WEST HILLS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER - WEST HILLS, CA

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Address

7300 MEDICAL CENTER DR
WEST HILLS, CA, 91307

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (818) 676-4100

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$79,453
State:	$55,746

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,907
California:	$9,903

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.70%
California:	0.48%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$117,751
State:	$83,364

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$15,246
State:	$15,491

Number of discharges: 30

Here:	1.31%
California:	0.94%

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$30,414
California:	$28,823

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,148
California:	$4,913

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.57%
State:	0.40%

Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$77,953
California:	$47,272

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,588
State:	$7,271

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.61%
State:	0.41%

Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$59,304
California:	$35,518

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,950
California:	$5,397

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.48%
California:	0.13%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$42,046
California:	$39,980

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,669
California:	$7,146

Number of discharges: 32

Here:	1.40%
State:	1.30%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$55,540
California:	$59,369

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,057
State:	$10,810

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	0.66%
California:	0.79%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$33,865
State:	$28,713

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,794
State:	$4,819

Number of discharges: 36

This Hospital:	1.57%
State:	1.18%

Cellulitis with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$100,634
State:	$67,232

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,048
State:	$12,858

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.52%
California:	0.28%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$40,533
California:	$36,707

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,800
California:	$7,245

Number of discharges: 53

This Hospital:	2.31%
State:	2.08%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$33,025
California:	$29,034

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,752
California:	$4,742

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	1.22%
California:	2.11%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$89,152
California:	$46,809

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,756
California:	$8,290

Number of discharges: 34

This Hospital:	1.48%
State:	1.75%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$86,952
State:	$58,013

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,027
State:	$10,305

Number of discharges: 45

This Hospital:	1.97%
California:	2.00%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$84,914
California:	$35,163

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,868
California:	$6,206

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	0.87%
California:	1.11%

Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$81,990
California:	$62,234

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,547
State:	$9,681

Number of discharges: 39

This Hospital:	1.70%
California:	1.28%

Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$50,831
State:	$45,639

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,221
State:	$8,555

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.48%
California:	0.31%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$61,239
California:	$55,838

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,672
California:	$10,485

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.48%
California:	0.67%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$51,524
California:	$36,899

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,255
California:	$6,233

Number of discharges: 64

Here:	2.79%
California:	3.09%

Extracranial Procedures without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$64,347
California:	$54,275

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,770
California:	$8,252

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.70%
State:	0.36%

Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$44,564
California:	$33,350

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,632
California:	$5,631

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.61%
California:	0.31%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$71,890
State:	$46,039

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,680
California:	$8,685

Number of discharges: 50

Here:	2.18%
California:	1.95%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$98,695
State:	$80,936

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,736
California:	$15,696

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	0.87%
State:	0.79%

G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$36,147
California:	$31,715

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,632
California:	$5,899

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	0.96%
California:	0.44%

G.I. Obstruction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$55,072
California:	$44,086

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,205
State:	$8,042

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	0.74%
State:	0.72%

G.I. Obstruction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$39,981
State:	$30,586

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,544
State:	$5,436

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	0.83%
State:	0.47%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$61,907
State:	$47,292

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,042
California:	$8,831

Number of discharges: 46

Here:	2.01%
California:	2.91%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$88,653
State:	$70,963

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,881
California:	$13,159

Number of discharges: 56

This Hospital:	2.45%
State:	3.03%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$44,029
California:	$32,995

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,628
California:	$5,851

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	0.92%
State:	1.02%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$109,246
California:	$88,197

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,389
State:	$15,201

Number of discharges: 28

This Hospital:	1.22%
California:	1.05%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$94,066
State:	$68,603

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,150
California:	$12,359

Number of discharges: 34

Here:	1.48%
California:	0.32%

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$296,402
California:	$260,329

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$38,624
California:	$51,393

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	0.92%
State:	0.87%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$63,254
California:	$55,669

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,634
California:	$9,837

Number of discharges: 32

Here:	1.40%
State:	1.65%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$90,369
California:	$95,326

