PALM SPRINGS GENERAL HOSPITAL - HIALEAH, FL

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PALM SPRINGS GENERAL HOSPITAL
1475 W 49TH ST
HIALEAH, FL, 33012

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (305) 558-2500

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

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Orthopedic Surgery 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

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 61.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 201.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 362.50
Dieticians : 3.00
Physical Therapists : 1.50
Registered Pharmacists : 6.00
Respiratory Therapists : 21.00
Physicians : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.50
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 18.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 2.50
Physician Assistants : 19.50
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 15.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 247
Total Certified: 247

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	10.300%
Florida:	9.789%

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

Here:	0.054%
State:	0.223%

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

Here:	0.056%
Florida:	0.050%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 18%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	20%
Florida:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
Florida:	72%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
State:	7%

Usually

Here:	9%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	82%
Florida:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	20%
Florida:	15%

Usually

This Hospital:	26%
Florida:	27%

Always

This Hospital:	54%
Florida:	58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	12%
State:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	24%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	64%
State:	67%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	32%
State:	26%

Usually

This Hospital:	11%
Florida:	18%

Always

Here:	57%
Florida:	56%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	13%
Florida:	13%

Usually

Here:	15%
Florida:	20%

Always

Here:	72%
State:	67%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	19%
Florida:	14%

Usually

Here:	28%
State:	30%

Always

Here:	53%
Florida:	56%

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

Yes

Here:	71%
State:	80%

This Hospital:	29%
Florida:	20%

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

6 or lower

Here:	17%
Florida:	12%

7 or 8

Here:	29%
State:	25%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	54%
State:	63%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	12%
State:	8%

Yes, probably

Here:	31%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	57%
State:	67%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	98.8%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	89.0%
Florida:	98.8%

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

Here:	90.0%
State:	97.2%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	98.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Florida:	99.8%

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG

This Hospital:	44
State:	8

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital

This Hospital:	195
Florida:	76

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

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	96.9%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Florida:	98.9%

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

Here:	91.0%
State:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	91.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	99.6%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	99.0%
Florida:	95.4%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	99.1%

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

This Hospital:	90.0%
State:	94.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	94.5%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.3%

Surgery

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	97.8%

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

Here:	88.0%
Florida:	95.5%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	97.3%

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

Here:	79.0%
Florida:	93.5%

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

Here:	81.0%
Florida:	95.1%

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:	99.7%

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

This Hospital:	65.0%
Florida:	91.2%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
Florida:	94.7%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	93.4%

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

Here:	92.0%
Florida:	93.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	16.5%
State:	15.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	12.2%
State:	10.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	13.5%
Florida:	11.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	22.2%
Florida:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	27.0%
Florida:	24.2%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	20.8%
State:	18.2%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

This Hospital:	0.148%
State:	0.118%

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.148%
Florida:	0.577%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $6,490

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $14,481

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $9,115

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $5,388

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $10,897

Heart failure and shock w CC: $7,515

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $5,414

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $9,724

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $7,282

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $10,692

Diabetes w MCC: $10,147

Chest Pain: $3,966

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $38,192

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $50,090

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,467

Extracranial procedures w CC: $11,586

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $14,970

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $19,320

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $8,406

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $18,482

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $12,319

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $26,870

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $12,108

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $19,097

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $38,559

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $7,003

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $12,838

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,316

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $14,984

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $51,633

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $18,284

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $22,859

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $15,841

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $13,901

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $9,414

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $16,709

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $20,676

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $16,110

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $4,720

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $8,346

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $6,091

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $6,297

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