READING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER - READING, PA

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READING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
SIXTH AVENUE AND SPRUCE ST
READING, PA, 19603

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (610) 988-8000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

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
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental 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
Medicare Certified Transplant Center Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Transplant 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

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 163.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 628.20
Other Salaried Personnel : 1659.90
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 27.10
Dieticians : 8.10
Occupational Therapists : 1.40
Physical Therapists : 8.00
Registered Pharmacists : 16.70
Respiratory Therapists : 20.40
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 3.40
Physicians : 30.00
Medical Social Workers : 9.20
Physician Assistants : 2.70
Residents (Physicians) : 51.30

Number Of Beds

Total: 639
Total Certified: 463
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 40
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 44

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

Here:	0.061%
Pennsylvania:	0.161%

Falls And Trauma

Here:	0.553%
State:	0.581%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

This Hospital:	0.307%
State:	0.318%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	0.123%
State:	0.346%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 44%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
Pennsylvania:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	73%
Pennsylvania:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
State:	5%

Usually

Here:	19%
Pennsylvania:	16%

Always

Here:	76%
Pennsylvania:	79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
Pennsylvania:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	30%
Pennsylvania:	26%

Always

This Hospital:	58%
Pennsylvania:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	27%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	67%
State:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	24%
State:	22%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Pennsylvania:	19%

Always

Here:	55%
Pennsylvania:	59%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	13%
State:	9%

Usually

Here:	25%
State:	21%

Always

Here:	62%
Pennsylvania:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	17%
Pennsylvania:	15%

Usually

This Hospital:	36%
Pennsylvania:	35%

Always

Here:	47%
Pennsylvania:	50%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	85%
State:	82%

This Hospital:	15%
Pennsylvania:	18%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	9%
State:	10%

7 or 8

Here:	27%
Pennsylvania:	25%

9 or 10

Here:	64%
State:	65%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	5%
Pennsylvania:	5%

Yes, probably

Here:	28%
Pennsylvania:	28%

Yes, definitely

Here:	67%
State:	67%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $5,352

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $11,973

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,516

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,443

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,986

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,197

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,464

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $8,019

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $6,005

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,817

Diabetes w MCC: $8,367

Chest Pain: $3,270

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $24,749

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $40,668

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $1,675

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $31,228

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $30,906

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $41,306

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $36,502

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $61,260

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,157

Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,555

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $22,236

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $34,159

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $12,345

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $16,014

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $11,771

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,932

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $15,320

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $10,159

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $22,706

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,938

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $15,811

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,628

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,985

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $15,748

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $29,810

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,942

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $11,779

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $27,294

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $16,136

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $21,953

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $47,129

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,775

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $10,587

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $320

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $10,619

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $19,348

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,356

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $20,248

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $15,078

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $18,851

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $4,771

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $20,279

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $13,131

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $7,836

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $8,471

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $20,279

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $11,463

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $27,273

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $20,631

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w MCC: $1,305

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $13,850

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $17,138

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $13,285

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,893

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,882

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,023

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,192

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	28.900%
State:	32.404%

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

This Hospital:	6.500%
State:	8.265%

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

Here:	0.067%
Pennsylvania:	0.206%

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

Here:	0.061%
Pennsylvania:	0.026%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	98.6%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.9%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
Pennsylvania:	95.3%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	98.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	99.6%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	92.0%
Pennsylvania:	88.3%

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

Here:	8
Pennsylvania:	56

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

Here:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	95.3%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.6%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	94.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	90.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.3%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	95.7%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
Pennsylvania:	95.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.8%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
Pennsylvania:	93.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	99.0%
Pennsylvania:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	94.7%

Surgery

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	97.4%

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

Here:	94.0%
Pennsylvania:	95.3%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	97.5%

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

Here:	97.0%
Pennsylvania:	95.5%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	96.6%

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

Here:	98.0%
Pennsylvania:	96.1%

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

Here:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	99.7%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
Pennsylvania:	94.6%

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	93.6%

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
State:	91.6%

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

Here:	95.0%
Pennsylvania:	93.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	15.7%
Pennsylvania:	15.4%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	10.8%
Pennsylvania:	10.5%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.7%
State:	11.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	18.9%
State:	19.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	21.8%
Pennsylvania:	24.8%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	15.5%
Pennsylvania:	18.4%

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