PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL - HIALEAH, FL

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Address

2001 W 68TH ST
HIALEAH, FL, 33016

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (305) 823-5000

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

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$67,316
State:	$39,188

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,764
State:	$7,236

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	0.63%
State:	0.61%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$112,896
Florida:	$56,805

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$15,572
Florida:	$11,188

Number of discharges: 39

This Hospital:	1.12%
State:	0.92%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$43,756
Florida:	$29,308

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,555
State:	$5,013

Number of discharges: 22

Here:	0.63%
State:	0.33%

Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$32,951
Florida:	$17,371

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,338
Florida:	$4,169

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.32%
State:	0.27%

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$40,247
State:	$20,327

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,813
State:	$3,800

Number of discharges: 22

Here:	0.63%
Florida:	0.49%

Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$43,035
Florida:	$28,529

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,905
State:	$5,448

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.32%
State:	0.53%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$44,855
State:	$25,508

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,874
State:	$5,155

Number of discharges: 29

Here:	0.83%
Florida:	1.52%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$26,226
State:	$17,832

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,671
Florida:	$3,540

Number of discharges: 62

This Hospital:	1.78%
Florida:	2.00%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$50,670
State:	$25,471

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,819
Florida:	$5,275

Number of discharges: 62

This Hospital:	1.78%
Florida:	1.97%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$33,203
Florida:	$21,396

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,507
State:	$3,578

Number of discharges: 82

Here:	2.35%
Florida:	1.81%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$47,714
State:	$32,205

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,949
State:	$6,099

Number of discharges: 71

Here:	2.04%
Florida:	2.28%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$63,231
Florida:	$39,026

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,808
Florida:	$7,410

Number of discharges: 62

This Hospital:	1.78%
State:	2.16%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$36,738
Florida:	$23,968

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,908
State:	$4,534

Number of discharges: 66

Here:	1.89%
Florida:	1.78%

Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$69,007
Florida:	$68,603

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$16,404
State:	$13,197

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.34%
State:	0.29%

Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$52,762
State:	$42,374

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,933
Florida:	$6,838

Number of discharges: 78

Here:	2.24%
Florida:	1.78%

Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$53,419
State:	$26,941

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,888
Florida:	$5,774

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	0.43%
State:	0.53%

Diabetes with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$42,410
Florida:	$26,997

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,792
Florida:	$5,355

Number of discharges: 26

Here:	0.75%
State:	0.66%

Dysequilibrium

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$27,831
Florida:	$23,115

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,237
State:	$4,023

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.34%
Florida:	0.43%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$54,746
Florida:	$40,249

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,467
Florida:	$7,687

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	0.55%
Florida:	0.60%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$42,056
Florida:	$27,105

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,879
State:	$4,566

Number of discharges: 117

Here:	3.36%
State:	3.97%

Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$35,181
State:	$21,996

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,733
Florida:	$4,394

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	0.43%
Florida:	0.36%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$54,270
Florida:	$32,281

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,241
Florida:	$6,280

Number of discharges: 40

Here:	1.15%
Florida:	1.92%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$72,227
State:	$54,357

Average Total Payments

Here:	$14,240
State:	$11,119

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	0.60%
Florida:	0.63%

G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$37,205
Florida:	$23,739

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,857
State:	$4,525

Number of discharges: 30

This Hospital:	0.86%
State:	0.57%

G.I. Obstruction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$42,377
State:	$30,847

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,472
State:	$5,868

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	0.57%
Florida:	0.78%

G.I. Obstruction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$34,099
Florida:	$22,859

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,220
State:	$3,987

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	0.57%
Florida:	0.56%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$52,751
Florida:	$30,027

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,420
Florida:	$6,310

Number of discharges: 87

This Hospital:	2.50%
Florida:	3.10%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$71,498
Florida:	$46,190

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,153
State:	$9,405

Number of discharges: 111

This Hospital:	3.18%
State:	2.68%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$32,495
Florida:	$20,832

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,579
Florida:	$4,234

Number of discharges: 42

This Hospital:	1.20%
Florida:	1.25%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$105,269
State:	$62,599

Average Total Payments

Here:	$15,408
State:	$11,419

Number of discharges: 21

Here:	0.60%
State:	1.13%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$77,661
State:	$50,455

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,591
State:	$9,353

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	0.52%
State:	0.36%

Hypertension without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$37,493
State:	$20,835

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,108
Florida:	$4,043

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	0.49%
State:	0.52%

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$226,284
State:	$169,179

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$44,901
State:	$36,192

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.34%
State:	0.51%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$67,640
Florida:	$36,877

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,231
State:	$7,181

Number of discharges: 36

This Hospital:	1.03%
Florida:	1.36%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$125,882
Florida:	$58,736

