WALLACE THOMSON HOSPITAL - UNION, SC

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Addresss:
322 W SOUTH ST PO BOX 789
UNION, SC, 29379
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (864) 427-0351

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 11.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 88.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 203.00
Registered Pharmacists : 3.50
Respiratory Therapists : 16.00
Medical Social Workers : 2.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 143
Total Certified: 143

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Obstetric Services
Operating Room 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

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

1.304%
South Carolina:

0.649%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
Here:

0.870%
South Carolina:

0.370%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

38.000%
South Carolina:

36.300%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

7.200%
State:

8.135%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.214%
South Carolina:

0.132%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.148%
State:

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

1.500%
State:

5.834%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 25%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
South Carolina:

5%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

15%
Always
This Hospital:

79%
South Carolina:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
South Carolina:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

9%
South Carolina:

12%
Always
Here:

88%
South Carolina:

84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

12%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
South Carolina:

22%
Always
Here:

69%
State:

68%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

9%
South Carolina:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

75%
South Carolina:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

20%
South Carolina:

19%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

16%
Always
Here:

65%
South Carolina:

65%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

17%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
South Carolina:

19%
Always
Here:

66%
State:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

12%
State:

8%
Usually
Here:

24%
South Carolina:

25%
Always
Here:

64%
South Carolina:

67%

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

Yes
Here:

83%
State:

85%
No
This Hospital:

17%
State:

15%

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

6 or lower
Here:

11%
South Carolina:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

27%
South Carolina:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

62%
State:

70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

7%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

34%
State:

25%
Yes, definitely
Here:

59%
South Carolina:

70%

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

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

$9,113
South Carolina:

$14,149
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,481
South Carolina:

$3,700
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.85%
South Carolina:

1.74%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,515
South Carolina:

$20,425
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,440
State:

$5,506
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

5.40%
South Carolina:

1.62%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,551
South Carolina:

$17,205
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,372
State:

$3,548
Number of discharges: 39
Here:

5.54%
South Carolina:

1.63%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,683
State:

$26,173
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,952
South Carolina:

$6,231
Number of discharges: 47
Here:

6.68%
State:

1.89%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,364
South Carolina:

$30,946
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,564
South Carolina:

$7,657
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

4.40%
State:

2.15%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,314
State:

$19,353
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,928
State:

$4,645
Number of discharges: 40
Here:

5.68%
State:

1.57%
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,365
State:

$27,032
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,176
State:

$6,959
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.56%
South Carolina:

0.37%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,212
South Carolina:

$20,337
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,621
South Carolina:

$4,791
Number of discharges: 92
Here:

13.07%
State:

3.29%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,657
State:

$24,170
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,197
State:

$6,618
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

2.70%
State:

2.16%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,367
State:

$23,914
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,936
South Carolina:

$6,628
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

4.26%
South Carolina:

3.17%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,555
South Carolina:

$37,308
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,313
South Carolina:

$9,856
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.99%
State:

2.62%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,452
South Carolina:

$16,336
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,091
South Carolina:

$4,366
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

2.41%
State:

1.39%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,934
State:

$17,085
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,774
South Carolina:

$3,988
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.56%
South Carolina:

0.43%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,542
State:

$19,506
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,078
South Carolina:

$5,031
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

4.69%
State:

3.05%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,857
State:

$22,604
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,018
State:

$5,307
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.99%
South Carolina:

0.59%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,399
South Carolina:

$17,940
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,972
State:

$4,582
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

4.83%
South Carolina:

2.35%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,121
South Carolina:

$31,366
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,785
State:

$8,274
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

4.40%
South Carolina:

1.64%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,140
South Carolina:

$24,367
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,026
State:

$6,649
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

2.27%
South Carolina:

2.67%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,726
State:

$37,409
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,061
State:

$10,896
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.70%
South Carolina:

1.70%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$39,846
State:

$47,649
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,850
State:

$12,850
Number of discharges: 49
This Hospital:

6.96%
State:

4.32%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,649
South Carolina:

$27,108
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,335
South Carolina:

$7,377
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

4.55%
State:

1.76%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,707
State:

$19,115
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,244
State:

$4,489
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

2.13%
South Carolina:

0.71%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,781
South Carolina:

$28,571
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,094
State:

$6,534
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

3.55%
South Carolina:

2.56%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,230
South Carolina:

$41,412
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,704
South Carolina:

$9,697
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.99%
South Carolina:

2.05%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,088
South Carolina:

$19,835
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,478
South Carolina:

$4,648
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

3.84%
State:

1.67%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

17
State:

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

98.0%
State:

97.4%

Heart Failure

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

96.0%
State:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

89.0%
State:

97.2%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

82.0%
State:

92.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.6%

Pneumonia

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

94.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

78.0%
South Carolina:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

96.0%
State:

96.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

97.3%

Surgery

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

85.0%
South Carolina:

98.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

100.0%
South Carolina:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

75.0%
South Carolina:

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:

74.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

70.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

98.0%
South Carolina:

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

40.0%
State:

95.2%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

15.2%
South Carolina:

15.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

9.8%
State:

11.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

10.7%
State:

12.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

25.0%
South Carolina:

23.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.7%
State:

18.6%

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