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SPRUCE PINE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
125 HOSPITAL DR
SPRUCE PINE, NC, 28777

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (828) 765-4201

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

Provided Services

  • Nuclear Medicine Services
  • Anatomical Laboratory Services
  • Anesthesia Services
  • Blood Bank 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
  • Operating Room Services
  • Optometric 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

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 35.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 41.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 155.50
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 2.50
Dieticians : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 1.50
Registered Pharmacists : 1.50
Respiratory Therapists : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 85
Total Certified: 75

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,968
Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $7,646
Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $5,296
Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,125
Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,342
Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,752
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,144
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,444
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,574
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,185
Chest Pain: $3,036
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,435
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $14,148
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $9,431
Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $20,395
Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $17,211
Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $14,619
Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $29,517
Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $17,961
Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $11,470
Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $18,797
Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $14,138
Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $17,499
Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,820

Use of Medical Imaging

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

40.700%
North Carolina:

30.827%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

3.700%
North Carolina:

8.078%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.790%
North Carolina:

0.120%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.890%
State:

0.037%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

60.0%
North Carolina:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.0%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
North Carolina:

98.7%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

8
State:

9
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital
Here:

108
North Carolina:

60
Median Time to Fibrinolysis
Here:

45
North Carolina:

32
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

91.0%
North Carolina:

95.1%

Heart Failure

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

78.0%
North Carolina:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

88.0%
North Carolina:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

94.0%
North Carolina:

88.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

82.0%
North Carolina:

99.3%

Pneumonia

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

85.0%
North Carolina:

95.3%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

82.0%
State:

96.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

74.0%
State:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

80.0%
State:

91.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

88.0%
State:

92.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

94.8%

Surgery

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

95.0%
State:

97.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

96.0%
North Carolina:

96.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

99.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

89.0%
State:

93.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

96.0%
State:

94.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
North Carolina:

99.7%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

88.0%
North Carolina:

93.8%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

94.3%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

92.0%
North Carolina:

94.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

16.3%
State:

15.8%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

13.2%
North Carolina:

11.1%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.7%
North Carolina:

12.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

20.7%
State:

19.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

24.6%
North Carolina:

24.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

19.4%
North Carolina:

18.7%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma
Here:

0.945%
North Carolina:

0.550%
Catheter-Associated UTI
Here:

0.473%
State:

0.371%

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
This Hospital:

5%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

13%
North Carolina:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

82%
State:

79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
North Carolina:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

12%
State:

13%
Always
Here:

84%
North Carolina:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
North Carolina:

23%
Always
Here:

72%
North Carolina:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
North Carolina:

7%
Usually
Here:

20%
North Carolina:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

75%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

19%
State:

20%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

66%
State:

63%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
North Carolina:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
State:

20%
Always
Here:

77%
North Carolina:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
North Carolina:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

27%
State:

29%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
State:

62%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

79%
North Carolina:

83%
No
Here:

21%
State:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

6%
State:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

18%
North Carolina:

23%
9 or 10
Here:

76%
North Carolina:

69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

5%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

20%
State:

24%
Yes, definitely
Here:

75%
North Carolina:

71%

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