Average Total Payments

Here:	$15,192
Florida:	$12,157

Number of discharges: 29

This Hospital:	0.83%
State:	0.78%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$44,397
Florida:	$28,580

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,719
State:	$5,183

Number of discharges: 31

Here:	0.89%
Florida:	0.78%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$68,892
Florida:	$37,133

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,700
Florida:	$7,488

Number of discharges: 40

This Hospital:	1.15%
State:	1.01%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$40,268
State:	$25,550

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,438
State:	$4,912

Number of discharges: 93

This Hospital:	2.67%
Florida:	3.06%

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$98,297
Florida:	$63,639

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,931
State:	$10,407

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.46%
Florida:	0.33%

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$49,183
State:	$48,334

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,588
State:	$7,531

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.46%
State:	0.30%

Major Cardiovasc Procedures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$131,878
Florida:	$103,199

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$25,269
Florida:	$19,936

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.34%
Florida:	0.52%

Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$76,688
Florida:	$37,962

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,565
State:	$7,964

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.46%
State:	0.53%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$76,868
State:	$62,092

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$17,197
Florida:	$12,789

Number of discharges: 80

This Hospital:	2.29%
State:	5.59%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$113,945
State:	$85,506

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$21,026
State:	$16,251

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	0.43%
Florida:	0.70%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$46,193
State:	$27,134

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,591
State:	$5,110

Number of discharges: 29

Here:	0.83%
State:	0.96%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$59,138
State:	$32,786

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,266
Florida:	$7,205

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	0.57%
State:	0.62%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$41,056
Florida:	$22,072

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,669
State:	$4,329

Number of discharges: 41

Here:	1.18%
State:	1.84%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$74,507
Florida:	$58,481

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$14,872
State:	$12,104

Number of discharges: 17

This Hospital:	0.49%
Florida:	0.78%

Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$51,783
Florida:	$33,317

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,146
Florida:	$6,341

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	0.57%
State:	0.69%

Other Vascular Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$105,005
State:	$79,753

Average Total Payments

Here:	$19,683
Florida:	$15,511

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.40%
Florida:	0.55%

Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$124,595
Florida:	$94,419

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$24,388
Florida:	$20,337

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.46%
Florida:	0.62%

Other Vascular Procedures without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$76,231
State:	$57,492

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,239
Florida:	$10,124

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	0.52%
Florida:	0.33%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent with Major Complications or 4+ Vessels/Stents

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$156,079
Florida:	$113,350

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$26,318
Florida:	$20,514

Number of discharges: 29

This Hospital:	0.83%
State:	0.38%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$81,751
Florida:	$77,938

Average Total Payments

Here:	$16,247
Florida:	$12,671

Number of discharges: 127

This Hospital:	3.64%
Florida:	1.54%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Non-Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$75,773
State:	$74,146

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$14,534
Florida:	$11,133

Number of discharges: 23

This Hospital:	0.66%
Florida:	0.44%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures without Coronary Artery Stent without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$62,992
State:	$78,106

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$14,747
Florida:	$12,054

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.46%
State:	0.55%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$46,399
State:	$29,331

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,955
Florida:	$6,086

Number of discharges: 32

This Hospital:	0.92%
Florida:	0.66%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$38,465
Florida:	$19,080

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,422
State:	$4,074

Number of discharges: 21

Here:	0.60%
Florida:	0.37%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$92,344
Florida:	$77,310

Average Total Payments

Here:	$21,727
Florida:	$15,920

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	0.49%
Florida:	0.51%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$55,376
Florida:	$63,051

Average Total Payments

Here:	$16,719
Florida:	$12,339

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	0.57%
State:	0.47%

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$29,630
Florida:	$21,341

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,116
Florida:	$4,014

Number of discharges: 22

Here:	0.63%
Florida:	0.46%

Psychoses

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$28,283
Florida:	$20,023

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,425
Florida:	$7,006

Number of discharges: 583

Here:	16.72%
State:	1.63%

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$46,436
State:	$40,764

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,499
State:	$8,129

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	0.52%
Florida:	1.01%

Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$71,691
Florida:	$40,189

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,294
State:	$8,505

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	0.49%
Florida:	0.38%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$33,699
Florida:	$24,594

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,522
Florida:	$5,130

Number of discharges: 77

This Hospital:	2.21%
State:	1.62%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$66,088
State:	$31,773

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,309
Florida:	$6,342

Number of discharges: 48

This Hospital:	1.38%
Florida:	2.09%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$97,872
Florida:	$48,665

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,893
State:	$10,507

Number of discharges: 30

This Hospital:	0.86%
Florida:	1.42%

Renal Failure without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$35,725
Florida:	$21,361

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,399
State:	$4,188

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.40%
Florida:	0.30%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$140,021
State:	$64,640

