PALMERTON HOSPITAL - PALMERTON, PA

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PALMERTON HOSPITAL
135 LAFAYETTE AVENUE
PALMERTON, PA, 18071

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (610) 826-3141

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

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 9.63
Registered Professional Nurses : 37.42
Other Salaried Personnel : 168.86
Physical Therapists : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 2.73
Medical Social Workers : 3.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 9.03
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 1.50
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 13.56

Number Of Beds

Total: 70
Total Certified: 45
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 16

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	93.0%
Pennsylvania:	98.6%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	98.9%

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

Here:	50.0%
State:	95.3%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	99.6%

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

Here:	4
State:	56

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

Here:	58
Pennsylvania:	71

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

This Hospital:	90.0%
State:	95.3%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	98.6%

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

This Hospital:	83.0%
Pennsylvania:	94.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	89.0%
Pennsylvania:	90.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	86.0%
Pennsylvania:	98.3%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	91.0%
State:	95.7%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	95.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	93.0%
Pennsylvania:	97.8%

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

Here:	76.0%
State:	93.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	89.0%
State:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
Pennsylvania:	94.7%

Surgery

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

Here:	93.0%
Pennsylvania:	97.4%

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

Here:	87.0%
State:	95.3%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	97.5%

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

Here:	88.0%
Pennsylvania:	95.5%

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

This Hospital:	88.0%
State:	96.6%

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

Here:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	99.7%

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

Here:	88.0%
State:	94.6%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
Pennsylvania:	93.6%

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

This Hospital:	69.0%
State:	91.6%

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

Here:	91.0%
Pennsylvania:	93.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	15.9%
State:	15.4%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	11.4%
Pennsylvania:	10.5%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	9.6%
State:	11.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	25.7%
Pennsylvania:	24.8%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	18.0%
Pennsylvania:	18.4%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,176

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $10,533

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,630

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $3,919

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $7,926

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,466

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $3,938

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,073

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,296

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,777

Diabetes w MCC: $6,560

Chest Pain: $2,885

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,431

Extracranial procedures w CC: $8,427

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $10,889

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $14,052

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,114

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $13,443

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $8,960

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,807

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $13,890

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $28,046

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $7,887

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $9,318

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $17,065

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $10,898

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $16,695

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $13,299

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $16,627

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $20,396

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $12,153

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $15,038

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,433

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 32%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Pennsylvania:	19%

Always

Here:	74%
State:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
Pennsylvania:	5%

Usually

Here:	18%
Pennsylvania:	16%

Always

Here:	75%
Pennsylvania:	79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
State:	11%

Usually

Here:	26%
State:	26%

Always

This Hospital:	62%
State:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	71%
State:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	18%
State:	22%

Usually

Here:	19%
Pennsylvania:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	63%
Pennsylvania:	59%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
State:	9%

Usually

Here:	19%
Pennsylvania:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	74%
Pennsylvania:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	13%
Pennsylvania:	15%

Usually

Here:	35%
State:	35%

Always

This Hospital:	52%
State:	50%

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

Yes

Here:	82%
Pennsylvania:	82%

Here:	18%
State:	18%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	14%
State:	10%

7 or 8

Here:	25%
Pennsylvania:	25%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	61%
Pennsylvania:	65%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	8%
Pennsylvania:	5%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	36%
State:	28%

Yes, definitely

Here:	56%
State:	67%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	15.400%
State:	8.265%

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

Here:	0.026%
Pennsylvania:	0.206%

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

Here:	0.004%
Pennsylvania:	0.026%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

This Hospital:	0.511%
Pennsylvania:	0.161%

Falls And Trauma

Here:	1.021%
State:	0.581%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	0.511%
Pennsylvania:	0.346%

Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control

This Hospital:	0.511%
State:	0.054%

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