OUACHITA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL - WEST MONROE, LA

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Addresss:
1275 GLENNWOOD DRIVE
WEST MONROE, LA, 71291
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (318) 332-1339

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

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 2.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 23.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 12.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 10
Total Certified: 10

Provided Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Inpatient Rehabilitation (Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Bank Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Average Medicare Payment

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $4,664
Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $12,208
Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $15,990
Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $14,748

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 37%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
State:

4%
Usually
Here:

10%
Louisiana:

14%
Always
This Hospital:

88%
State:

82%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
Louisiana:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

10%
State:

11%
Always
Here:

87%
State:

86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

2%
State:

10%
Usually
Here:

12%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

86%
State:

70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

12%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

84%
Louisiana:

75%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

17%
Usually
Here:

13%
Louisiana:

15%
Always
This Hospital:

79%
State:

68%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

9%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

86%
Louisiana:

74%

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

Usually
Here:

10%
State:

21%
Always
Here:

90%
State:

73%

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

Yes
Here:

89%
Louisiana:

83%
No
This Hospital:

11%
Louisiana:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

4%
Louisiana:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

6%
State:

18%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

90%
State:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

2%
Louisiana:

4%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

8%
State:

21%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

90%
State:

75%

Process of Care

Surgery

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

96.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

100.0%
Louisiana:

95.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.8%
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%
Louisiana:

95.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.5%
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%
State:

99.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

100.0%
Louisiana:

92.3%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

78.0%
Louisiana:

95.5%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

89.0%
Louisiana:

96.1%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
Louisiana:

99.6%

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