Average Total Payments

Here:	$17,855
State:	$12,633

Number of discharges: 17

This Hospital:	0.49%
State:	0.89%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$202,869
Florida:	$157,572

Average Total Payments

Here:	$42,338
State:	$34,657

Number of discharges: 26

This Hospital:	0.75%
State:	0.36%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$98,973
State:	$73,093

Average Total Payments

Here:	$18,548
Florida:	$14,633

Number of discharges: 36

Here:	1.03%
Florida:	0.97%

Seizures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$33,904
State:	$25,327

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,191
State:	$5,014

Number of discharges: 33

Here:	0.95%
Florida:	0.76%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$89,929
Florida:	$62,484

Average Total Payments

Here:	$15,843
Florida:	$12,161

Number of discharges: 69

This Hospital:	1.98%
Florida:	3.48%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$65,097
State:	$36,829

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,463
State:	$7,095

Number of discharges: 21

Here:	0.60%
State:	1.34%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$32,920
State:	$22,613

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,552
Florida:	$4,291

Number of discharges: 33

Here:	0.95%
State:	0.74%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$65,354
State:	$33,576

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,505
State:	$6,347

Number of discharges: 54

This Hospital:	1.55%
State:	2.26%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$81,581
State:	$49,521

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,200
Florida:	$9,220

Number of discharges: 52

Here:	1.49%
State:	1.45%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$45,476
State:	$24,049

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,816
State:	$4,447

Number of discharges: 22

Here:	0.63%
Florida:	0.98%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$36,951
Florida:	$25,778

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,878
State:	$4,531

Number of discharges: 127

This Hospital:	3.64%
State:	2.45%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$40,482
Florida:	$27,166

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,055
State:	$4,596

Number of discharges: 49

Here:	1.41%
Florida:	1.35%

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy 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
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Registered Professional Nurses : 305.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 857.75
Dieticians : 5.50
Occupational Therapists : 3.00
Physical Therapists : 8.00
Registered Pharmacists : 13.75
Respiratory Therapists : 22.00
Residents (Physicians) : 23.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 360
Total Certified: 360
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 48

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 25%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
Florida:	7%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	73%
State:	73%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	13%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	82%
Florida:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
Florida:	14%

Usually

This Hospital:	26%
State:	26%

Always

Here:	62%
Florida:	60%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
State:	9%

Usually

Here:	22%
Florida:	24%

Always

Here:	72%
State:	67%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	26%
Florida:	25%

Usually

Here:	16%
Florida:	17%

Always

Here:	58%
Florida:	58%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
Florida:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	14%
Florida:	21%

Always

Here:	78%
Florida:	68%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	15%
Florida:	13%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
State:	30%

Always

This Hospital:	63%
Florida:	57%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	74%
State:	81%

This Hospital:	26%
State:	19%

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

6 or lower

Here:	14%
State:	11%

7 or 8

Here:	25%
Florida:	24%

9 or 10

Here:	61%
Florida:	65%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	10%
Florida:	8%

Yes, probably

Here:	27%
State:	24%

Yes, definitely

Here:	63%
State:	68%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	10.000%
State:	9.768%

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

Here:	0.117%
State:	0.158%

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

This Hospital:	0.107%
State:	0.041%

Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time

Here:	4.000%
State:	3.396%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	99.2%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.2%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	97.7%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.1%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	99.9%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	95.4%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

This Hospital:	99.0%
Florida:	97.8%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	99.4%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	97.3%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	93.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Florida:	99.7%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	96.6%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.4%

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

Here:	99.0%
Florida:	96.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	99.0%
State:	96.5%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.7%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Florida:	98.7%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.4%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Florida:	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:	97.1%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	98.2%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
Florida:	96.3%

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

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	99.9%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
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:	100.0%
State:	97.2%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.6%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	96.4%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Florida:	99.9%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	19.1%
State:	15.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	11.8%
State:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	13.6%
State:	11.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	20.5%
Florida:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	27.1%
State:	24.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	20.5%
Florida:	18.6%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries

This Hospital:	0.341%
Florida:	0.580%

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

This Hospital:	0.477%
State:	0.465%

Severe pressure sores (bed sores)

Here:	0.136%
Florida:	0.207%

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

ADVANCED DIALYSIS INSTITUTE INC (0.17 miles)
APPLE HEALTH CARE SERVICES LLC (0.50 miles)
BMA - HIALEAH (0.18 miles)
GOOD QUALITY HOME HEALTH CARE INC (0.52 miles)
PALMETTO REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CENTER (0.24 miles)
PALMETTO SAME DAY SURGERY CENTER (0.17 miles)
TENET HOME CARE OF PALMETTO GENERAL HO (0.17 miles)

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