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,544
State:	$17,327

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	0.87%
State:	1.11%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$57,494
State:	$42,438

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,299
State:	$6,978

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	0.83%
California:	0.78%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$69,316
State:	$52,262

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,786
California:	$10,172

Number of discharges: 46

Here:	2.01%
California:	0.99%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$48,854
State:	$36,114

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,174
California:	$6,728

Number of discharges: 122

Here:	5.33%
State:	2.98%

Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$56,217
State:	$59,926

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,368
California:	$10,745

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.48%
State:	0.36%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$185,452
California:	$155,449

Average Total Payments

Here:	$24,803
California:	$27,698

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.61%
California:	0.22%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$108,122
State:	$88,239

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$15,801
California:	$17,187

Number of discharges: 126

This Hospital:	5.50%
California:	6.26%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$144,512
California:	$124,615

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$17,418
State:	$22,968

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	0.79%
California:	0.69%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$309,849
California:	$258,767

Average Total Payments

Here:	$41,073
California:	$49,384

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	0.87%
California:	0.51%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$50,639
California:	$42,156

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,298
California:	$6,908

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	0.87%
State:	0.92%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$86,542
California:	$49,218

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,756
California:	$10,092

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	0.79%
California:	0.94%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$41,627
State:	$32,446

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,505
California:	$5,975

Number of discharges: 59

This Hospital:	2.58%
California:	2.21%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$59,312
State:	$51,984

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,187
State:	$9,172

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	0.96%
California:	0.18%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$122,487
State:	$89,034

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,403
California:	$17,349

Number of discharges: 28

This Hospital:	1.22%
State:	0.83%

Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$60,285
California:	$49,604

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,905
State:	$8,812

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.70%
California:	0.66%

Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$69,072
State:	$47,223

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,956
California:	$9,528

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.52%
California:	0.32%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$114,658
State:	$102,086

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,086
California:	$16,769

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	0.83%
California:	1.40%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Non-Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$106,847
State:	$97,514

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$16,827
State:	$14,973

Number of discharges: 21

Here:	0.92%
California:	0.30%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures without Coronary Artery Stent without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$131,325
State:	$102,162

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,962
California:	$16,151

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.48%
State:	0.42%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$47,876
State:	$46,464

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,381
State:	$8,334

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.57%
State:	0.45%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$120,524
California:	$107,281

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$17,302
State:	$22,071

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.57%
California:	0.47%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$101,873
California:	$78,140

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$14,546
California:	$16,377

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.57%
California:	0.41%

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$110,571
State:	$64,758

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,493
California:	$11,179

Number of discharges: 33

This Hospital:	1.44%
California:	1.15%

Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$105,336
State:	$51,386

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,807
State:	$8,854

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.48%
State:	0.29%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$33,143
State:	$35,878

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,285
California:	$7,039

Number of discharges: 39

This Hospital:	1.70%
State:	1.21%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$62,441
State:	$48,439

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,831
State:	$8,967

Number of discharges: 51

This Hospital:	2.23%
State:	1.90%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$112,530
California:	$72,128

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,879
State:	$14,548

Number of discharges: 47

This Hospital:	2.05%
California:	1.48%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$98,637
State:	$70,949

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,453
California:	$12,543

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	1.05%
State:	1.04%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$183,238
State:	$101,885

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$19,388
California:	$17,925

Number of discharges: 60

Here:	2.62%
State:	1.30%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$361,893
State:	$262,024

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$41,182
California:	$48,700

Number of discharges: 23

This Hospital:	1.00%
State:	0.44%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$180,809
California:	$120,888

Average Total Payments

Here:	$20,030
State:	$21,006

Number of discharges: 39

Here:	1.70%
State:	0.92%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$401,723
State:	$277,564

Average Total Payments

Here:	$49,622
State:	$53,075

Number of discharges: 24

Here:	1.05%
State:	0.64%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$135,950
California:	$90,173

Average Total Payments

Here:	$15,264
California:	$16,748

Number of discharges: 161

Here:	7.03%
State:	7.21%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$92,581
State:	$50,385

