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ProviderNumber: 360065

Title: FISHER-TITUS HOSPITAL

Address1: 272 BENEDICT AVENUE

City: NORWALK

State Code: OH

Zip Code: 44857

County: HURON

Phone Number: 4196688101

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals

Hospital Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private

Emergency Services: Yes

Registries: Registries: Cardiac Surgery - NO; Stroke Care - YES; Nursing Care - NO

Death from serious treatable complications after surgery Compared to National Average: No Different (Number of Patients: 38; Rate: 136.82; Lower Est.: 85.02; Higher Est.: 188.62)

Collapsed lung due to medical treatment Compared to National Average: No Different (Number of Patients: 3329; Rate: 0.24; Lower Est.: 0; Higher Est.: 0.71)

Breathing failure after surgery Compared to National Average: No Different (Number of Patients: 340; Rate: 10.83; Lower Est.: 4.09; Higher Est.: 17.57)

Serious blood clots after surgery Compared to National Average: No Different (Number of Patients: 603; Rate: 5.1; Lower Est.: 0; Higher Est.: 11.16)

A wound that splits open after surgery Compared to National Average: No Different (Number of Patients: 76; Rate: 2.57; Lower Est.: 0.41; Higher Est.: 4.73)

Accidental cuts and tears from medical treatment Compared to National Average: No Different (Number of Patients: 3427; Rate: 1.15; Lower Est.: 0; Higher Est.: 2.93)

Serious Complications Compared to National Average: No Different (Number of Patients: NA; Rate: NA)

Death after surgery to repair a weakness in the abdominal aorta: Number of Cases Too Small (Number of Patients: 11; Rate: NA)

Deaths after admission for broken hip Compared to National Average: No Different (Number of Patients: 55; Rate: 2.89; Lower Est.: 1.17; Higher Est.: 4.61)

Deaths from Certain Conditions Compared to National Average: No Different (Number of Patients: NA; Rate: NA)

Patient Review Communication:
Nurses communicated well - Sometimes/Never: 5; Usually: 20; Always: 75
Doctors communicated well - Sometimes/Never: 7; Usually: 21; Always: 72
Receive help as soon as they want - Sometimes/Never: 9; Usually: 31; Always: 60
Pain was well controlled - Sometimes/Never: 9; Usually: 25; Always: 66
Explained about medicines before giving it to them - Sometimes/Never: 20; Usually: 19; Always: 61
Clean room and bathroom - Sometimes/Never: 5; Usually: 15; Always: 80
Area around their room were quiet at night - Sometimes/Never: 10; Usually: 35; Always: 55
Provided recovery at home instructions - Yes: 86; No: 14
Hospital rating (O to 10; 10 highest) - 6 or lower: 8; 7 or 8: 24; 9 or 10: 68
YES, would recommend the hospital: 71
Number of completed Surveys: 300 or more

Patients who gave their hospital a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale: 68

Percentage of Patients who would recommend the hospital: Definitely Recommend: 71; Probably Recommend: 25; Not Recommend: 4

Surgery patients given the right antibiotic to prevent infection: 97% (Number of Patients: 201)

Patients treated at the right time within 24 hrs before or after: 79% (Number of Patients: 97)

Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time: 76% (Number of Patients: 63)

Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic: 88% (Number of Patients: 58)