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THE MEDICAL CENTER AT BOWLING GREEN
250 PARK STREET
BOWLING GREEN, KY, 42101

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (270) 745-1000

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

Provided Services

  • Nuclear Medicine Services
  • Acute Renal Dialysis Services
  • Anatomical Laboratory Services
  • Anesthesia Services
  • Blood Bank Services
  • Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
  • Certified Trauma Center 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 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
  • Psychiatric Services
  • Respiratory Care Services
  • Social Services
  • Speech Pathology Services
  • Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 20.54
Registered Professional Nurses : 419.44
Other Salaried Personnel : 1085.32
Dieticians : 5.96
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 2.58
Registered Pharmacists : 11.13
Respiratory Therapists : 39.84
Medical Social Workers : 10.60

Number Of Beds

Total: 382
Total Certified: 354
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 8

Use of Medical Imaging

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

34.700%
Kentucky:

34.989%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

5.100%
Kentucky:

7.993%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.064%
State:

0.169%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.175%
State:

0.048%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV
Here:

0.486%
State:

0.130%
Falls And Trauma
Here:

0.647%
State:

0.611%
Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection
This Hospital:

0.567%
Kentucky:

0.258%
Catheter-Associated UTI
Here:

0.162%
Kentucky:

0.285%
Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control
Here:

0.081%
Kentucky:

0.036%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $5,336
Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $11,907
Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,494
Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,430
Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,959
Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,178
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,451
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,995
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,987
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,791
Diabetes w MCC: $8,343
Chest Pain: $3,261
Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $26,919
Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $49,291
Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $32,398
Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $31,135
Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $30,657
Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $41,184
Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $36,469
Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $48,795
Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,139
Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,526
Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $22,056
Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $34,799
Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $12,308
Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,885
Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $11,737
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,912
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $15,196
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $10,129
Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $18,857
Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,920
Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $15,254
Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,603
Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,955
Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $15,702
Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $31,703
Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,916
Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $11,745
Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $27,074
Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $16,006
Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $21,849
Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $36,563
Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,758
Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $10,555
Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $10,533
Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $19,291
Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,320
Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $17,318
Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $15,034
Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $15,662
Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $9,046
Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $20,024
Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $13,025
Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $17,688
Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $8,446
Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $20,116
Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $11,429
Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $20,373
Transurethral procedures w MCC: $13,738
Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,960
Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $17,000
Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $13,186
Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,881
Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,862
Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,008
Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,177

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
Here:

5%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
Kentucky:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

77%
State:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

4%
Usually
Here:

15%
Kentucky:

13%
Always
Here:

81%
Kentucky:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

11%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
Kentucky:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
State:

66%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
Kentucky:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
State:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

70%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

22%
Kentucky:

21%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
Kentucky:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
Kentucky:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

22%
Kentucky:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

69%
State:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
Kentucky:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

31%
State:

29%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
State:

61%

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

Yes
Here:

85%
Kentucky:

82%
No
Here:

15%
Kentucky:

18%

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

6 or lower
Here:

7%
State:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

24%
State:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

69%
Kentucky:

68%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

4%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

22%
Kentucky:

26%
Yes, definitely
Here:

74%
State:

69%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

98.1%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

97.0%
Kentucky:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

82.0%
Kentucky:

94.3%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

95.0%
Kentucky:

98.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

99.0%
State:

99.7%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
Here:

86.0%
Kentucky:

88.3%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

10
Kentucky:

7
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

79.0%
State:

95.2%

Heart Failure

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

95.0%
State:

96.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

77.0%
State:

91.1%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

64.0%
State:

83.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.4%

Pneumonia

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

93.0%
Kentucky:

95.1%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

95.0%
Kentucky:

94.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.0%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

86.0%
State:

89.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

93.0%
Kentucky:

91.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

96.0%
State:

93.4%

Surgery

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

96.0%
Kentucky:

96.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

93.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

97.0%
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:

84.0%
Kentucky:

91.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

85.0%
Kentucky:

93.9%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
This Hospital:

92.0%
Kentucky:

94.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

94.0%
Kentucky:

89.5%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

79.0%
State:

92.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

82.0%
Kentucky:

91.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

92.0%
Kentucky:

92.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

14.1%
Kentucky:

15.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

10.8%
Kentucky:

10.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

10.3%
State:

11.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

20.2%
Kentucky:

20.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

26.8%
Kentucky:

25.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

21.0%
State:

19.3%

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