S W WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER - VANCOUVER, WA

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S W WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER
400 NE MOTHER JOSEPH PLACE
VANCOUVER, WA, 98668

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (360) 256-2000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation 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
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
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Bank 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 : 32.08
Registered Professional Nurses : 376.78
Other Salaried Personnel : 879.15
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 3.00
Dieticians : 4.85
Occupational Therapists : 3.80
Physical Therapists : 4.35
Registered Pharmacists : 16.58
Respiratory Therapists : 17.20
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.00
Physicians : 4.90
Medical Social Workers : 8.60

Number Of Beds

Total: 192
Total Certified: 192
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 15
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 14

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Air Embolism

Here:	0.100%
Washington:	0.014%

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.897%
State:	0.595%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

This Hospital:	0.199%
Washington:	0.387%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	1.595%
Washington:	0.472%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $5,914

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $13,195

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,522

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $117

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $9,937

Heart failure and shock w CC: $163

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $117

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $8,861

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $4,978

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $9,751

Diabetes w MCC: $9,481

Chest Pain: $3,620

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $709

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $55,763

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $36,652

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $820

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $36,872

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $46,591

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $21,051

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $1,233

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $162

Extracranial procedures w CC: $10,826

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $24,484

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $841

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $13,783

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $418

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $13,278

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $7,819

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $16,841

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $267

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $24,838

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $6,697

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $8,654

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $9,633

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $11,033

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $414

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $835

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $10,086

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $13,287

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $30,699

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $19,334

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $24,718

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $963

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $3,267

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $11,820

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,770

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $277

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $508

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $324

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $16,625

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $396

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $21,359

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $5,132

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $21,310

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $343

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $481

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $4,902

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $22,757

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $12,930

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $695

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $11,830

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w MCC: $31,672

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $15,542

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $19,319

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $14,867

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $4,301

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $7,798

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $132

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,810

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 38%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
State:	5%

Usually

Here:	20%
Washington:	21%

Always

Here:	77%
State:	74%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Washington:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
Washington:	16%

Always

Here:	76%
Washington:	79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	29%
Washington:	28%

Always

Here:	61%
State:	62%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	27%
Washington:	25%

Always

Here:	67%
Washington:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	22%
State:	20%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	59%
Washington:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
Washington:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	26%
State:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	64%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	14%
State:	14%

Usually

Here:	32%
Washington:	34%

Always

Here:	54%
State:	52%

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

Yes

Here:	89%
State:	84%

This Hospital:	11%
Washington:	16%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	7%
State:	8%

7 or 8

Here:	24%
Washington:	25%

9 or 10

Here:	69%
Washington:	67%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	5%
Washington:	5%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	19%
State:	23%

Yes, definitely

Here:	76%
Washington:	72%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	99.0%
State:	99.0%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	99.1%

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

Here:	99.0%
Washington:	95.7%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	98.0%
Washington:	97.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	99.0%
State:	99.0%

Percent of Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
Washington:	55.7%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	85.0%
State:	89.5%

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

Here:	16
Washington:	11

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

Here:	60.0%
Washington:	95.9%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	99.0%
Washington:	98.0%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	95.6%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	91.0%
State:	83.4%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	98.0%
Washington:	97.5%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	95.5%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	95.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Washington:	96.7%

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

Here:	88.0%
State:	93.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	92.0%
Washington:	90.7%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	92.0%
Washington:	93.4%

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:	96.3%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	96.3%

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

Here:	99.0%
Washington:	97.8%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	93.1%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	94.5%

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

Here:	97.0%
Washington:	94.7%

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:	99.7%

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

Here:	90.0%
Washington:	85.8%

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

This Hospital:	91.0%
Washington:	90.8%

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

Here:	90.0%
Washington:	91.6%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
Washington:	94.4%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	18.8%
State:	16.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	13.2%
State:	12.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	13.1%
Washington:	11.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	18.6%
Washington:	18.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	23.0%
Washington:	23.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	16.7%
State:	17.4%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	36.000%
Washington:	34.459%

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

Here:	9.200%
Washington:	8.150%

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

This Hospital:	0.025%
Washington:	0.103%

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

This Hospital:	0.011%
State:	0.023%

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