VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER Ratings and Reviews

About VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER

VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER is a Acute Care Hospitals. It is in POUGHKEEPSIE, NY. Its type of ownership is Voluntary non-profit - Private. The facility's Medicare ID is 330023. It does provide emergency services. There are 813 medical professionals and 135 doctor groups affiliated with the hospital. On average at VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER, emergency patients were charged $25,306. This is lower than the state average of $26,475. It is also lower than the national average of $25,828.

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Patient Survey Results

Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER to the national results for similar facilities.

Survey Question	Response
Patients who reported that their nurses "Always" communicated well	75 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Sometimes" or "Never" communicated well	6 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Usually" communicated well	19 %
Nurse communication - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Nurse communication - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported that their nurses "Always" treated them with courtesy and respect	82 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Sometimes" or "Never" treated them with courtesy and respect	3 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Usually" treated them with courtesy and respect	15 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Always" listened carefully to them	71 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Sometimes" or "Never" listened carefully to them	7 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Usually" listened carefully to them	22 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Always" explained things in a way they could understand	72 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Sometimes" or "Never" explained things in a way they could understand	7 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Usually" explained things in a way they could understand	21 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Always" communicated well	73 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Sometimes" or "Never" communicated well	6 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Usually" communicated well	21 %
Doctor communication - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Doctor communication - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported that their doctors "Always" treated them with courtesy and respect	81 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Sometimes" or "Never" treated them with courtesy and respect	4 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Usually" treated them with courtesy and respect	15 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Always" listened carefully to them	72 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Sometimes" or "Never" listened carefully to them	7 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Usually" listened carefully to them	21 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Always" explained things in a way they could understand	67 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Sometimes" or "Never" explained things in a way they could understand	9 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Usually" explained things in a way they could understand	24 %
Patients who reported that they "Always" received help as soon as they wanted	54 %
Patients who reported that they "Sometimes" or "Never" received help as soon as they wanted	15 %
Patients who reported that they "Usually" received help as soon as they wanted	31 %
Staff responsiveness - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Staff responsiveness - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported that they "Always" received help after using the call button as soon as they wanted	48 %
Patients who reported that they "Sometimes" or "Never" received help after using the call button as soon as they wanted	17 %
Patients who reported that they "Usually" received help after using the call button as soon as they wanted	35 %
Patients who reported that they "Always" received bathroom help as soon as they wanted	58 %
Patients who reported that they "Sometimes" or "Never" received bathroom help as soon as they wanted	13 %
Patients who reported that they "Usually" received bathroom help as soon as they wanted	29 %
Patients who reported that staff "Always" explained about medicines before giving it to them	55 %
Patients who reported that staff "Sometimes" or "Never" explained about medicines before giving it to them	24 %
Patients who reported that staff "Usually" explained about medicines before giving it to them	21 %
Communication about medicines - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Communication about medicines - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported that when receiving new medication the staff "Always" communicated what the medication was for	72 %
Patients who reported that when receiving new medication the staff "Sometimes" or "Never" communicated what the medication was for	11 %
Patients who reported that when receiving new medication the staff "Usually" communicated what the medication was for.	17 %
Patients who reported that when receiving new medication the staff "Always" discussed possible side effects	39 %
Patients who reported that when receiving new medication the staff "Sometimes" or "Never" discussed possible side effects	37 %
Patients who reported that when receiving new medication the staff "Usually" discussed possible side effects	24 %
Patients who reported that NO, they were not given information about what to do during their recovery at home	14 %
Patients who reported that YES, they were given information about what to do during their recovery at home	86 %
Discharge information - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Discharge information - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported that NO, they did not discuss whether they would need help after discharge	15 %
Patients who reported that YES, they did discuss whether they would need help after discharge	85 %
Patients who reported that NO, they did not receive written information about possible symptoms to look out for after discharge	14 %
Patients who reported that YES, they did receive written information about possible symptoms to look out for after discharge	86 %
Patients who "Agree" they understood their care when they left the hospital	46 %
Patients who "Disagree" or "Strongly Disagree" they understood their care when they left the hospital	7 %
Patients who "Strongly Agree" they understood their care when they left the hospital	47 %
Care transition - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Care transition - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who "Agree" that the staff took my preferences into account when determining my health care needs	50 %
Patients who "Disagree" or "Strongly Disagree" that the staff took my preferences into account when determining my health care needs	10 %
Patients who "Strongly Agree" that the staff took my preferences into account when determining my health care needs	40 %
Patients who "Agree" that they understood their responsiblities in managing their health	49 %
Patients who "Disagree" or "Strongly Disagree" that they understood their responsiblities in managing their health	6 %
Patients who "Strongly Agree" that they understood their responsiblities in managing their health	45 %
Patients who "Agree" that they understood the purposes of their medications when leaving the hospital	40 %
Patients who "Disagree" or "Strongly Disagree" that they understood the purposes of their medications when leaving the hospital	6 %
Patients who "Strongly Agree" that they understood the purposes of their medications when leaving the hospital	54 %
Patients who reported that their room and bathroom were "Always" clean	67 %
Patients who reported that their room and bathroom were "Sometimes" or "Never" clean	13 %
Patients who reported that their room and bathroom were "Usually" clean	20 %
Cleanliness - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Cleanliness - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported that the area around their room was "Always" quiet at night	63 %
Patients who reported that the area around their room was "Sometimes" or "Never" quiet at night	8 %
Patients who reported that the area around their room was "Usually" quiet at night	29 %
Quietness - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Quietness - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who gave their hospital a rating of 6 or lower on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)	10 %
Patients who gave their hospital a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)	24 %
Patients who gave their hospital a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)	66 %
Overall hospital rating - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Overall hospital rating - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported NO, they would probably not or definitely not recommend the hospital	7 %
Patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the hospital	67 %
Patients who reported YES, they would probably recommend the hospital	26 %
Recommend hospital - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Recommend hospital - star rating	Not Applicable
Summary star rating	Not Applicable

