SIERRA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA

Institution representatives - add corrected or new information about SIERRA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER »

SIERRA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
1010 MURRAY ST
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, 93405

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (850) 546-7600

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

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) 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 : 1.75
Registered Professional Nurses : 127.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 211.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 3.25
Registered Pharmacists : 4.00
Respiratory Therapists : 6.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 186
Total Certified: 171
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 18

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
California:	98.6%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
California:	98.2%

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

Here:	100.0%
California:	95.6%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
California:	97.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
California:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	8
State:	9

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

This Hospital:	40
California:	94

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

Here:	100.0%
California:	96.2%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
California:	98.1%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
California:	94.9%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	94.0%
State:	91.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
California:	98.6%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	95.2%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	95.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.3%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
California:	92.5%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
California:	91.1%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
California:	93.1%

Surgery

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

Here:	98.0%
California:	96.1%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
California:	92.5%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
California:	96.7%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
State:	89.4%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
California:	90.8%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
California:	99.4%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	88.3%

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

Here:	96.0%
California:	91.5%

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

This Hospital:	87.0%
California:	90.3%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	92.5%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	18.2%
California:	15.8%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	10.0%
State:	11.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	11.1%
State:	11.8%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	18.9%
California:	19.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	23.3%
State:	24.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	18.3%
California:	18.1%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $6,173

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $13,677

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $8,669

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $5,125

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $10,365

Heart failure and shock w CC: $7,147

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $5,149

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $9,249

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $6,926

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $10,170

Diabetes w MCC: $9,115

Chest Pain: $2,394

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $36,018

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,102

Extracranial procedures w CC: $11,020

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $26,396

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $7,553

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $18,376

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $14,046

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $7,996

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $17,883

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $12,122

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $26,215

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $6,849

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $22,571

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $11,517

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $18,683

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $36,675

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $10,314

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $13,587

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $31,320

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $18,516

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $25,276

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $42,728

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $6,661

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $12,211

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,798

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $14,252

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $23,355

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $17,145

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $10,826

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $23,844

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $9,771

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $23,270

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $15,852

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $6,322

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,794

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,989

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.336%
California:	0.456%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	0.672%
California:	0.437%

Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control

Here:	0.336%
California:	0.036%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	12.500%
State:	8.494%

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

Here:	0.844%
State:	0.224%

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

Here:	0.202%
State:	0.054%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 35%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
California:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
State:	22%

Always

Here:	75%
California:	70%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
California:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	80%
State:	76%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
California:	15%

Usually

Here:	25%
State:	28%

Always

Here:	65%
California:	57%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
State:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	24%
California:	25%

Always

Here:	70%
California:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	21%
California:	25%

Usually

Here:	21%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	58%
California:	56%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	11%
California:	11%

Usually

Here:	27%
State:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	62%
State:	68%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	19%
State:	19%

Usually

Here:	37%
California:	34%

Always

Here:	44%
California:	47%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	84%
State:	79%

This Hospital:	16%
California:	21%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	9%
State:	11%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	28%
State:	25%

9 or 10

Here:	63%
California:	64%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	5%
State:	7%

Yes, probably

Here:	21%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	74%
California:	68%

Back to the top

Hospital-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk. This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources. Additional information about prescription drugs is coming up.
This web site and associated pages are not associated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by SIERRA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER and has no official or unofficial affiliation with SIERRA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.