ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER - YONKERS, NY

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Addresss:
127 SOUTH BROADWAY
YONKERS, NY, 10701
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (914) 378-7000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: ST. JOSEPHS HOSP. HLTH CTR-YONKERS

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 28.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 180.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 605.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 1.00
Dieticians : 6.00
Occupational Therapists : 0.75
Physical Therapists : 5.00
Registered Pharmacists : 6.50
Respiratory Therapists : 9.75
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 3.00
Physicians : 20.30
Medical Social Workers : 19.30
Residents (Physicians) : 30.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 194
Total Certified: 194
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 29

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health 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
Optometric Services
Organ Bank Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Use of Medical Imaging

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

7.200%
State:

11.437%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.188%
New York:

0.112%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.022%
State:

0.030%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

4.900%
New York:

5.961%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 14%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

12%
New York:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
New York:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

66%
New York:

73%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

19%
New York:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

73%
State:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

27%
New York:

15%
Usually
Here:

26%
New York:

27%
Always
This Hospital:

47%
New York:

58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

9%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

30%
State:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

61%
New York:

66%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

31%
State:

24%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

53%
State:

58%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

14%
New York:

11%
Usually
Here:

22%
New York:

22%
Always
Here:

64%
New York:

67%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

22%
New York:

17%
Usually
Here:

28%
State:

34%
Always
This Hospital:

50%
State:

49%

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

Yes
Here:

74%
New York:

81%
No
This Hospital:

26%
New York:

19%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

21%
State:

12%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

29%
New York:

27%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

50%
State:

61%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

13%
State:

7%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

36%
New York:

29%
Yes, definitely
Here:

51%
State:

64%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

88.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

94.0%
State:

98.6%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
This Hospital:

8
State:

10
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

93.0%
New York:

97.3%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

89.0%
State:

96.6%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

88.0%
New York:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

92.0%
New York:

92.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.6%

Pneumonia

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

95.0%
State:

93.8%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

95.0%
New York:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

97.0%
New York:

98.5%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

97.0%
New York:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

97.0%
New York:

90.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

94.0%

Surgery

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

100.0%
New York:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

93.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

97.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

91.0%
New York:

97.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

94.0%
State:

98.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

67.0%
State:

92.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

93.0%
New York:

95.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

91.0%
New York:

94.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

80.0%
State:

94.4%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

99.1%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

14.2%
State:

14.3%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

10.9%
State:

11.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

10.9%
State:

11.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

20.0%
State:

20.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

28.1%
State:

26.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

19.8%
New York:

19.8%

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,664
State:

$23,294
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,766
State:

$7,529
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.43%
New York:

1.43%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,513
New York:

$34,476
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,438
State:

$11,180
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.50%
State:

0.84%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,315
State:

$15,605
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,284
New York:

$4,967
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.50%
New York:

1.64%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,087
New York:

$21,478
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,812
State:

$7,326
Number of discharges: 41
This Hospital:

2.79%
State:

2.35%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$6,696
New York:

$14,161
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,075
State:

$5,137
Number of discharges: 67
This Hospital:

4.55%
New York:

2.94%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,079
State:

$23,013
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,027
State:

$8,087
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

2.52%
State:

1.94%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,642
State:

$30,592
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,069
New York:

$10,182
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

2.11%
New York:

1.87%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,510
New York:

$16,960
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,674
State:

$6,071
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

1.77%
State:

1.51%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,112
New York:

$26,465
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,013
New York:

$8,210
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.02%
New York:

0.35%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,284
New York:

$28,514
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,461
State:

$9,062
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.95%
New York:

0.71%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,497
New York:

$22,558
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,543
New York:

$8,117
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

1.63%
State:

0.89%
Dysequilibrium
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,976
State:

$17,870
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,994
State:

$5,966
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.02%
State:

0.66%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,139
New York:

$31,584
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,616
New York:

$11,035
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.82%
State:

0.60%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,795
State:

$18,668
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,622
State:

$6,361
Number of discharges: 110
This Hospital:

7.48%
New York:

3.99%
Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,297
State:

$20,757
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,585
State:

$6,412
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.95%
New York:

0.50%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,997
State:

