SANFORD WORTHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER - WORTHINGTON, MN

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Addresss:
1018 SIXTH AVENUE PO BOX 997
WORTHINGTON, MN, 56187
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (507) 372-2941

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

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: SANFORD WORTHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 14.80
Registered Professional Nurses : 65.80
Other Salaried Personnel : 95.70
Dieticians : 0.80
Occupational Therapists : 1.50
Physical Therapists : 4.60
Registered Pharmacists : 2.60
Respiratory Therapists : 1.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 0.60
Medical Social Workers : 3.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 2.80
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 4.10

Number Of Beds
Total: 66
Total Certified: 66
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 10

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) 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
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

1.115%
State:

0.687%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

10
Minnesota:

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

95.0%
State:

96.6%

Heart Failure

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

78.0%
Minnesota:

97.5%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

84.0%
Minnesota:

88.6%

Pneumonia

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

100.0%
Minnesota:

97.1%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

100.0%
Minnesota:

96.1%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

72.0%
State:

92.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

75.0%
State:

94.9%

Surgery

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

96.0%
Minnesota:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

100.0%
Minnesota:

97.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

96.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

94.0%
Minnesota:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

83.0%
Minnesota:

92.7%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

94.0%
Minnesota:

95.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

93.0%
Minnesota:

94.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.8%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

95.0%
Minnesota:

99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

12.1%
State:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.6%
State:

11.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

25.9%
State:

24.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

19.2%
Minnesota:

18.3%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 36%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
Minnesota:

3%
Usually
Here:

17%
Minnesota:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

80%
State:

79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
Minnesota:

3%
Usually
Here:

18%
Minnesota:

14%
Always
Here:

78%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

23%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

68%
Minnesota:

72%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
State:

25%
Always
Here:

70%
Minnesota:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

14%
Minnesota:

16%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
State:

20%
Always
Here:

62%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

14%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

83%
Minnesota:

76%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

31%
Minnesota:

30%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
State:

63%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

84%
State:

86%
No
Here:

16%
Minnesota:

14%

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

6 or lower
Here:

6%
State:

6%
7 or 8
Here:

29%
Minnesota:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

65%
State:

72%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

4%
Minnesota:

3%
Yes, probably
Here:

34%
Minnesota:

24%
Yes, definitely
Here:

62%
Minnesota:

73%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

0.062%
Minnesota:

0.072%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

1.700%
Minnesota:

5.841%

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

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,332
State:

$15,752
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,368
State:

$5,193
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

15.15%
Minnesota:

3.65%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,986
State:

$19,497
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,961
State:

$7,303
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

7.27%
Minnesota:

2.99%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,754
Minnesota:

$13,992
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,128
Minnesota:

$4,779
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

9.70%
State:

1.05%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,810
State:

$14,428
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,711
Minnesota:

$5,431
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

7.88%
Minnesota:

2.35%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,150
Minnesota:

$36,865
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,743
Minnesota:

$14,961
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

10.91%
State:

9.87%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,325
Minnesota:

$13,567
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,039
State:

$4,921
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

13.33%
Minnesota:

2.24%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,460
Minnesota:

$21,565
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,226
State:

$8,065
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

7.88%
Minnesota:

1.75%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,423
State:

$16,939
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,321
Minnesota:

$7,101
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

13.33%
State:

3.04%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,946
State:

$26,863
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,326
State:

$10,284
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

7.27%
State:

1.63%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,271
State:

$13,929
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,367
State:

$5,101
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

7.27%
State:

1.63%

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