NORTHWEST SPECIALTY HOSPITAL - POST FALLS, ID

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NORTHWEST SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
1593 EAST POLSTON AVENUE
POST FALLS, ID, 83854

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (208) 262-2300

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: No

Provided Services

Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Registered Professional Nurses : 20.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 22.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 22
Total Certified: 22

Average Medicare Payment

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,710

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $27,737

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $7,800

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $10,275

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $11,209

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $19,116

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $27,064

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,037

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $9,235

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $10,778

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $13,703

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,382

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	37.200%
State:	32.155%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 0%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
Idaho:	4%

Usually

Here:	10%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	88%
State:	78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	1%
State:	3%

Usually

Here:	5%
Idaho:	15%

Always

This Hospital:	94%
State:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
Idaho:	7%

Usually

Here:	9%
Idaho:	23%

Always

This Hospital:	87%
State:	70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
State:	5%

Usually

Here:	16%
State:	23%

Always

Here:	81%
State:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
State:	18%

Usually

Here:	11%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	80%
State:	64%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
Idaho:	8%

Usually

Here:	7%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	90%
State:	75%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
Idaho:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
Idaho:	30%

Always

This Hospital:	79%
Idaho:	60%

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

Yes

Here:	94%
Idaho:	86%

Here:	6%
Idaho:	14%

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

6 or lower

Here:	2%
State:	6%

7 or 8

Here:	7%
State:	23%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	91%
State:	71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	1%
State:	3%

Yes, probably

Here:	5%
Idaho:	23%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	94%
State:	74%

Process of Care

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
Idaho:	96.0%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	92.7%

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

Here:	98.0%
Idaho:	97.3%

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

This Hospital:	90.0%
Idaho:	91.2%

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

This Hospital:	90.0%
State:	92.9%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	99.2%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	87.4%

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

This Hospital:	91.0%
Idaho:	89.5%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	90.6%

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

Here:	99.0%
Idaho:	95.0%

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