WALDO COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL - BELFAST, ME

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Addresss:
118 NORTHPORT AVE
BELFAST, ME, 04915
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (207) 338-2500

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Registered Professional Nurses : 3.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 28.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 3.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 1.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 11.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 1.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 25
Total Certified: 25

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Optometric Services
Organ Bank Services
Organ Transplant Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 36%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

77%
State:

81%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Maine:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
State:

13%
Always
Here:

79%
Maine:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
Maine:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

67%
State:

71%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
Maine:

5%
Usually
Here:

23%
Maine:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

69%
State:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

16%
Maine:

16%
Usually
Here:

19%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
State:

66%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Maine:

5%
Usually
Here:

14%
Maine:

17%
Always
Here:

81%
Maine:

78%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

9%
Maine:

10%
Usually
Here:

30%
State:

31%
Always
Here:

61%
State:

59%

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

Yes
Here:

91%
State:

86%
No
This Hospital:

9%
Maine:

14%

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

6 or lower
Here:

5%
Maine:

6%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

21%
Maine:

20%
9 or 10
Here:

74%
Maine:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

2%
Maine:

3%
Yes, probably
Here:

26%
State:

21%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

72%
State:

76%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

95.0%
Maine:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

93.0%
State:

99.7%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

92.0%
Maine:

97.7%

Heart Failure

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

97.0%
State:

99.5%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

94.0%
Maine:

95.1%

Pneumonia

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

99.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Maine:

98.3%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.3%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

100.0%
State:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
Maine:

97.6%

Surgery

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

98.0%
State:

98.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

99.0%
Maine:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

93.0%
State:

97.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

98.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Maine:

100.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

95.0%
Maine:

94.7%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

97.0%
State:

96.6%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
Maine:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

16.2%
State:

14.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

12.8%
State:

11.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.3%
State:

11.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

20.4%
Maine:

18.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

24.5%
Maine:

23.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

19.2%
Maine:

17.9%

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