$27,960
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,303
State:

$8,863
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.43%
State:

1.98%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,733
New York:

$50,004
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,687
State:

$16,938
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.16%
New York:

0.73%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,083
State:

$19,019
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,418
New York:

$6,378
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.09%
New York:

0.59%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,970
New York:

$26,907
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,470
New York:

$9,020
Number of discharges: 40
Here:

2.72%
New York:

3.05%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,606
New York:

$41,330
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,683
New York:

$13,648
Number of discharges: 39
Here:

2.65%
New York:

2.38%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,955
State:

$17,445
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,236
State:

$5,979
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

1.63%
New York:

1.37%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,659
New York:

$44,953
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,138
State:

$15,635
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.02%
State:

0.97%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$43,851
New York:

$132,493
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$47,649
State:

$53,759
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.16%
New York:

0.61%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,458
New York:

$33,214
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,921
New York:

$10,434
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.29%
New York:

1.22%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,409
State:

$55,434
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,236
New York:

$18,455
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.88%
New York:

0.82%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,008
New York:

$33,952
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,709
State:

$11,059
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.50%
New York:

0.79%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,239
State:

$21,451
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,156
State:

$7,036
Number of discharges: 63
This Hospital:

4.28%
State:

2.87%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,068
New York:

$45,478
Average Total Payments
Here:

$19,080
State:

$17,066
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.29%
State:

4.46%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,120
State:

$23,275
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,275
New York:

$7,174
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

1.90%
New York:

1.10%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,699
State:

$18,413
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,328
State:

$6,139
Number of discharges: 48
This Hospital:

3.26%
New York:

2.44%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,184
State:

$46,800
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,348
State:

$17,465
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.95%
State:

0.71%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,513
State:

$26,025
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,252
New York:

$9,109
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.82%
New York:

0.70%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,941
State:

$80,222
Average Total Payments
Here:

$27,007
New York:

$30,467
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.16%
New York:

0.53%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,332
New York:

$28,607
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,125
State:

$9,257
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.16%
New York:

0.64%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$5,444
State:

$21,301
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,956
New York:

$6,211
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.82%
State:

0.26%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$5,002
State:

$16,388
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,690
New York:

$6,112
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.02%
New York:

0.40%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,250
New York:

$21,786
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,381
New York:

$7,426
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.84%
New York:

1.60%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,139
New York:

$27,775
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,515
New York:

$9,215
Number of discharges: 46
Here:

3.13%
New York:

1.91%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,939
State:

$42,937
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,297
New York:

$15,655
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

1.97%
State:

1.29%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,110
New York:

$34,266
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,380
State:

$11,846
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.75%
State:

0.66%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$40,926
New York:

$122,124
Average Total Payments
Here:

$44,680
State:

$51,777
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.16%
New York:

0.48%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,919
State:

$53,629
Average Total Payments
Here:

$19,819
State:

$20,887
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.29%
State:

0.82%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,691
State:

$24,411
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,056
State:

$7,634
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

1.84%
State:

1.03%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$46,686
New York:

$126,634
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$49,471
State:

$59,441
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.50%
New York:

0.67%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,923
State:

$47,465
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,221
New York:

$17,315
Number of discharges: 91
This Hospital:

6.19%
State:

5.04%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,897
State:

$29,226
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,572
State:

$9,822
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

2.52%
State:

1.68%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,602
New York:

$18,747
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,126
State:

$6,160
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.82%
New York:

0.89%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,872
New York:

$24,560
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,242
New York:

$8,494
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

2.38%
State:

2.61%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,187
New York:

$38,332
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,466
State:

$12,495
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.09%
New York:

1.49%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,013
New York:

$17,401
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,500
New York:

$5,941
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.02%
New York:

1.04%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,959
State:

$19,174
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,643
State:

$6,619
Number of discharges: 88
Here:

5.98%
State:

3.39%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,053
New York:

$20,693
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,833
State:

$6,227
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

1.36%
New York:

1.33%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.538%
New York:

0.660%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.358%
State:

0.435%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
This Hospital:

4.302%
New York:

0.452%
Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar
This Hospital:

0.179%
State:

0.165%

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