SAINT CATHERINE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - ASHLAND, PA

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SAINT CATHERINE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNTAIN SPRINGS
101 BROAD STREET
ASHLAND, PA, 17921

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (570) 875-2000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 6.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 21.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 2.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 1.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 0.20
Physicians : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 3.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 1.00
Physician Assistants : 1.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 3.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 39
Total Certified: 30

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	98.6%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	98.9%

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

This Hospital:	75.0%
State:	95.3%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	88.0%
State:	98.7%

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

Here:	14
State:	56

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

Here:	69
Pennsylvania:	71

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

Here:	94
State:	36

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	95.3%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	84.0%
Pennsylvania:	98.6%

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	94.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	92.0%
Pennsylvania:	90.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	98.3%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
Pennsylvania:	95.7%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
Pennsylvania:	95.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	97.8%

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

This Hospital:	78.0%
State:	93.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	79.0%
State:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	80.0%
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:	92.0%
State:	97.4%

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

This Hospital:	79.0%
Pennsylvania:	95.3%

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

Here:	72.0%
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:	100.0%
State:	95.5%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	96.6%

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:	71.0%
Pennsylvania:	94.6%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	93.6%

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

Here:	56.0%
State:	91.6%

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

Here:	100.0%
Pennsylvania:	93.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	17.7%
State:	15.4%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	10.7%
Pennsylvania:	10.5%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.6%
State:	11.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	20.9%
State:	19.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	24.2%
State:	24.8%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.7%
State:	18.4%

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:	6%
State:	5%

Usually

Here:	18%
State:	19%

Always

Here:	76%
State:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	13%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	85%
State:	79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
Pennsylvania:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Pennsylvania:	26%

Always

This Hospital:	70%
State:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
Pennsylvania:	7%

Usually

Here:	19%
Pennsylvania:	24%

Always

Here:	75%
State:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	18%
Pennsylvania:	22%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	61%
Pennsylvania:	59%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
State:	9%

Usually

Here:	11%
Pennsylvania:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	83%
Pennsylvania:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
Pennsylvania:	15%

Usually

This Hospital:	37%
State:	35%

Always

Here:	53%
State:	50%

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

Yes

Here:	86%
State:	82%

This Hospital:	14%
Pennsylvania:	18%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	10%
State:	10%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	29%
Pennsylvania:	25%

9 or 10

Here:	61%
Pennsylvania:	65%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	7%
State:	5%

Yes, probably

Here:	37%
State:	28%

Yes, definitely

Here:	56%
Pennsylvania:	67%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,700

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $9,041

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,601

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $3,902

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $7,891

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,442

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $3,920

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,042

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,273

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,743

Diabetes w MCC: $7,348

Chest Pain: $2,872

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,088

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $13,384

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $8,921

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,214

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,768

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $13,830

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $27,923

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $10,851

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $13,241

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $11,667

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

Here:	0.816%
Pennsylvania:	0.161%

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.816%
Pennsylvania:	0.581%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	0.816%
State:	0.318%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	0.816%
State:	0.346%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	23.500%
State:	32.404%

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

This Hospital:	7.600%
Pennsylvania:	8.265%

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

Here:	0.581%
Pennsylvania:	0.206%

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

This Hospital:	0.022%
Pennsylvania:	0.026%

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