NYU HOSPITALS CENTER - NEW YORK, NY

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NYU HOSPITALS CENTER
550 FIRST AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY, 10016

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (212) 263-7300

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Chemotherapy Services
Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Geriatric Psychiatric Services
Gerontological Specialty Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Neonatal Services
ICU - Pediatric Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitation (Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Medicare Certified Transplant Center Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Organ Bank Services
Organ Transplant Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Outppatient Psychiatric Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Registered Professional Nurses : 965.40
Other Salaried Personnel : 3212.80
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 16.00
Dieticians : 25.80
Occupational Therapists : 42.00
Physical Therapists : 71.00
Registered Pharmacists : 44.20
Respiratory Therapists : 27.50
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 6.10
Medical Social Workers : 44.90
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 55.30
Physician Assistants : 6.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 17.60
Nurse Practitioners: 63.20
Residents (Physicians) : 765.20
Psychologists : 20.30

Number Of Beds

Total: 879
Total Certified: 879
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 22
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 174

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 40%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	22%
New York:	21%

Always

Here:	71%
State:	71%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
New York:	6%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	75%
New York:	76%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	17%
State:	16%

Usually

This Hospital:	30%
New York:	28%

Always

Here:	53%
New York:	56%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
New York:	10%

Usually

Here:	27%
New York:	25%

Always

Here:	64%
State:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	23%
State:	25%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	58%
New York:	56%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
New York:	11%

Usually

Here:	28%
State:	23%

Always

This Hospital:	60%
New York:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	22%
State:	18%

Usually

This Hospital:	35%
New York:	34%

Always

This Hospital:	43%
State:	48%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	78%
New York:	80%

This Hospital:	22%
State:	20%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	11%
State:	12%

7 or 8

Here:	28%
New York:	29%

9 or 10

Here:	61%
New York:	59%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	6%
New York:	7%

Yes, probably

Here:	23%
State:	30%

Yes, definitely

Here:	71%
State:	63%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $7,513

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $16,764

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $10,551

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $6,238

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $12,614

Heart failure and shock w CC: $8,699

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $6,267

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $11,257

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $8,429

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $12,378

Diabetes w MCC: $11,746

Chest Pain: $4,591

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $37,900

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $68,181

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $45,615

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $43,837

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $43,163

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $57,984

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $50,977

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $68,701

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,644

Extracranial procedures w CC: $13,413

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $30,627

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $41,259

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $17,330

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $22,365

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $16,524

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $9,731

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $21,479

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $14,261

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $28,616

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $8,335

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $21,476

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $12,112

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $14,016

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $22,107

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $44,636

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $12,553

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $16,536

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $38,664

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $22,535

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $30,762

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $51,479

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $8,106

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $14,861

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $14,830

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $27,160

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $17,345

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $28,424

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $21,166

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $26,462

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $12,736

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $28,320

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $18,338

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $26,496

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $11,892

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $28,321

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $16,092

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $39,581

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $28,813

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w MCC: $39,239

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $19,343

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $11,310

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $23,934

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $18,650

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $5,464

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $9,661

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $7,051

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $7,289

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	24.100%
State:	27.056%

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

Here:	8.800%
New York:	9.830%

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

This Hospital:	0.035%
State:	0.153%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Foreign Object Retained After Surgery

Here:	0.319%
New York:	0.115%

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

Here:	0.105%
State:	0.317%

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.262%
New York:	0.590%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

This Hospital:	0.471%
State:	0.417%

Catheter-Associated UTI

This Hospital:	0.052%
State:	0.291%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
New York:	98.5%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.6%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	90.0%
New York:	87.8%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.6%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	94.1%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	89.4%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.2%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	92.8%

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

Here:	96.0%
New York:	94.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.7%

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

Here:	100.0%
New York:	91.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	90.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
New York:	91.8%

Children's Asthma

Percent of Children Who Received Reliever Medication While Hospitalized for Asthma

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	100.0%

Percent of Children Who Received Systemic Corticosteroid Medication While Hospitalized for Asthma

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	98.8%

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:	96.3%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	93.9%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	96.9%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
New York:	93.8%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	95.4%

Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery

Here:	98.0%
State:	93.7%

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:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
New York:	89.8%

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

Here:	98.0%
New York:	91.9%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
New York:	91.6%

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

Here:	96.0%
New York:	93.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	10.3%
State:	15.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	6.6%
New York:	10.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	7.1%
State:	11.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	19.8%
New York:	21.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	23.6%
New York:	26.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	17.8%
New York:	19.6%

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