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Hospital comparison: St Bernard Hospital
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Overview
Location Chicago, IL
Hospital type Acute care
Ownership Voluntary Non-Profit - Church
Emergency room Yes
Beds 194
Ratings
CMS overall star ratingMedicare's summary of quality measures 1 of 5
Would definitely recommend 54% of patients
Google rating 2.0 of 5 (170 reviews)
Emergency room
Typical ER visitMedian minutes, patients sent home 3 hr 51 min
Left before being seen 14%
ER volume Medium
Safety
Hospital-acquired infectionsCompared with national 0 better · 0 worse of 4 compared
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) Same as national
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) Same as national
MRSA bloodstream infections Same as national
C. diff intestinal infections Same as national
Serious complications (PSI 90) Same as national
Death rate: Pneumonia patientsWithin 30 days, risk-adjusted 13.7%
Death rate: Hospital-wide, all conditionsWithin 30 days, risk-adjusted 5.3%
Readmissions
Readmitted: Heart failureWithin 30 days 21.7%
Readmitted: PneumoniaWithin 30 days 17.4%
Readmitted: COPD (chronic lung disease)Within 30 days 19.6%
Extra days back in hospital after pneumonia -13.1
Timely care
Sepsis: got all recommended early treatmentHigher is better 75%
Septic shock: full treatment within 3 hoursHigher is better 84%
Typical time in the ER before going homeLower is better 231 min
Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeLower is better 676 min
Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better 14%
Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better 97%
Discharged on two opioids, or an opioid and a benzodiazepineLower is better 12%
Colonoscopy: right follow-up interval for average-risk patientsHigher is better 96%
Medicare programs
Hospital-acquired condition penalty1% payment cut this year Not penalized
Value-based purchasing scoreOut of 100; median 29.5 41.6
Medicare spending per patient1.00 = national median 1.03

"Better" or "worse" means CMS found a statistically significant difference from the national rate. Figures without a verdict are shown for context; small differences may be chance. A dash means CMS has no result for that hospital, often because it treats too few patients for that measure. About the data.

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