NORTHPORT MEDICAL CENTER - NORTHPORT, AL

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NORTHPORT MEDICAL CENTER
2700 HOSPITAL DRIVE
NORTHPORT, AL, 35476

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (205) 333-4500

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency 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
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 39.80
Registered Professional Nurses : 176.60
Other Salaried Personnel : 383.95
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 8.60
Dieticians : 3.30
Occupational Therapists : 6.00
Physical Therapists : 10.00
Registered Pharmacists : 6.00
Respiratory Therapists : 6.30
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.60
Physicians : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 8.20

Number Of Beds

Total: 204
Total Certified: 204
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 54
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 42

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,203

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $8,408

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,674

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,537

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $9,174

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,327

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,558

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $8,187

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $6,131

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $9,002

Diabetes w MCC: $8,616

Chest Pain: $3,368

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $12,604

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $7,077

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $15,561

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $10,372

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $6,062

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $15,620

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,809

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $10,194

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $16,078

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $32,463

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $9,208

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $12,026

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $16,389

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $22,373

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $37,440

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,896

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $10,808

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $19,838

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,615

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $18,131

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $19,246

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $20,597

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $12,144

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $17,455

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $19,288

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w MCC: $28,538

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $17,407

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,128

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,301

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	35.700%
State:	36.050%

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

Here:	17.600%
State:	9.208%

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

This Hospital:	0.035%
State:	0.281%

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

Here:	0.015%
Alabama:	0.055%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 26%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
Alabama:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
Alabama:	15%

Always

Here:	76%
Alabama:	79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
Alabama:	3%

Usually

This Hospital:	14%
State:	11%

Always

Here:	82%
Alabama:	86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	15%
Alabama:	11%

Usually

Here:	28%
Alabama:	23%

Always

Here:	57%
Alabama:	66%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
Alabama:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
State:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	70%
Alabama:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	23%
State:	21%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
Alabama:	16%

Always

This Hospital:	57%
Alabama:	63%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	13%
Alabama:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Alabama:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
State:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
Alabama:	7%

Usually

Here:	25%
Alabama:	23%

Always

Here:	66%
Alabama:	70%

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

Yes

Here:	83%
State:	80%

This Hospital:	17%
Alabama:	20%

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

6 or lower

Here:	10%
Alabama:	8%

7 or 8

Here:	21%
Alabama:	23%

9 or 10

Here:	69%
State:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	6%
Alabama:	5%

Yes, probably

Here:	18%
Alabama:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	76%
Alabama:	70%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.6%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Alabama:	98.2%

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

Here:	12
Alabama:	10

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

This Hospital:	65
State:	67

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

Here:	88.0%
Alabama:	94.7%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.9%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Alabama:	95.4%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	86.0%
State:	87.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.3%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
Alabama:	95.0%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
Alabama:	96.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.4%

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
Alabama:	89.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	93.0%
Alabama:	91.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	99.0%
Alabama:	93.3%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	97.2%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Alabama:	94.9%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	97.6%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	92.4%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	94.3%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.7%

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

This Hospital:	77.0%
State:	90.9%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	92.2%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
Alabama:	94.0%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	96.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	12.1%
State:	10.8%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	12.2%
State:	11.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	27.0%
Alabama:	24.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	19.7%
Alabama:	18.4%

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