T J SAMSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL - GLASGOW, KY

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Addresss:
1301 NORTH RACE STREET
GLASGOW, KY, 42141
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (270) 651-4159

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

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: T.J. SAMSON KIDNEY CARE

Overall Star Rating: 3 Stars
Health Inspections Star Rating: 4 Stars
Nurse Staffing Star Rating: Stars
Quality Measures Star Rating: 1 Star

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Complaint Deficiency

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

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

97.0%
State:

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

92.0%
Kentucky:

96.7%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

92.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Kentucky:

99.9%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
This Hospital:

92.0%
State:

92.1%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

93.0%
Kentucky:

97.7%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
Kentucky:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

89.0%
State:

92.9%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

91.0%
State:

88.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.3%

Pneumonia

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

97.0%
State:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

100.0%
Kentucky:

96.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

97.0%
Kentucky:

92.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

92.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

99.0%
Kentucky:

95.3%

Surgery

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

96.0%
Kentucky:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

98.0%
Kentucky:

97.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

98.6%
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%
Kentucky:

96.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

91.0%
Kentucky:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

99.0%
Kentucky:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

97.0%
Kentucky:

93.0%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
State:

96.3%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

86.0%
State:

95.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

96.0%
Kentucky:

95.4%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
Kentucky:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

17.7%
Kentucky:

15.4%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

11.6%
State:

11.4%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

13.4%
Kentucky:

12.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

20.2%
State:

20.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

21.2%
State:

25.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

17.1%
Kentucky:

19.4%

Quality Measures

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain
Here:

46.3%
Kentucky:

25.0%
Percent of short-stay residents with Pressure ulcers that are new or worsened
Here:

2.8%
State:

1.6%
Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine
This Hospital:

100.0%
Kentucky:

88.6%
Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine
This Hospital:

100.0%
Kentucky:

87.8%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.356%
Kentucky:

0.802%
Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar
This Hospital:

0.178%
Kentucky:

0.169%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

40.000%
Kentucky:

40.592%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

5.800%
State:

8.052%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.197%
State:

0.126%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.131%
State:

0.042%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

4.900%
Kentucky:

5.467%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
Here:

2.100%
Kentucky:

3.072%

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,588
State:

$23,224
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,166
State:

$7,434
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

1.83%
State:

0.58%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,073
Kentucky:

$32,520
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,430
State:

$11,283
Number of discharges: 49
Here:

2.64%
Kentucky:

0.97%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,679
State:

$17,672
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,792
Kentucky:

$5,204
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.65%
State:

0.28%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,501
Kentucky:

$11,894
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,636
State:

$3,657
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

0.97%
State:

0.71%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,884
Kentucky:

$15,106
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,202
Kentucky:

$5,206
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

1.94%
State:

1.30%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,087
Kentucky:

$23,396
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,207
Kentucky:

$7,874
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

1.67%
Kentucky:

0.80%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,009
Kentucky:

$10,390
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,580
Kentucky:

$3,523
Number of discharges: 43
Here:

2.31%
State:

1.82%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,935
State:

$13,744
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,244
State:

$5,175
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.75%
State:

1.73%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,158
Kentucky:

$12,630
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,562
Kentucky:

$3,521
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

2.15%
State:

2.06%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,841
Kentucky:

$17,372
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,037
State:

$5,992
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.24%
Kentucky:

2.84%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,640
State:

$20,645
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,320
Kentucky:

$7,341
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

1.29%
Kentucky:

2.94%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,034
State:

$13,107
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,371
Kentucky:

$4,458
Number of discharges: 43
Here:

2.31%
Kentucky:

3.01%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,844
Kentucky:

$24,391
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,917
State:

$6,897
Number of discharges: 50
This Hospital:

2.69%
State:

2.21%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,082
Kentucky:

$13,998
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,555
State:

$4,507
Number of discharges: 42
This Hospital:

2.26%
State:

3.82%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,255
Kentucky:

$18,407
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,349
State:

$6,339
Number of discharges: 55
This Hospital:

2.96%
Kentucky:

1.93%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,252
Kentucky:

$33,270
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,008
State:

$11,336
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.13%
State:

0.62%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,928
State:

$16,913
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,386
State:

$6,315
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

2.74%
Kentucky:

3.15%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,324
Kentucky:

$26,625
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,040
Kentucky:

$9,229
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

2.04%
Kentucky:

2.66%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,804
State:

$11,669
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,251
State:

$4,186
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

2.15%
Kentucky:

1.54%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,092
Kentucky:

