SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL - SOUTH WEYMOUTH, MA

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SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL
55 FOGG ROAD
SOUTH WEYMOUTH, MA, 2190

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (781) 340-8000

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

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Certified Trauma Center 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
Neonatal Nursery 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 : 32.84
Registered Professional Nurses : 445.48
Other Salaried Personnel : 828.80
Dieticians : 3.00
Occupational Therapists : 8.25
Physical Therapists : 17.45
Registered Pharmacists : 12.60
Respiratory Therapists : 12.97
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 6.47

Number Of Beds

Total: 284
Total Certified: 284

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

Here:	0.592%
State:	0.489%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	0.237%
State:	0.275%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 33%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
Massachusetts:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	78%
State:	78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	79%
Massachusetts:	79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
Massachusetts:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	25%
Massachusetts:	26%

Always

Here:	65%
State:	64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
Massachusetts:	7%

Usually

Here:	24%
State:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	70%
Massachusetts:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	16%
Massachusetts:	20%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	65%
State:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	21%
State:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	73%
Massachusetts:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	14%
State:	16%

Usually

This Hospital:	34%
State:	33%

Always

This Hospital:	52%
State:	51%

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

Yes

Here:	88%
State:	86%

This Hospital:	12%
State:	14%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	7%
Massachusetts:	8%

7 or 8

Here:	24%
State:	24%

9 or 10

Here:	69%
State:	68%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	4%
State:	4%

Yes, probably

Here:	22%
State:	23%

Yes, definitely

Here:	74%
Massachusetts:	73%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	30.200%
State:	30.276%

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

Here:	9.700%
State:	9.313%

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

Here:	0.105%
State:	0.105%

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

This Hospital:	0.042%
Massachusetts:	0.010%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $5,491

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $12,253

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,712

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,559

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $9,220

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,358

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,581

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $8,228

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $6,161

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $9,047

Diabetes w MCC: $8,586

Chest Pain: $3,356

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $8,545

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $31,549

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $42,383

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $37,260

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,318

Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,804

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $12,667

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $16,347

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $12,078

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $7,113

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $15,639

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $10,424

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $11,620

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $6,092

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $15,698

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,853

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $10,245

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $16,159

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $32,624

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $9,175

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $12,086

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $27,862

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $16,471

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $22,485

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,925

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $10,863

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $19,852

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,678

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $20,775

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $15,470

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $17,730

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $9,309

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $20,700

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $13,404

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $19,367

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $8,692

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $20,700

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $11,762

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $27,912

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $7,898

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $14,138

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,266

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $17,494

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $13,632

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,994

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $7,062

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,154

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,328

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	100.0%
Massachusetts:	99.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	99.0%
Massachusetts:	99.5%

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
Massachusetts:	94.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	99.0%
Massachusetts:	98.7%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	94.0%
Massachusetts:	93.0%

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

Here:	9
Massachusetts:	10

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

Here:	188
Massachusetts:	67

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

This Hospital:	90.0%
Massachusetts:	96.0%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	98.6%

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

Here:	84.0%
Massachusetts:	93.7%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	64.0%
State:	88.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	96.0%
Massachusetts:	96.9%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
Massachusetts:	95.8%

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

This Hospital:	90.0%
Massachusetts:	94.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	96.0%

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

Here:	97.0%
Massachusetts:	93.3%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
Massachusetts:	92.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	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:	97.3%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	96.1%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	98.1%

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:	95.5%

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

Here:	98.0%
Massachusetts:	96.4%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	75.0%
State:	89.1%

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
Massachusetts:	95.6%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	92.2%

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

Here:	93.0%
Massachusetts:	94.9%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	16.3%
State:	14.5%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	10.1%
State:	9.8%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.4%
State:	10.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	23.2%
Massachusetts:	20.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	26.1%
State:	25.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	19.4%
Massachusetts:	19.1%

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