WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL - NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV

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WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL
#3 EAST BENJAMIN DRIVE
NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV, 26155

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (304) 455-8000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Local
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation 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
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 66.60
Other Salaried Personnel : 127.08
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 2.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 2.90
Registered Pharmacists : 2.23
Respiratory Therapists : 2.91
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 0.13
Physicians : 2.84
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 2.21
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 0.99
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 6.41
Nurse Practitioners: 0.47

Number Of Beds

Total: 68
Total Certified: 68

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

Here:	2.315%
West Virginia:	0.715%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 29%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
West Virginia:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	81%
West Virginia:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
West Virginia:	5%

Usually

Here:	15%
State:	14%

Always

Here:	82%
West Virginia:	81%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
West Virginia:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
State:	26%

Always

This Hospital:	72%
State:	64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
State:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
West Virginia:	24%

Always

Here:	73%
State:	68%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	18%
State:	21%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	19%

Always

Here:	64%
West Virginia:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
West Virginia:	9%

Usually

Here:	16%
State:	19%

Always

Here:	81%
State:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
West Virginia:	14%

Usually

Here:	38%
West Virginia:	34%

Always

Here:	53%
State:	52%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	74%
State:	81%

Here:	26%
State:	19%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	8%
West Virginia:	10%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	27%
West Virginia:	25%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	65%
State:	65%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	2%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

Here:	32%
West Virginia:	29%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	66%
West Virginia:	65%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,291

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $9,039

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $5,769

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $3,563

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $7,206

Heart failure and shock w CC: $4,969

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $2,324

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $6,430

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $4,815

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,070

Diabetes w MCC: $6,054

Chest Pain: $2,701

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $1,068

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $1,068

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $1,068

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $1,068

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $7,126

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $12,628

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $13,944

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	92.0%
State:	97.0%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	64.0%
State:	97.9%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	94.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	80.0%
West Virginia:	98.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.5%

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

Here:	13
West Virginia:	13

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

Here:	59
West Virginia:	95

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

This Hospital:	11
State:	33

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
State:	95.3%

Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival

This Hospital:	100
West Virginia:	56

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	88.0%
West Virginia:	97.3%

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

Here:	72.0%
State:	90.1%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	80.0%
State:	85.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
West Virginia:	97.6%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	93.9%

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

Here:	93.0%
West Virginia:	94.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	97.0%
State:	96.5%

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

Here:	86.0%
State:	89.5%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	93.0%
State:	90.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	79.0%
State:	91.9%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	86.0%
State:	97.3%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	94.5%

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

Here:	86.0%
West Virginia:	97.1%

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

Here:	91.0%
State:	90.9%

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

This Hospital:	91.0%
West Virginia:	92.7%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
West Virginia:	99.4%

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

Here:	75.0%
State:	90.5%

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

Here:	75.0%
State:	93.5%

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

Here:	67.0%
State:	89.6%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
West Virginia:	91.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	16.2%
State:	16.5%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	12.4%
West Virginia:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	12.2%
State:	12.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	19.6%
West Virginia:	19.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	24.5%
West Virginia:	25.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.3%
West Virginia:	19.2%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	37.300%
State:	38.416%

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

Here:	8.700%
West Virginia:	8.738%

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

This Hospital:	0.495%
State:	0.302%

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