SIERRA MEDICAL CENTER - EL PASO, TX

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SIERRA MEDICAL CENTER
1625 MEDICAL CENTER DR
EL PASO, TX, 79902

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (915) 747-4000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis 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
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical 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
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 23.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 316.25
Other Salaried Personnel : 819.75
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 4.25
Dieticians : 4.00
Registered Pharmacists : 14.00
Respiratory Therapists : 28.25
Medical Social Workers : 3.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 331
Total Certified: 238

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $5,307

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $11,846

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,454

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,408

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,914

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,145

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,429

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,955

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,955

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,747

Diabetes w MCC: $8,300

Chest Pain: $3,243

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $26,520

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $49,040

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $31,918

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $30,972

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $30,501

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $40,969

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $18,546

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,108

Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,478

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $21,944

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $36,575

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $12,242

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,804

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $11,673

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,877

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $15,119

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $10,077

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $21,791

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,888

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $1,024

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,559

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,808

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $15,622

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $31,542

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,869

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $11,685

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $26,936

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $15,768

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $21,731

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $1,046

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,727

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $10,502

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,801

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $36,811

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,253

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $18,678

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $14,952

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $18,699

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $8,997

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $12,954

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $18,717

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $20,007

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $11,371

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $27,600

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $20,361

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $13,668

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,989

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $16,908

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $13,179

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $1,024

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $1,068

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,149

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	30.800%
Texas:	34.035%

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

Here:	4.900%
State:	8.248%

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

Here:	0.400%
Texas:	0.316%

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

Here:	0.316%
Texas:	0.116%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 34%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	75%
Texas:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
Texas:	4%

Usually

Here:	13%
State:	14%

Always

Here:	83%
State:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	12%
Texas:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	27%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	61%
State:	65%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
Texas:	7%

Usually

Here:	24%
State:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
Texas:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	26%
Texas:	21%

Usually

Here:	15%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	59%
State:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	13%
State:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
Texas:	19%

Always

Here:	67%
Texas:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	14%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	24%
Texas:	26%

Always

This Hospital:	62%
Texas:	66%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	77%
State:	82%

This Hospital:	23%
Texas:	18%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	8%
Texas:	9%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	26%
Texas:	22%

9 or 10

Here:	66%
State:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	7%
Texas:	6%

Yes, probably

Here:	21%
State:	23%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	72%
State:	71%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.888%
State:	0.585%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

This Hospital:	0.444%
State:	0.480%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	0.444%
Texas:	0.207%

Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control

Here:	0.111%
State:	0.063%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	97.0%
Texas:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	98.0%
Texas:	97.9%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	95.7%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	99.0%
Texas:	98.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.6%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	69.0%
State:	88.7%

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

This Hospital:	2
Texas:	9

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Texas:	94.2%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.5%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	94.7%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	84.0%
State:	89.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Texas:	98.5%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	96.0%
Texas:	95.0%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
Texas:	95.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Texas:	97.9%

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

Here:	93.0%
Texas:	90.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
State:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
Texas:	93.7%

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%
Texas:	96.9%

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

Here:	92.0%
State:	93.7%

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

Here:	98.0%
Texas:	97.4%

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

Here:	87.0%
State:	90.8%

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
State:	92.8%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
Texas:	91.0%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Texas:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	91.0%
Texas:	88.5%

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

Here:	89.0%
State:	92.3%

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

Here:	93.0%
Texas:	92.8%

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

Here:	96.0%
Texas:	93.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	16.7%
Texas:	16.1%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	10.6%
State:	10.8%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	10.0%
State:	11.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	20.7%
Texas:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	23.6%
Texas:	24.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	19.4%
Texas:	17.7%

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