NORTHWEST HOSPITAL CENTER - RANDALLSTOWN, MD

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Address

5401 OLD COURT RD
RANDALLSTOWN, MD, 21133

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (410) 521-5995

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

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,873
State:	$9,981

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,281
Maryland:	$9,404

Number of discharges: 39

Here:	0.70%
Maryland:	0.83%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,599
State:	$18,555

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,963
Maryland:	$17,464

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.29%
Maryland:	0.65%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$5,500
State:	$6,984

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,206
Maryland:	$6,613

Number of discharges: 32

Here:	0.58%
State:	0.45%

Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,663
Maryland:	$6,607

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,203
Maryland:	$5,808

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	0.43%
State:	0.47%

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$5,905
Maryland:	$5,832

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,550
Maryland:	$5,522

Number of discharges: 43

Here:	0.78%
State:	0.48%

Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,191
Maryland:	$8,569

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,744
State:	$8,089

Number of discharges: 51

This Hospital:	0.92%
State:	0.49%

Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,557
State:	$6,021

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,194
State:	$5,691

Number of discharges: 38

This Hospital:	0.69%
Maryland:	0.27%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$7,835
Maryland:	$7,643

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,380
Maryland:	$7,204

Number of discharges: 73

This Hospital:	1.32%
State:	1.45%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,747
Maryland:	$12,637

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,928
State:	$11,893

Number of discharges: 22

Here:	0.40%
Maryland:	0.59%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$5,329
Maryland:	$5,519

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,023
State:	$5,147

Number of discharges: 105

Here:	1.90%
State:	1.59%

Cellulitis with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,831
State:	$12,326

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,002
State:	$11,615

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	0.27%
Maryland:	0.22%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,932
State:	$8,118

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,396
State:	$7,451

Number of discharges: 86

Here:	1.55%
Maryland:	1.96%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$5,266
Maryland:	$5,639

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,990
Maryland:	$5,353

Number of discharges: 254

Here:	4.58%
State:	2.27%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,231
Maryland:	$9,296

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,574
State:	$8,495

Number of discharges: 151

Here:	2.73%
Maryland:	2.25%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$14,208
Maryland:	$11,975

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,356
State:	$11,190

Number of discharges: 55

This Hospital:	0.99%
Maryland:	1.75%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$7,759
Maryland:	$7,166

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,316
State:	$6,480

Number of discharges: 107

This Hospital:	1.93%
State:	1.53%

Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,327
Maryland:	$8,360

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,827
Maryland:	$7,881

Number of discharges: 43

Here:	0.78%
State:	0.43%

Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,152
State:	$11,246

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,690
Maryland:	$10,593

Number of discharges: 43

This Hospital:	0.78%
State:	0.74%

Diabetes with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,825
Maryland:	$8,011

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,439
Maryland:	$7,556

Number of discharges: 58

Here:	1.05%
State:	0.80%

Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,482
Maryland:	$9,613

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,853
Maryland:	$9,072

Number of discharges: 28

This Hospital:	0.51%
Maryland:	0.38%

Dysequilibrium

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$5,739
Maryland:	$5,981

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,394
Maryland:	$5,642

Number of discharges: 51

Here:	0.92%
State:	0.61%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,148
State:	$11,929

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,359
Maryland:	$11,234

Number of discharges: 43

Here:	0.78%
Maryland:	0.67%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,985
State:	$7,199

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,571
State:	$6,697

Number of discharges: 223

Here:	4.03%
State:	3.15%

Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,400
Maryland:	$7,091

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,991
State:	$6,698

Number of discharges: 33

Here:	0.60%
State:	0.44%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,268
Maryland:	$9,748

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,652
State:	$9,186

Number of discharges: 93

Here:	1.68%
State:	1.75%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,501
Maryland:	$16,664

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$14,571
Maryland:	$15,702

Number of discharges: 42

Here:	0.76%
Maryland:	0.68%

G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,824
State:	$6,722

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,468
State:	$6,345

Number of discharges: 45

This Hospital:	0.81%
Maryland:	0.78%

G.I. Obstruction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,051
State:	$8,564

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,493
Maryland:	$8,079

Number of discharges: 32

This Hospital:	0.58%
State:	0.69%

G.I. Obstruction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,936
State:	$6,247

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,508
Maryland:	$5,916

Number of discharges: 23

This Hospital:	0.42%
Maryland:	0.41%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,722
Maryland:	$9,592

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,144
Maryland:	$8,904

Number of discharges: 191

Here:	3.45%
Maryland:	3.32%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,831
State:	$14,074

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,076
State:	$13,124

Number of discharges: 85

Here:	1.53%
Maryland:	2.55%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,708
State:	$6,755

