SPRUCE PINE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL - SPRUCE PINE, NC

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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%

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?

Here:	5%
State:	5%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	20%
State:	24%

Yes, definitely

Here:	75%
North Carolina:	71%

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