RAPIDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - ALEXANDRIA, LA

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RAPIDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
211 4TH STREET
ALEXANDRIA, LA, 71301

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (318) 473-3150

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

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 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 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
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 60.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 327.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 1037.75
Dieticians : 13.75
Occupational Therapists : 2.00
Physical Therapists : 6.00
Registered Pharmacists : 16.25
Respiratory Therapists : 5.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.00
Medical Social Workers : 4.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 285
Total Certified: 285
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 12

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

This Hospital:	6%
Louisiana:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
Louisiana:	14%

Always

Here:	77%
Louisiana:	81%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
Louisiana:	3%

Usually

This Hospital:	13%
Louisiana:	11%

Always

This Hospital:	84%
State:	86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	16%
Louisiana:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	25%
Louisiana:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	59%
State:	70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
State:	19%

Always

Here:	71%
State:	74%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	23%
Louisiana:	19%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
Louisiana:	15%

Always

This Hospital:	60%
State:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	16%
State:	10%

Usually

Here:	21%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	63%
Louisiana:	73%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
Louisiana:	22%

Always

Here:	71%
State:	71%

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

Yes

Here:	81%
Louisiana:	81%

This Hospital:	19%
State:	19%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	8%
Louisiana:	8%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	23%
State:	19%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	69%
State:	73%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	5%
Louisiana:	5%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	21%
State:	21%

Yes, definitely

Here:	74%
State:	74%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	44.100%
State:	36.263%

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

Here:	3.600%
Louisiana:	8.127%

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

This Hospital:	0.237%
Louisiana:	0.349%

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

Here:	0.107%
Louisiana:	0.082%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $5,466

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $12,196

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,676

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,538

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $9,177

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,329

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,559

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $8,190

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $6,133

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $9,005

Diabetes w MCC: $8,546

Chest Pain: $3,340

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $27,574

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $47,027

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $33,187

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $31,893

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $31,403

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $42,186

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $49,983

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,289

Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,758

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $22,593

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $35,646

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $12,608

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $16,271

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $12,022

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $7,080

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $15,566

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $10,375

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $22,438

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $6,064

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $15,625

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,812

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $10,198

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $16,084

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $32,474

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $9,133

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $12,030

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $27,733

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $16,395

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $22,381

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $37,453

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,898

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $10,812

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,004

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $10,790

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $19,760

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,619

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $20,680

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $15,399

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $19,252

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $9,266

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $20,604

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $13,342

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $19,129

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $8,652

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $20,605

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $11,707

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $20,963

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w MCC: $28,638

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $14,073

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,228

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $17,413

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $13,568

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,976

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $7,029

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,130

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,303

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

This Hospital:	0.378%
Louisiana:	0.166%

Falls And Trauma

Here:	0.472%
State:	0.381%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

This Hospital:	0.944%
Louisiana:	0.345%

Catheter-Associated UTI

This Hospital:	0.189%
Louisiana:	0.194%

Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control

Here:	0.189%
State:	0.058%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
Louisiana:	98.2%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.7%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	95.4%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Louisiana:	97.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Louisiana:	99.4%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
Louisiana:	80.9%

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

This Hospital:	33
Louisiana:	14

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	92.8%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.4%

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

Here:	99.0%
Louisiana:	93.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	93.0%
State:	85.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.7%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	97.0%
Louisiana:	93.7%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Louisiana:	95.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Louisiana:	96.6%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
Louisiana:	89.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
Louisiana:	87.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
Louisiana:	90.4%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
Louisiana:	96.8%

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
State:	91.7%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	96.4%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	90.3%

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

Here:	99.0%
Louisiana:	92.4%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
Louisiana:	89.1%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	99.2%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	87.3%

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

This Hospital:	87.0%
Louisiana:	92.2%

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	90.0%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	91.1%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	16.3%
Louisiana:	16.4%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	12.1%
Louisiana:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	11.3%
Louisiana:	11.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	19.8%
State:	19.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	23.8%
State:	25.2%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	20.3%
Louisiana:	18.3%

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