AURORA WEST ALLIS MEDICAL CENTER - WEST ALLIS, WI

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AURORA WEST ALLIS MEDICAL CENTER
8901 W LINCOLN AVE
WEST ALLIS, WI, 53227

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (414) 328-6000

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

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency 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
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 30.30
Registered Professional Nurses : 252.20
Other Salaried Personnel : 575.87
Dieticians : 3.00
Occupational Therapists : 11.85
Physical Therapists : 16.20
Registered Pharmacists : 11.70
Respiratory Therapists : 7.60
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.50
Medical Social Workers : 7.10

Number Of Beds

Total: 149
Total Certified: 149
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 10

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	42.100%
Wisconsin:	31.414%

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

Here:	6.300%
Wisconsin:	8.255%

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.044%
State:	0.101%

Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.005%
Wisconsin:	0.023%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Foreign Object Retained After Surgery

This Hospital:	0.521%
Wisconsin:	0.164%

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

This Hospital:	0.130%
State:	0.086%

Falls And Trauma

Here:	0.389%
State:	0.606%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

This Hospital:	0.259%
State:	0.484%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	0.389%
State:	0.497%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 38%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Wisconsin:	3%

Usually

Here:	21%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	74%
State:	79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Wisconsin:	3%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	15%

Always

Here:	76%
Wisconsin:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	14%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	32%
Wisconsin:	25%

Always

This Hospital:	54%
Wisconsin:	69%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	27%
Wisconsin:	25%

Always

Here:	65%
Wisconsin:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	23%
Wisconsin:	16%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	19%

Always

Here:	58%
State:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
Wisconsin:	6%

Usually

Here:	20%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	70%
State:	78%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	11%
Wisconsin:	8%

Usually

Here:	30%
Wisconsin:	32%

Always

This Hospital:	59%
State:	60%

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

Yes

Here:	83%
Wisconsin:	86%

This Hospital:	17%
Wisconsin:	14%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	10%
State:	7%

7 or 8

Here:	21%
State:	22%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	69%
State:	71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	6%
Wisconsin:	3%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	22%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	72%
Wisconsin:	72%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $5,052

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $11,273

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,087

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,194

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,482

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,849

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,214

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,570

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,668

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,323

Diabetes w MCC: $7,021

Chest Pain: $3,087

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $29,477

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,812

Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,019

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $11,653

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,039

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,544

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $14,387

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $9,590

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $20,739

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,591

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $7,235

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,145

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,425

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $14,866

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $29,943

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $13

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $12,814

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $12,836

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $7,591

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $20,686

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $34,616

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $2,723

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $9,993

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,466

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $11,664

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $19,114

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $14,233

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $17,773

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $8,554

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $14,871

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $12,331

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $17,817

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $7,977

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $19,044

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $10,821

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $18,783

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $19,375

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $13,007

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $16,100

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $12,541

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,674

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,497

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,742

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,901

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
Wisconsin:	99.0%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
Wisconsin:	99.1%

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

Here:	100.0%
Wisconsin:	96.7%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Wisconsin:	98.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Wisconsin:	99.0%

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

Here:	12
Wisconsin:	7

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital

This Hospital:	38
State:	54

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	96.5%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
Wisconsin:	97.2%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	94.6%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	89.0%
Wisconsin:	86.1%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.0%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	98.0%
Wisconsin:	97.3%

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

Here:	100.0%
Wisconsin:	96.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Wisconsin:	95.3%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

Here:	96.0%
State:	93.5%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	99.0%
Wisconsin:	91.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	99.0%
Wisconsin:	93.2%

Surgery

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	96.9%

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

Here:	97.0%
Wisconsin:	95.4%

Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

Here:	99.0%
State:	98.0%

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%
Wisconsin:	92.6%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	94.4%

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:	99.7%

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

Here:	89.0%
Wisconsin:	91.2%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	92.2%

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

Here:	89.0%
State:	91.4%

Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)

Here:	96.0%
State:	95.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	15.8%
State:	15.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	11.3%
State:	11.4%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	8.1%
Wisconsin:	11.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	19.6%
Wisconsin:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	26.5%
State:	23.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	20.0%
State:	18.3%

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