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,328
State:	$6,193

Number of discharges: 100

This Hospital:	1.81%
State:	1.28%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$20,702
Maryland:	$18,512

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$19,460
State:	$17,419

Number of discharges: 33

Here:	0.60%
Maryland:	0.85%

Hypertension without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,492
Maryland:	$6,008

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,108
Maryland:	$5,671

Number of discharges: 42

This Hospital:	0.76%
Maryland:	0.52%

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$31,073
State:	$45,419

Average Total Payments

Here:	$29,161
Maryland:	$42,842

Number of discharges: 28

This Hospital:	0.51%
State:	0.64%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,792
Maryland:	$10,720

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,220
Maryland:	$10,102

Number of discharges: 76

This Hospital:	1.37%
Maryland:	1.61%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$18,587
Maryland:	$18,485

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$17,531
Maryland:	$17,395

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	0.32%
Maryland:	0.96%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,979
Maryland:	$8,179

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,591
Maryland:	$7,720

Number of discharges: 29

Here:	0.52%
State:	0.85%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,792
State:	$11,307

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,145
State:	$10,641

Number of discharges: 58

This Hospital:	1.05%
Maryland:	0.82%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,003
Maryland:	$7,524

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,534
Maryland:	$6,969

Number of discharges: 236

This Hospital:	4.26%
Maryland:	3.07%

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,383
State:	$10,748

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,580
State:	$10,172

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.20%
Maryland:	0.14%

Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,389
Maryland:	$11,342

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,765
Maryland:	$10,734

Number of discharges: 29

Here:	0.52%
Maryland:	0.47%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$28,037
Maryland:	$21,231

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$26,364
Maryland:	$20,049

Number of discharges: 113

This Hospital:	2.04%
Maryland:	5.11%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$29,146
Maryland:	$25,612

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$27,398
State:	$24,137

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	0.32%
State:	0.68%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$44,823
State:	$47,515

Average Total Payments

Here:	$42,207
State:	$44,718

Number of discharges: 24

Here:	0.43%
Maryland:	0.48%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,711
State:	$7,838

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,480
Maryland:	$7,407

Number of discharges: 54

Here:	0.97%
State:	1.05%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,102
State:	$11,250

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,589
Maryland:	$10,597

Number of discharges: 76

Here:	1.37%
Maryland:	0.89%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,547
Maryland:	$7,190

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,160
Maryland:	$6,656

Number of discharges: 173

Here:	3.12%
Maryland:	2.22%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,293
Maryland:	$10,013

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,856
State:	$9,444

Number of discharges: 25

Here:	0.45%
Maryland:	0.37%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,558
Maryland:	$19,006

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$14,636
State:	$17,894

Number of discharges: 52

Here:	0.94%
Maryland:	0.78%

Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,538
State:	$9,481

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,965
State:	$8,943

Number of discharges: 55

Here:	0.99%
Maryland:	0.66%

Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$7,427
Maryland:	$12,643

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,019
State:	$11,936

Number of discharges: 30

This Hospital:	0.54%
State:	0.44%

Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,918
State:	$20,187

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,263
State:	$19,018

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.20%
State:	0.27%

Other Vascular Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$23,944
State:	$22,256

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$22,508
Maryland:	$20,953

Number of discharges: 23

Here:	0.42%
Maryland:	0.54%

Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$24,448
Maryland:	$30,814

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$22,981
State:	$28,985

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	0.34%
State:	0.51%

Other Vascular Procedures without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$14,282
Maryland:	$14,649

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,425
Maryland:	$13,869

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.25%
State:	0.39%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,736
State:	$9,500

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,211
Maryland:	$8,949

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	0.34%
Maryland:	0.62%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,524
Maryland:	$7,436

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,200
Maryland:	$7,047

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.22%
State:	0.25%

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,978
State:	$12,724

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$15,019
Maryland:	$11,974

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.20%
State:	0.23%

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$5,790
Maryland:	$6,670

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,560
State:	$6,336

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	0.34%
State:	0.44%

Psychoses

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,907
State:	$11,981

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,324
Maryland:	$11,277

Number of discharges: 211

This Hospital:	3.81%
Maryland:	3.89%

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,108
State:	$15,347

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,322
Maryland:	$14,189

Number of discharges: 34

This Hospital:	0.61%
Maryland:	1.37%

Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,299
State:	$10,230

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,501
Maryland:	$9,658

Number of discharges: 29

Here:	0.52%
State:	0.61%

Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,046
State:	$11,607

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,443
Maryland:	$10,946

Number of discharges: 25

This Hospital:	0.45%
Maryland:	0.43%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,142
State:	$7,826

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,784
Maryland:	$7,280

Number of discharges: 105

Here:	1.90%
Maryland:	1.34%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,127
State:	$9,262

