RAINY LAKE MEDICAL CENTER - INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN

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Addresss:
1400 HIGHWAY 71
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN, 56649
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (218) 283-5400

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 10.15
Registered Professional Nurses : 22.45
Other Salaried Personnel : 56.70
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 3.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 25
Total Certified: 25

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical 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

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

9
State:

7
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

83.0%
State:

96.6%

Heart Failure

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

21.0%
Minnesota:

97.5%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

33.0%
Minnesota:

88.6%

Pneumonia

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

94.0%
Minnesota:

96.1%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

85.0%
Minnesota:

92.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

92.0%
Minnesota:

93.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

80.0%
Minnesota:

94.9%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

13.8%
State:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.1%
State:

11.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

23.4%
State:

24.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

18.5%
State:

18.3%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 33%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

2%
Minnesota:

3%
Usually
Here:

19%
Minnesota:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

79%
Minnesota:

79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

2%
State:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

11%
Minnesota:

14%
Always
This Hospital:

87%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
Minnesota:

6%
Usually
Here:

21%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

75%
State:

72%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

27%
Minnesota:

25%
Always
Here:

70%
State:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

17%
State:

16%
Usually
Here:

19%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
State:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
Minnesota:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

72%
Minnesota:

76%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

27%
Minnesota:

30%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
State:

63%

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

Yes
Here:

87%
State:

86%
No
Here:

13%
Minnesota:

14%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

9%
State:

6%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

28%
State:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

63%
State:

72%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

4%
Minnesota:

3%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

39%
Minnesota:

24%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

57%
State:

73%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

10.500%
State:

6.118%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.121%
Minnesota:

0.072%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.080%
State:

0.011%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

2.000%
Minnesota:

5.841%

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