NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER - NEWTON, KS

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Addresss:
600 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE
NEWTON, KS, 67114
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (316) 804-6001

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 5.60
Registered Professional Nurses : 89.70
Other Salaried Personnel : 210.94
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.15
Physical Therapists : 9.00
Registered Pharmacists : 4.00
Respiratory Therapists : 10.82
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.40
Medical Social Workers : 0.87

Number Of Beds
Total: 55
Total Certified: 55
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 12
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 12

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room 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

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

1.334%
Kansas:

1.001%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.667%
State:

0.951%

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

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,102
State:

$19,272
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,336
Kansas:

$5,037
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.71%
Kansas:

1.55%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,409
State:

$13,239
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$2,952
State:

$3,508
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.98%
State:

1.82%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,566
State:

$17,653
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,331
State:

$5,185
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.84%
State:

1.84%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,057
Kansas:

$21,197
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,816
Kansas:

$5,894
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.45%
State:

1.72%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,008
State:

$26,095
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,269
State:

$7,120
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

3.69%
State:

1.52%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,145
Kansas:

$16,307
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,733
Kansas:

$4,586
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.98%
State:

1.40%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,958
State:

$30,680
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,522
State:

$6,741
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.45%
Kansas:

2.13%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,622
State:

$18,998
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,708
State:

$4,436
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

2.24%
State:

3.50%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,118
Kansas:

$23,244
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,207
State:

$6,187
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

3.82%
State:

2.12%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,506
Kansas:

$22,644
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,248
State:

$6,089
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

4.48%
Kansas:

2.91%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,270
State:

$35,549
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,727
State:

$9,051
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

4.48%
Kansas:

2.09%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,903
Kansas:

$41,376
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,694
Kansas:

$11,321
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

4.22%
Kansas:

1.49%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,501
State:

$29,537
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,630
State:

$7,024
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.98%
State:

1.48%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,703
Kansas:

$45,431
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,118
State:

$11,403
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.58%
Kansas:

0.84%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,986
Kansas:

$16,445
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,047
State:

$4,727
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

3.29%
Kansas:

2.56%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,240
Kansas:

$39,811
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,396
Kansas:

$12,597
Number of discharges: 127
Here:

16.73%
State:

10.01%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$38,315
Kansas:

$61,313
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,354
State:

$15,918
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.98%
Kansas:

0.92%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$66,471
State:

$129,230
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$23,390
State:

$34,516
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.45%
Kansas:

0.67%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,848
Kansas:

$15,554
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,550
Kansas:

$4,223
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

3.29%
Kansas:

2.74%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,727
Kansas:

$32,652
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,933
Kansas:

$8,167
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

2.64%
State:

1.70%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,522
State:

$20,835
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,114
Kansas:

$4,898
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.98%
Kansas:

0.72%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,346
Kansas:

$23,627
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,246
Kansas:

$6,288
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

3.56%
State:

2.38%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,718
State:

$38,258
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,301
State:

$10,099
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.45%
Kansas:

1.44%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,261
Kansas:

$28,656
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,372
Kansas:

$8,935
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.45%
State:

0.89%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$39,052
Kansas:

$45,641
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,312
Kansas:

$12,322
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.45%
State:

0.87%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,866
State:

$45,243
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,962
Kansas:

$12,022
Number of discharges: 80
Here:

10.54%
State:

4.77%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,242
State:

$26,317
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,923
State:

$7,019
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

3.82%
State:

1.80%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,158
Kansas:

$22,493
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,142
Kansas:

$6,338
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

4.61%
Kansas:

3.39%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,431
Kansas:

$35,857
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,037
State:

$9,219
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

3.29%
State:

1.96%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,845
Kansas:

$16,144
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,551
State:

$4,432
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

1.58%
State:

1.39%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

35.600%
Kansas:

38.255%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

8.900%
Kansas:

7.702%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.801%
Kansas:

0.305%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.004%
State:

0.037%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

2.800%
State:

5.166%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

92.0%
State:

98.7%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

8
State:

8
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

100.0%
Kansas:

96.1%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

87.0%
Kansas:

97.9%

Heart Failure

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

92.0%
State:

96.1%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

74.0%
Kansas:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

60.0%
State:

89.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

85.0%
Kansas:

98.5%

Pneumonia

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

96.0%
Kansas:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

99.0%
Kansas:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Kansas:

97.0%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

96.0%
State:

90.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

83.0%
Kansas:

92.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

95.0%
State:

93.5%

Surgery

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

93.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

98.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

91.0%
Kansas:

96.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

93.0%
State:

97.7%
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%
Kansas:

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

89.0%
State:

92.3%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

98.0%
Kansas:

95.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

90.0%
Kansas:

95.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

97.1%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

13.5%
State:

15.3%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

13.2%
State:

12.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.1%
State:

12.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

19.3%
State:

18.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

21.6%
State:

24.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

16.3%
State:

18.2%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 47%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

2%
State:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

79%
Kansas:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
Kansas:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

11%
State:

14%
Always
This Hospital:

87%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
Kansas:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
Kansas:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

69%
State:

70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Kansas:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
Kansas:

24%
Always
Here:

70%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

16%
Kansas:

17%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
State:

19%
Always
Here:

63%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Kansas:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
Kansas:

18%
Always
Here:

75%
Kansas:

75%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
Kansas:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

33%
State:

28%
Always
Here:

60%
Kansas:

65%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

85%
State:

85%
No
Here:

15%
State:

15%

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

6 or lower
Here:

4%
Kansas:

6%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

17%
Kansas:

20%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

79%
State:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

2%
State:

3%
Yes, probably
Here:

17%
Kansas:

21%
Yes, definitely
Here:

81%
Kansas:

76%

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