 17.85
Medical Social Workers : 4.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 134
Total Certified: 134

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	0.009%
New York:	0.153%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	99.0%
New York:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.5%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
New York:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.6%

Percent of Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival

Here:	100.0%
State:	49.5%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.6%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	94.1%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	95.0%
New York:	89.4%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
New York:	98.2%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
New York:	92.8%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
New York:	94.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	97.7%

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

Here:	100.0%
New York:	91.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	90.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
New York:	91.8%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	96.3%

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	93.9%

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	96.9%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	93.8%

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

Here:	100.0%
New York:	95.4%

Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery

Here:	100.0%
State:	93.7%

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 York:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
New York:	89.8%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	91.9%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	91.6%

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

This Hospital:	82.0%
New York:	93.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	17.1%
State:	15.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	9.1%
State:	10.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.9%
State:	11.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	21.6%
New York:	21.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	26.6%
State:	26.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	22.9%
New York:	19.6%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 18%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	23%
New York:	21%

Always

Here:	65%
State:	71%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	11%
New York:	6%

Usually

Here:	19%
New York:	18%

Always

Here:	70%
State:	76%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	23%
New York:	16%

Usually

Here:	26%
New York:	28%

Always

Here:	51%
New York:	56%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	17%
New York:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	26%
State:	25%

Always

Here:	57%
New York:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	30%
New York:	25%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
New York:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	52%
New York:	56%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
New York:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
New York:	23%

Always

Here:	67%
New York:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	24%
New York:	18%

Usually

Here:	32%
New York:	34%

Always

Here:	44%
State:	48%

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

Yes

Here:	76%
State:	80%

This Hospital:	24%
State:	20%

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

6 or lower

Here:	20%
New York:	12%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	33%
New York:	29%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	47%
New York:	59%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	12%
State:	7%

Yes, probably

Here:	37%
State:	30%

Yes, definitely

Here:	51%
New York:	63%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

This Hospital:	0.130%
State:	0.317%

Falls And Trauma

Here:	0.260%
State:	0.590%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	0.130%
State:	0.291%

Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control

Here:	0.130%
State:	0.067%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $8,212

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $18,324

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $11,533

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $6,818

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $13,789

Heart failure and shock w CC: $9,509

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $6,850

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $12,305

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $9,214

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $13,530

Diabetes w MCC: $12,840

Chest Pain: $5,018

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $47,918

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $47,181

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $63,383

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,448

Extracranial procedures w CC: $14,661

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $18,943

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $24,447

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $10,637

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $23,387

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $15,589

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $9,111

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $23,476

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $13,240

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $24,165

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $48,791

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $13,722

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $18,960

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $31,106

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $20,045

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $17,590

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $31,495

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $21,143

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $12,363

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $26,163

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $20,386

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $5,973

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $10,561

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $7,708

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