PALMS WEST HOSPITAL - LOXAHATCHEE, FL

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PALMS WEST HOSPITAL
13001 SOUTHERN BLVD
LOXAHATCHEE, FL, 33470

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (561) 753-4245

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

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary 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
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 5.25
Registered Professional Nurses : 194.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 270.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 9.00
Dieticians : 2.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.25
Physical Therapists : 3.75
Registered Pharmacists : 0.25
Respiratory Therapists : 24.25
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.75
Physicians : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 6.00
Physician Assistants : 12.00
Residents (Physicians) : 1.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 175
Total Certified: 175

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	35.300%
State:	28.328%

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

Here:	8.200%
State:	9.789%

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

This Hospital:	0.043%
Florida:	0.223%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 26%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Florida:	20%

Always

Here:	69%
State:	72%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	77%
Florida:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	19%
Florida:	15%

Usually

Here:	24%
Florida:	27%

Always

This Hospital:	57%
Florida:	58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	67%
State:	67%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	32%
Florida:	26%

Usually

Here:	16%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	52%
Florida:	56%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	19%
Florida:	13%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
Florida:	20%

Always

Here:	61%
State:	67%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	14%
Florida:	14%

Usually

This Hospital:	28%
Florida:	30%

Always

This Hospital:	58%
Florida:	56%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	80%
State:	80%

Here:	20%
Florida:	20%

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

6 or lower

Here:	12%
State:	12%

7 or 8

Here:	27%
Florida:	25%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	61%
State:	63%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	9%
State:	8%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	26%
Florida:	25%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	65%
Florida:	67%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $2,257

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $4,386

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,080

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,649

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $9,570

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,600

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,755

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $8,541

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $6,395

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $9,391

Diabetes w MCC: $8,912

Chest Pain: $3,155

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $33,873

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $147

Extracranial procedures w CC: $10,297

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $294

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $17,069

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $12,686

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $7,383

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $363

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $10,820

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $23,678

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $6,324

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $9,911

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $4,677

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $4,465

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $16,773

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $33,865

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $9,524

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $12,546

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $18,344

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $17,199

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $23,478

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $39,057

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $138

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $11,379

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $13,160

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $15,627

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $16,250

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $20,316

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $5,007

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $21,615

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $7,163

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $202

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $6,286

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $21,860

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $3,264

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $173

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $18,159

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $317

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $2,120

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,350

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $2,557

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	98.8%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Florida:	98.8%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.2%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Florida:	98.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	99.8%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	87.0%
State:	90.9%

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

This Hospital:	1
Florida:	8

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

This Hospital:	1,277
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:	100.0%
Florida:	98.9%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	100.0%
Florida:	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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.1%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
Florida:	94.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
State:	94.5%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	100.0%
Florida:	96.3%

Children's Asthma

Percent of Children Who Received Reliever Medication While Hospitalized for Asthma

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	100.0%

Percent of Children Who Received Systemic Corticosteroid Medication While Hospitalized for Asthma

Here:	100.0%
State:	100.0%

Percent of Children and their Caregivers Who Received a Home Management Plan of Care Document While Hospitalized for Asthma

Here:	72.0%
Florida:	83.5%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	97.8%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
Florida:	95.5%

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

Here:	100.0%
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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	93.5%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	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%
Florida:	99.7%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	91.2%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
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:	100.0%
State:	93.4%

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

Here:	99.0%
Florida:	93.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	15.1%
Florida:	15.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	10.7%
Florida:	10.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	8.7%
Florida:	11.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	20.0%
State:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	25.0%
Florida:	24.2%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	18.8%
Florida:	18.2%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.246%
Florida:	0.577%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	0.246%
State:	0.301%

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