NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL - NEW YORK, NY

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NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL
170 WILLIAM STREET
NEW YORK, NY, 10038

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (212) 312-5000

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

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL

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
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Optometric 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

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 30.53
Registered Professional Nurses : 226.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 722.08
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 7.00
Dieticians : 3.50
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 6.22
Registered Pharmacists : 8.60
Respiratory Therapists : 4.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 66.57
Physician Assistants : 7.00
Residents (Physicians) : 72.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 352
Total Certified: 352

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	97.0%
New York:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.5%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	14
New York:	12

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

Here:	120
State:	82

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

This Hospital:	39
New York:	31

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

Here:	92.0%
New York:	96.3%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
New York:	98.6%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
New York:	94.1%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	89.4%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.2%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	92.8%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	94.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.7%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
New York:	91.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	93.0%
New York:	90.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	91.0%
State:	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:	100.0%
New York:	96.3%

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

Here:	95.0%
New York:	93.9%

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

Here:	98.0%
New York:	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:	94.0%
State:	93.8%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	95.4%

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

Here:	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%
State:	89.8%

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

Here:	92.0%
New York:	91.9%

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

Here:	89.0%
New York:	91.6%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	93.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	16.5%
New York:	15.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	9.7%
New York:	10.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	13.1%
New York:	11.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	21.9%
New York:	21.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	28.0%
State:	26.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	23.3%
New York:	19.6%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

Here:	0.819%
New York:	0.317%

Falls And Trauma

Here:	0.273%
New York:	0.590%

Catheter-Associated UTI

This Hospital:	0.273%
State:	0.291%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 23%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	13%
New York:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	30%
State:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	57%
New York:	71%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	24%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	66%
New York:	76%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	21%
New York:	16%

Usually

This Hospital:	33%
State:	28%

Always

Here:	46%
State:	56%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	18%
New York:	10%

Usually

Here:	30%
State:	25%

Always

Here:	52%
New York:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	31%
State:	25%

Usually

Here:	21%
State:	19%

Always

Here:	48%
New York:	56%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	13%
New York:	11%

Usually

Here:	30%
New York:	23%

Always

Here:	57%
State:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	26%
New York:	18%

Usually

Here:	37%
State:	34%

Always

This Hospital:	37%
State:	48%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	73%
State:	80%

Here:	27%
New York:	20%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	22%
New York:	12%

7 or 8

Here:	41%
State:	29%

9 or 10

Here:	37%
State:	59%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	13%
New York:	7%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	44%
New York:	30%

Yes, definitely

Here:	43%
New York:	63%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $8,031

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $22,812

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $14,359

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $8,668

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $17,530

Heart failure and shock w CC: $11,794

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $8,347

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $15,644

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $11,714

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $17,201

Diabetes w MCC: $16,323

Chest Pain: $6,248

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $60,919

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $12,012

Extracranial procedures w CC: $18,639

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $22,531

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $31,079

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $13,523

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $2,446

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $23,179

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $19,478

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $30,722

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $62,029

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $2,149

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $2,830

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $31,316

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $42,749

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $6,326

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $13,378

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $20,609

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $24,104

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $39,500

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $28,803

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $30,645

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $3,139

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $33,261

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $24,840

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $7,594

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $13,426

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $9,799

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $10,129

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	37.700%
State:	9.830%

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

This Hospital:	0.088%
New York:	0.153%

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

This Hospital:	0.040%
New York:	0.034%

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