PALMETTO HEALTH BAPTIST - COLUMBIA, SC

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Addresss:
TAYLOR AT MARION ST
COLUMBIA, SC, 29220
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (803) 296-5678

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 31.90
Registered Professional Nurses : 264.90
Other Salaried Personnel : 2815.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 31.60
Dieticians : 4.70
Occupational Therapists : 3.10
Physical Therapists : 6.90
Registered Pharmacists : 20.30
Respiratory Therapists : 42.40
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.00
Physicians : 2.00
Medical Social Workers : 23.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 42.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 8.40
Physician Assistants : 2.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 16.60
Nurse Practitioners: 6.00
Residents (Physicians) : 33.00
Psychologists : 1.30

Number Of Beds
Total: 467
Total Certified: 467
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 93

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Chemotherapy Services
Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Geriatric Psychiatric Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Neonatal Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Organ Bank Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Outppatient Psychiatric Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 28%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

15%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
South Carolina:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

4%
Usually
Here:

13%
State:

12%
Always
Here:

82%
State:

84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

14%
South Carolina:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

26%
State:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
South Carolina:

68%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
South Carolina:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
South Carolina:

21%
Always
Here:

71%
State:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

22%
South Carolina:

19%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
State:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

62%
State:

65%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

21%
South Carolina:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

70%
State:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

9%
South Carolina:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

26%
State:

25%
Always
Here:

65%
South Carolina:

67%

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

Yes
Here:

83%
South Carolina:

85%
No
Here:

17%
State:

15%

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

6 or lower
Here:

8%
State:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

21%
South Carolina:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

71%
South Carolina:

70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

5%
South Carolina:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

20%
South Carolina:

25%
Yes, definitely
Here:

75%
State:

70%

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

Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,058
State:

$32,683
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,117
South Carolina:

$6,908
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

0.96%
South Carolina:

0.56%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$43,289
South Carolina:

$24,015
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,093
South Carolina:

$5,536
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.72%
South Carolina:

0.48%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,074
State:

$21,305
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,731
South Carolina:

$5,477
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.30%
South Carolina:

1.44%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,641
South Carolina:

$14,149
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,843
South Carolina:

$3,700
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

1.39%
South Carolina:

1.74%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$34,138
State:

$20,425
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,899
State:

$5,506
Number of discharges: 48
This Hospital:

2.31%
South Carolina:

1.62%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$74,266
South Carolina:

$65,103
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,600
South Carolina:

$14,247
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.82%
South Carolina:

0.59%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,021
State:

$17,205
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,680
State:

$3,548
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.77%
South Carolina:

1.63%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,129
South Carolina:

$26,173
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,226
South Carolina:

$6,231
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

1.44%
South Carolina:

1.89%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$64,867
South Carolina:

$30,946
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,611
State:

$7,657
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.67%
State:

2.15%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,216
South Carolina:

$19,353
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,135
State:

$4,645
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.72%
State:

1.57%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$77,273
South Carolina:

$53,650
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$18,031
South Carolina:

$14,326
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.58%
South Carolina:

0.35%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$39,292
State:

$32,244
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,885
State:

$7,246
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

1.44%
State:

2.12%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,611
State:

$26,048
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,459
South Carolina:

$6,134
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.67%
South Carolina:

0.25%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$34,091
South Carolina:

$24,237
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,319
South Carolina:

$6,345
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.01%
State:

0.45%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$32,044
South Carolina:

$21,337
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,439
South Carolina:

$5,568
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.06%
State:

0.78%
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,965
South Carolina:

$27,032
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,262
South Carolina:

$6,959
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.53%
South Carolina:

0.37%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$45,975
South Carolina:

$32,846
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,945
South Carolina:

$8,100
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.53%
South Carolina:

0.55%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,604
South Carolina:

$20,337
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,959
South Carolina:

$4,791
Number of discharges: 88
Here:

4.23%
South Carolina:

3.29%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,709
South Carolina:

$16,040
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,532
South Carolina:

$4,364
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.77%
State:

0.33%
Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,441
South Carolina:

$22,219
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,530
South Carolina:

$4,696
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.53%
State:

0.18%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,270
State:

$24,170
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,187
South Carolina:

$6,618
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

1.59%
South Carolina:

2.16%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,703
South Carolina:

$41,450
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,094
State:

$11,750
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.58%
South Carolina:

0.73%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,075
State:

$16,911
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,294
State:

$4,509
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.82%
South Carolina:

0.48%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,177
South Carolina:

$25,826
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,825
State:

$6,196
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

1.15%
South Carolina:

0.66%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,676
South Carolina:

$17,931
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,592
South Carolina:

$4,187
Number of discharges: 33
This Hospital:

1.59%
South Carolina:

0.52%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,339
State:

$23,914
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,207
South Carolina:

$6,628
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

1.83%
State:

3.17%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$80,114
State:

$37,308
Average Total Payments
Here:

$24,154
South Carolina:

$9,856
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.82%
South Carolina:

2.62%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,857
South Carolina:

$16,336
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,350
South Carolina:

$4,366
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.53%
South Carolina:

1.39%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$66,371
State:

$51,948
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,416
South Carolina:

$11,885
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

1.35%
South Carolina:

1.18%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$54,684
South Carolina:

$37,401
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,094
South Carolina:

$9,855
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.53%
South Carolina:

0.26%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$206,538
State:

