WOMAN'S HOSPITAL - BATON ROUGE, LA

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Addresss:
100 WOMAN'S WAY
BATON ROUGE, LA, 70817
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (225) 927-1300

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 14.25
Registered Professional Nurses : 124.75
Other Salaried Personnel : 756.75
Occupational Therapists : 4.50
Physical Therapists : 7.75
Registered Pharmacists : 17.75
Respiratory Therapists : 32.25
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.00
Physicians : 7.00
Medical Social Workers : 3.75

Number Of Beds
Total: 225
Total Certified: 225

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
Home Health Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical 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

Use of Medical Imaging

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

13.100%
State:

8.157%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.134%
State:

0.309%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 18%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

4%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

14%
Always
This Hospital:

81%
Louisiana:

82%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

13%
State:

11%
Always
This Hospital:

83%
State:

86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

11%
State:

10%
Usually
Here:

23%
Louisiana:

20%
Always
Here:

66%
Louisiana:

70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
Louisiana:

7%
Usually
Here:

19%
Louisiana:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

75%
Louisiana:

75%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

21%
Louisiana:

17%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
State:

15%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
Louisiana:

68%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
Louisiana:

9%
Usually
Here:

17%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

75%
Louisiana:

74%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

12%
Louisiana:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
Louisiana:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
Louisiana:

73%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

89%
State:

83%
No
This Hospital:

11%
State:

17%

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

6 or lower
Here:

6%
State:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

16%
Louisiana:

18%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

78%
State:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

2%
Louisiana:

4%
Yes, probably
Here:

15%
Louisiana:

21%
Yes, definitely
Here:

83%
Louisiana:

75%

Average Medicare Payment

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $6,758
Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $9,529
Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $16,764
Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,548
Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,734

Process of Care

Surgery

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

93.0%
Louisiana:

97.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

98.0%
Louisiana:

95.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

91.0%
State:

97.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

96.0%
Louisiana:

95.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

95.0%
Louisiana:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Louisiana:

99.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

100.0%
Louisiana:

92.3%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
State:

95.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

88.0%
Louisiana:

95.5%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

92.0%
Louisiana:

96.1%
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%

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