$36,810
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,444
State:

$11,509
Number of discharges: 49
Here:

2.64%
State:

0.94%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,984
State:

$49,597
Average Total Payments
Here:

$18,234
State:

$18,433
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.59%
State:

0.23%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,407
Kentucky:

$30,595
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,579
State:

$9,634
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.70%
State:

0.21%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,992
State:

$100,651
Average Total Payments
Here:

$30,928
State:

$36,849
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.02%
State:

0.45%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,817
State:

$25,337
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,909
State:

$7,502
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.02%
Kentucky:

1.27%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,341
State:

$20,791
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,566
State:

$5,319
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.13%
Kentucky:

0.77%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,728
Kentucky:

$13,466
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,833
Kentucky:

$4,783
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

2.15%
Kentucky:

2.86%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,929
State:

$63,227
Average Total Payments
Here:

$19,822
Kentucky:

$21,162
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.65%
Kentucky:

0.36%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,891
State:

$42,051
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,268
State:

$13,336
Number of discharges: 196
This Hospital:

10.54%
State:

4.90%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,972
State:

$47,576
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,169
Kentucky:

$16,804
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

0.91%
State:

0.66%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,706
Kentucky:

$20,360
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,130
Kentucky:

$7,407
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

0.97%
State:

0.60%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,445
State:

$12,072
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,536
State:

$4,289
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

2.74%
Kentucky:

2.14%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent with Major Complications or 4+ Vessels/Stents
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$58,313
Kentucky:

$67,942
Average Total Payments
Here:

$23,337
State:

$21,117
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.65%
Kentucky:

0.47%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,716
Kentucky:

$46,589
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,956
Kentucky:

$12,592
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

1.72%
State:

2.18%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Non-Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$32,633
State:

$41,494
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,007
Kentucky:

$10,955
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

1.83%
Kentucky:

0.52%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,424
State:

$12,630
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,879
State:

$4,099
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.65%
State:

0.40%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,556
State:

$20,882
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,936
Kentucky:

$8,036
Number of discharges: 92
Here:

4.95%
Kentucky:

2.17%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,878
Kentucky:

$20,351
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,681
Kentucky:

$6,623
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.59%
Kentucky:

0.33%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,622
State:

$14,170
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,958
Kentucky:

$4,959
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

1.72%
Kentucky:

1.23%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,900
State:

$16,969
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,283
Kentucky:

$6,346
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

2.04%
State:

2.10%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,128
State:

$28,420
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,705
Kentucky:

$10,235
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.02%
Kentucky:

1.38%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,540
State:

$25,625
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,663
Kentucky:

$9,061
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.59%
State:

0.86%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,706
Kentucky:

$35,535
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,019
Kentucky:

$12,449
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.02%
Kentucky:

1.04%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,603
Kentucky:

$34,004
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,403
Kentucky:

$11,802
Number of discharges: 170
Here:

9.14%
Kentucky:

3.65%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,315
Kentucky:

$19,108
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,146
State:

$7,022
Number of discharges: 65
This Hospital:

3.50%
State:

1.29%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,344
Kentucky:

$13,892
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,483
State:

$4,372
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.81%
Kentucky:

0.69%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,155
Kentucky:

$17,934
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,529
Kentucky:

$6,263
Number of discharges: 63
Here:

3.39%
State:

3.27%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,632
Kentucky:

$25,985
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,866
State:

$9,009
Number of discharges: 42
This Hospital:

2.26%
State:

2.34%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,454
State:

$13,217
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,385
Kentucky:

$4,395
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

1.51%
Kentucky:

1.49%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,839
State:

$14,708
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,484
Kentucky:

$4,466
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.08%
State:

2.00%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,607
State:

$16,834
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,569
Kentucky:

$4,577
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.75%
Kentucky:

1.25%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 27%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
Kentucky:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
State:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
Kentucky:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
Kentucky:

3%
Usually
Here:

17%
State:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

79%
State:

84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
Kentucky:

23%
Always
Here:

71%
Kentucky:

68%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
Kentucky:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
State:

21%
Always
Here:

69%
Kentucky:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

24%
Kentucky:

19%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

56%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
Kentucky:

8%
Usually
Here:

11%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

85%
State:

74%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

29%
Kentucky:

29%
Always
This Hospital:

63%
Kentucky:

62%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

80%
State:

83%
No
This Hospital:

20%
Kentucky:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

10%
Kentucky:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

23%
State:

22%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

67%
State:

70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

4%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

31%
Kentucky:

24%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

65%
Kentucky:

71%

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