$143,128
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$66,377
State:

$40,096
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.67%
South Carolina:

0.49%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$45,067
South Carolina:

$28,774
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,473
State:

$7,460
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

1.35%
South Carolina:

1.67%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$51,749
State:

$48,430
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,725
South Carolina:

$13,435
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.11%
South Carolina:

1.00%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$53,230
State:

$30,398
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,412
South Carolina:

$7,856
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

1.25%
South Carolina:

1.08%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,555
South Carolina:

$19,506
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,858
South Carolina:

$5,031
Number of discharges: 79
Here:

3.80%
South Carolina:

3.05%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$95,601
South Carolina:

$52,226
Average Total Payments
Here:

$22,744
South Carolina:

$11,210
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.72%
State:

0.28%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$36,246
South Carolina:

$37,581
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,805
State:

$7,450
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.63%
State:

0.31%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$64,433
South Carolina:

$57,557
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,772
State:

$13,651
Number of discharges: 273
Here:

13.13%
State:

6.17%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$72,503
South Carolina:

$73,080
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$23,060
South Carolina:

$17,808
Number of discharges: 55
Here:

2.64%
State:

0.75%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$271,209
State:

$152,247
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$99,307
South Carolina:

$41,031
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.25%
State:

0.53%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,946
State:

$22,604
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,643
State:

$5,307
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.30%
State:

0.59%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$37,122
State:

$29,017
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,137
State:

$7,652
Number of discharges: 45
This Hospital:

2.16%
State:

0.96%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,120
State:

$17,940
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,012
South Carolina:

$4,582
Number of discharges: 85
This Hospital:

4.09%
South Carolina:

2.35%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$65,286
South Carolina:

$48,972
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,908
State:

$12,929
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.25%
State:

0.75%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$43,429
State:

$27,813
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,034
State:

$6,896
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

0.77%
South Carolina:

0.43%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$48,601
State:

$25,602
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,804
South Carolina:

$7,750
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.63%
State:

0.28%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$105,851
State:

$83,822
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$40,101
State:

$21,405
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.82%
State:

0.45%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,662
South Carolina:

$22,679
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,914
South Carolina:

$6,274
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.82%
State:

0.50%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,241
South Carolina:

$27,959
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,590
State:

$7,002
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.63%
South Carolina:

0.57%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$54,553
South Carolina:

$32,473
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,441
South Carolina:

$9,285
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

0.91%
South Carolina:

0.39%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,666
State:

$20,284
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,071
State:

$5,535
Number of discharges: 64
This Hospital:

3.08%
State:

1.62%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,522
State:

$24,367
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,176
State:

$6,649
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

1.73%
State:

2.67%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$57,063
South Carolina:

$37,409
Average Total Payments
Here:

$18,569
State:

$10,896
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.72%
State:

1.70%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$56,753
State:

$37,466
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,067
South Carolina:

$9,677
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

1.25%
State:

0.75%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$103,871
South Carolina:

$52,031
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$28,069
State:

$13,931
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

0.87%
State:

1.06%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$78,538
State:

$63,979
Average Total Payments
Here:

$23,371
State:

$15,389
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.01%
South Carolina:

0.96%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,752
State:

$21,496
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,131
State:

$5,183
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

0.91%
South Carolina:

0.62%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$90,533
State:

$47,649
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$23,106
State:

$12,850
Number of discharges: 58
This Hospital:

2.79%
South Carolina:

4.32%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$49,525
South Carolina:

$27,108
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,460
South Carolina:

$7,377
Number of discharges: 43
This Hospital:

2.07%
State:

1.76%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,891
South Carolina:

$19,115
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,410
South Carolina:

$4,489
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

1.49%
South Carolina:

0.71%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$45,159
State:

$28,571
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,357
State:

$6,534
Number of discharges: 56
Here:

2.69%
State:

2.56%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$82,459
South Carolina:

$41,412
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$20,228
South Carolina:

$9,697
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

1.63%
State:

2.05%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,390
State:

$19,190
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,147
South Carolina:

$4,561
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

0.87%
South Carolina:

1.17%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$115,582
State:

$109,431
Average Total Payments
Here:

$38,366
State:

$26,848
Number of discharges: 92
This Hospital:

4.42%
South Carolina:

1.27%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,279
State:

$19,835
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,972
South Carolina:

$4,648
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

1.35%
South Carolina:

1.67%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.1%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.7%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.2%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

97.0%
State:

92.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.6%

Pneumonia

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

100.0%
South Carolina:

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

100.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

96.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

98.0%
State:

97.3%

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:

98.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

98.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

98.6%
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%
South Carolina:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

99.0%
South Carolina:

98.2%
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:

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

99.0%
South Carolina:

95.2%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

97.5%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

97.0%
South Carolina:

96.4%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

15.3%
State:

15.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

9.5%
South Carolina:

11.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

13.3%
State:

12.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

18.9%
State:

19.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

25.4%
South Carolina:

23.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

18.0%
South Carolina:

18.6%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.388%
South Carolina:

0.649%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.388%
South Carolina:

0.536%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.388%
State:

0.686%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
Here:

0.517%
South Carolina:

0.370%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.
Here:

33.300%
South Carolina:

36.300%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

4.100%
State:

8.135%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.046%
State:

0.132%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.010%
State:

0.030%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
Here:

3.000%
State:

2.644%

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