ALTA VISTA REGIONAL HOSPITAL - LAS VEGAS, NM

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ALTA VISTA REGIONAL HOSPITAL
104 LEGION AVE
LAS VEGAS, NM, 87701

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (505) 426-3500

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Obstetric Services
Operating Room Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient 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 : 18.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 64.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 123.00
Physical Therapists : 3.00
Registered Pharmacists : 2.00
Respiratory Therapists : 5.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 8.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 1.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 1.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 7.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 62
Total Certified: 62

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	31.900%
State:	33.772%

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

This Hospital:	9.000%
State:	7.440%

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

Here:	0.135%
State:	0.136%

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

Here:	0.097%
State:	0.044%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $3,416

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $6,268

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $3,911

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,509

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $9,119

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,288

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,530

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $8,138

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $6,094

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,948

Diabetes w MCC: $8,491

Chest Pain: $3,319

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $7,035

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $22,295

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $6,432

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,756

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $10,132

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $15,981

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,539

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $20,548

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.8%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
New Mexico:	98.5%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.3%

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

This Hospital:	4
State:	10

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

This Hospital:	106
State:	137

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

Here:	12
State:	37

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

Here:	96.0%
New Mexico:	95.1%

Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival

This Hospital:	67
New Mexico:	44

Heart Failure

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	92.8%

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

Here:	88.0%
State:	90.0%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	91.0%
New Mexico:	80.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
New Mexico:	92.8%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	99.0%
New Mexico:	93.1%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
New Mexico:	89.1%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
New Mexico:	89.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	94.0%
State:	87.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
New Mexico:	89.9%

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%
State:	94.5%

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

Here:	90.0%
State:	94.3%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	97.5%

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%
New Mexico:	91.2%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
New Mexico:	93.2%

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 Mexico:	99.4%

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

Here:	63.0%
State:	93.0%

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

This Hospital:	90.0%
New Mexico:	88.5%

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

Here:	89.0%
State:	85.4%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
New Mexico:	92.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	10.6%
State:	11.8%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.8%
New Mexico:	12.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	22.9%
New Mexico:	23.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.8%
State:	16.7%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.687%
State:	0.897%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 19%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
State:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	74%
New Mexico:	72%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
New Mexico:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	14%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	78%
New Mexico:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	13%
New Mexico:	11%

Usually

Here:	25%
New Mexico:	26%

Always

Here:	62%
New Mexico:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
New Mexico:	8%

Usually

Here:	24%
New Mexico:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	69%
New Mexico:	68%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	23%
New Mexico:	22%

Usually

Here:	16%
New Mexico:	19%

Always

Here:	61%
State:	59%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	17%
State:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	64%
New Mexico:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	12%
New Mexico:	12%

Usually

Here:	32%
New Mexico:	31%

Always

Here:	56%
State:	57%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	84%
State:	80%

Here:	16%
State:	20%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	17%
State:	12%

7 or 8

Here:	25%
New Mexico:	27%

9 or 10

Here:	58%
State:	61%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	9%
State:	7%

Yes, probably

Here:	36%
State:	32%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	55%
State:	61%

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