PALESTINE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - PALESTINE, TX

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Addresss:
2900 S LOOP 256
PALESTINE, TX, 75801
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (903) 731-1000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 18.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 63.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 156.00
Dieticians : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 156
Total Certified: 99
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 22
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 12

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Audiology Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Obstetric 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

Use of Medical Imaging

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

2.800%
State:

8.275%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.266%
State:

0.250%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.227%
State:

0.110%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
Here:

2.300%
Texas:

2.420%

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

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,903
State:

$25,580
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,569
State:

$5,548
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.57%
State:

1.35%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,386
Texas:

$17,909
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,387
State:

$3,737
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.07%
Texas:

1.48%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,093
Texas:

$22,187
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,563
State:

$5,512
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

3.05%
Texas:

2.13%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,342
State:

$21,153
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,397
Texas:

$3,684
Number of discharges: 54
Here:

4.46%
State:

1.64%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,030
Texas:

$29,940
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,840
State:

$6,395
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

3.22%
State:

2.05%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,930
Texas:

$35,718
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,727
Texas:

$7,640
Number of discharges: 43
Here:

3.55%
Texas:

2.27%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,832
State:

$22,469
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,221
Texas:

$4,747
Number of discharges: 35
This Hospital:

2.89%
State:

1.59%
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,607
Texas:

$32,768
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,059
Texas:

$7,170
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.16%
Texas:

0.25%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,819
Texas:

$24,361
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,370
State:

$4,830
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

2.97%
Texas:

3.07%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,903
Texas:

$30,533
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,827
State:

$6,742
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.40%
State:

1.83%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,473
Texas:

$21,763
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,264
Texas:

$4,668
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.91%
Texas:

0.43%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,488
State:

$28,958
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,436
Texas:

$6,052
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

2.31%
Texas:

0.64%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,624
Texas:

$19,820
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,804
State:

$4,189
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.16%
Texas:

0.37%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,960
Texas:

$29,852
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,697
State:

$6,718
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

2.97%
Texas:

3.09%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,958
Texas:

$46,288
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,647
State:

$9,846
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.32%
State:

2.71%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,917
Texas:

$20,982
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,030
Texas:

$4,507
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.57%
Texas:

1.18%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$53,033
Texas:

$55,186
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,254
State:

$11,865
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

2.48%
Texas:

1.25%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,334
State:

$36,171
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,013
Texas:

$7,674
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.49%
Texas:

1.60%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,585
State:

$22,532
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,583
State:

$5,086
Number of discharges: 43
This Hospital:

3.55%
Texas:

3.62%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$54,833
State:

$60,653
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,525
Texas:

$13,908
Number of discharges: 77
Here:

6.35%
State:

6.27%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,027
State:

$20,255
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,965
Texas:

$4,589
Number of discharges: 55
This Hospital:

4.54%
Texas:

2.39%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,396
Texas:

$26,933
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,890
State:

$6,471
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.07%
State:

0.55%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,653
State:

$20,590
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,703
State:

$4,281
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.16%
Texas:

0.31%
Psychoses
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,619
Texas:

$22,550
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,545
Texas:

$6,012
Number of discharges: 171
Here:

14.11%
State:

1.08%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,977
Texas:

$22,785
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,778
State:

$5,348
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

2.15%
State:

1.52%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,754
State:

$29,456
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,722
Texas:

$6,717
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

2.23%
Texas:

2.33%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$34,143
Texas:

$70,898
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,514
State:

$15,222
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

3.22%
State:

1.10%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,814
Texas:

$55,259
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,554
State:

$12,623
Number of discharges: 46
This Hospital:

3.80%
Texas:

4.83%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,775
State:

$31,223
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,781
State:

$7,429
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

2.31%
State:

1.68%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,420
State:

$21,891
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,978
State:

$4,614
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.99%
State:

0.61%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,686
Texas:

$30,598
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,761
Texas:

$6,580
Number of discharges: 62
Here:

5.12%
Texas:

2.99%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,219
State:

$46,624
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,349
State:

$9,603
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

2.39%
Texas:

1.99%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,338
State:

$21,702
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,148
Texas:

$4,627
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

2.56%
State:

1.33%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,007
State:

$26,197
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,229
State:

$4,788
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

2.39%
Texas:

1.55%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,884
State:

$26,817
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,367
State:

$4,792
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

2.56%
State:

1.11%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Texas:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Texas:

98.9%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
This Hospital:

3
Texas:

8
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

96.0%
Texas:

95.6%
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival
This Hospital:

57
Texas:

54
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

94.0%
Texas:

97.4%
Median Time to Fibrinolysis
This Hospital:

28
Texas:

32

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

78.0%
State:

93.1%

Pneumonia

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

98.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

98.0%
Texas:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Texas:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

94.0%
Texas:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

91.0%
State:

94.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

96.2%

Surgery

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

100.0%
State:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

97.0%
Texas:

97.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

100.0%
Texas:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

96.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

99.0%
Texas:

97.6%
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:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

97.0%
State:

95.1%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

95.0%
State:

96.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

94.0%
Texas:

97.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

17.2%
Texas:

15.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

12.0%
State:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

12.9%
Texas:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

18.6%
State:

19.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

23.8%
Texas:

24.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

19.2%
State:

18.0%

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:

9%
Texas:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
Texas:

17%
Always
Here:

72%
State:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
Texas:

4%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

13%
State:

10%
Usually
Here:

29%
Texas:

23%
Always
Here:

58%
Texas:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
Texas:

7%
Usually
Here:

24%
Texas:

21%
Always
Here:

67%
Texas:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

26%
Texas:

19%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

59%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

12%
Texas:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

64%
State:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

9%
State:

8%
Usually
Here:

24%
State:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

67%
Texas:

67%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

82%
Texas:

83%
No
Here:

18%
State:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

14%
Texas:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

26%
Texas:

21%
9 or 10
Here:

60%
State:

71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

10%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

33%
State:

23%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

57%
State:

72%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.293%
Texas:

0.881%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

0.293%
Texas:

0.531%
Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar
This Hospital:

0.293%
State:

0.218%

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