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,587
Maryland:	$8,724

Number of discharges: 139

This Hospital:	2.51%
State:	2.14%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,050
State:	$16,366

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$14,147
State:	$15,408

Number of discharges: 60

Here:	1.08%
State:	1.18%

Renal Failure without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$5,688
Maryland:	$6,303

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,366
Maryland:	$5,940

Number of discharges: 58

This Hospital:	1.05%
State:	0.59%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,509
State:	$13,525

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,759
State:	$12,111

Number of discharges: 37

This Hospital:	0.67%
Maryland:	0.70%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$18,332
Maryland:	$18,144

Average Total Payments

Here:	$17,232
Maryland:	$17,083

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	0.34%
State:	0.54%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$40,573
State:	$51,198

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$38,139
Maryland:	$48,185

Number of discharges: 25

This Hospital:	0.45%
State:	0.36%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$19,959
Maryland:	$23,044

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$18,761
State:	$21,694

Number of discharges: 81

This Hospital:	1.46%
Maryland:	0.80%

Seizures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,271
Maryland:	$7,873

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,834
State:	$7,427

Number of discharges: 65

Here:	1.17%
State:	0.85%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$41,779
Maryland:	$51,254

Average Total Payments

Here:	$39,273
Maryland:	$48,209

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	0.38%
State:	0.29%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$16,846
State:	$18,810

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$15,844
State:	$17,647

Number of discharges: 245

Here:	4.42%
Maryland:	4.40%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,384
Maryland:	$10,565

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,770
Maryland:	$9,947

Number of discharges: 151

This Hospital:	2.73%
State:	1.83%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,786
Maryland:	$7,277

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,384
State:	$6,865

Number of discharges: 82

Here:	1.48%
State:	0.98%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,569
State:	$9,727

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,877
State:	$9,167

Number of discharges: 153

Here:	2.76%
State:	2.93%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,621
Maryland:	$14,392

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$14,721
Maryland:	$13,544

Number of discharges: 41

Here:	0.74%
Maryland:	1.05%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,304
Maryland:	$6,640

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,926
Maryland:	$6,055

Number of discharges: 51

This Hospital:	0.92%
State:	0.89%

Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$70,058
State:	$40,917

Average Total Payments

Here:	$65,854
State:	$38,601

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.20%
State:	0.75%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,637
State:	$6,616

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,247
State:	$6,242

Number of discharges: 262

This Hospital:	4.73%
State:	2.52%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,035
State:	$6,892

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,649
State:	$6,493

Number of discharges: 83

This Hospital:	1.50%
Maryland:	1.43%

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 14.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 213.25
Other Salaried Personnel : 563.50
Dieticians : 3.00
Physical Therapists : 4.75
Registered Pharmacists : 13.25
Respiratory Therapists : 22.50
Medical Social Workers : 7.00
Physician Assistants : 13.75

Number Of Beds

Total: 240
Total Certified: 240

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	95.0%
State:	98.9%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	91.0%
Maryland:	99.2%

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

Here:	82.0%
State:	97.6%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	98.7%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

This Hospital:	86.0%
Maryland:	97.0%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.0%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	96.4%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	87.0%
State:	90.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Maryland:	98.9%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
Maryland:	95.4%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
Maryland:	94.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.5%

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

Here:	94.0%
Maryland:	95.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	93.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.0%

Surgery

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	97.3%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
Maryland:	96.6%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	97.9%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	96.3%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
Maryland:	97.2%

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:	99.9%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
Maryland:	93.8%

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

Here:	95.0%
Maryland:	95.1%

Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal

This Hospital:	100.0%
Maryland:	99.4%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	15.9%
State:	15.1%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	9.9%
State:	10.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	12.6%
State:	10.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	19.9%
Maryland:	20.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	27.0%
Maryland:	25.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	21.7%
State:	20.1%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 22%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
Maryland:	7%

Usually

Here:	22%
State:	19%

Always

Here:	70%
State:	74%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	20%
State:	16%

Always

This Hospital:	72%
State:	78%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	16%
Maryland:	14%

Usually

Here:	30%
Maryland:	28%

Always

This Hospital:	54%
Maryland:	58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
Maryland:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	65%
State:	67%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	28%
State:	24%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
Maryland:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	53%
State:	57%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	21%
Maryland:	13%

Usually

This Hospital:	27%
State:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	52%
State:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	14%
Maryland:	14%

Usually

This Hospital:	32%
Maryland:	31%

Always

Here:	54%
Maryland:	55%

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

Yes

Here:	72%
State:	82%

Here:	28%
State:	18%

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

6 or lower

Here:	13%
State:	10%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	32%
State:	26%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	55%
Maryland:	64%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	9%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

Here:	33%
Maryland:	27%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	58%
State:	67%

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