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,502
California:	$9,612

Number of discharges: 45

This Hospital:	1.97%
State:	2.35%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$79,294
California:	$48,755

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,330
State:	$8,695

Number of discharges: 49

Here:	2.14%
California:	2.75%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$101,431
State:	$70,362

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,669
California:	$12,496

Number of discharges: 63

Here:	2.75%
California:	1.89%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$54,179
California:	$34,477

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,879
State:	$5,838

Number of discharges: 30

Here:	1.31%
State:	0.97%

Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$194,531
California:	$154,326

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$25,363
California:	$32,547

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.70%
California:	0.83%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$50,710
State:	$37,038

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,765
State:	$6,233

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	0.83%
California:	1.60%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$44,529
State:	$37,396

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,201
California:	$6,120

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	0.66%
State:	0.94%

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
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 29.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 248.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 359.50
Dieticians : 3.50
Occupational Therapists : 2.50
Physical Therapists : 7.00
Registered Pharmacists : 7.00
Respiratory Therapists : 5.00
Medical Social Workers : 2.50

Number Of Beds

Total: 236
Total Certified: 236

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

Here:	8%
California:	7%

Usually

Here:	23%
State:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	69%
California:	72%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
California:	17%

Always

Here:	77%
California:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	17%
California:	13%

Usually

Here:	32%
State:	28%

Always

This Hospital:	51%
State:	59%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	27%
State:	25%

Always

Here:	65%
California:	67%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	27%
California:	23%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
California:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	52%
State:	58%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	19%
California:	10%

Usually

Here:	22%
State:	21%

Always

Here:	59%
California:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	18%
State:	18%

Usually

This Hospital:	32%
California:	33%

Always

Here:	50%
California:	49%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	82%
California:	81%

This Hospital:	18%
State:	19%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	11%
California:	10%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	30%
State:	24%

9 or 10

Here:	59%
California:	66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	8%
State:	7%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	28%
State:	24%

Yes, definitely

Here:	64%
State:	69%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	100.0%
California:	99.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
California:	99.0%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.8%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
California:	99.6%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	90.0%
State:	93.9%

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

This Hospital:	10
California:	9

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.2%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
California:	97.5%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
California:	98.9%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.2%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	95.0%
California:	93.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.4%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	96.1%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.1%

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

Here:	97.0%
California:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	95.0%
California:	94.3%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
California:	95.8%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
California:	98.1%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	96.3%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
California:	98.2%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	96.0%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
California:	96.9%

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
State:	94.7%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
California:	99.8%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
California:	93.9%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	96.1%

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

Here:	95.0%
California:	95.1%

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

Here:	95.0%
California:	95.5%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	16.1%
State:	14.9%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	10.4%
California:	10.9%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	11.4%
California:	11.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	21.4%
California:	19.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	23.7%
State:	24.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	16.9%
State:	18.3%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Objects Accidentally Left in the Body After Surgery

Here:	0.145%
State:	0.198%

Falls and injuries

Here:	0.581%
State:	0.625%

Infection from a Urinary Catheter

Here:	0.726%
State:	0.608%

Severe pressure sores (bed sores)

Here:	0.290%
State:	0.321%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	7.400%
State:	8.180%

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

This Hospital:	0.130%
California:	0.170%

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

This Hospital:	0.211%
State:	0.043%

Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery

Here:	9.900%
State:	5.492%

Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time

Here:	0.900%
California:	1.898%

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

ABSOLUT HOME HEALTH CARE, INC. (0.78 miles)
CANYON OAKS NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER (CANOGA PARK, 1.42 miles)
CARESS HOME HEALTH PROVIDERS, INC (CANOGA PARK, 1.37 miles)
WEST VALLEY HEALTHCARE CENTER (0.96 miles)
MEDSHARES H C SO CA (0.09 miles)
SAN FERNANDO WEST KIDNEY CENTER (0.08 miles)
VALLEY PARK MEDICAL CENTER (CANOGA PARK, 0.98 miles)

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