Cost of VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER, Compare to National and State Averages

Understanding how much a hospital is going to cost is extremely difficult. Hospitals themselves actively obscure what they charge and have negotiated different rates with different insurers. Then you have the problem of the wide variety of treatments which the VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER provides.

To provide some standard metric to compare hospital costs, CMS publishes the MSPB (or "Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary"). Even though you may not be on Medicare, this metric may still be useful. The MSPB is expressed as a percentage compared to the national average for costs that Medicare incurs. A percentage higher than 100% means the hospital charges more than the national average while a percentage less than 100% means the hospital charges less than the national average.

MSPB for VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER: Not Available

Detailed table for spending and period for patients at VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER:

Type	Amount
Home Health Agency (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$12
Hospice (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$0
Inpatient (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$39
Outpatient (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$97
Skilled Nursing Facility (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$16
Durable Medical Equipment (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$7
Carrier (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$657
Home Health Agency (During Index Hospital Admission)	$0
Hospice (During Index Hospital Admission)	$0
Inpatient (During Index Hospital Admission)	$12,215
Outpatient (During Index Hospital Admission)	$0
Skilled Nursing Facility (During Index Hospital Admission)	$0
Durable Medical Equipment (During Index Hospital Admission)	$16
Carrier (During Index Hospital Admission)	$1,743
Home Health Agency (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$578
Hospice (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$216
Inpatient (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$2,718
Outpatient (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$857
Skilled Nursing Facility (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$4,537
Durable Medical Equipment (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$81
Carrier (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$1,517
Total (Complete Episode)	$25,306

Infection Rates at VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER

These measures show how often patients at VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER contract certain infections during the course of their medical treatment, when compared to other hospitals nationally.

Infection Type	Score / Compare to National Average
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): Lower Confidence Limit	0.22 / Same
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): Upper Confidence Limit	1.13 / Same
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection: Number of Device Days	10,505.00 / Same
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): Predicted Cases	11.02 / Same
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): Observed Cases	6.00 / Same
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)	0.54 / Same
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): Lower Confidence Limit	0.20 / Same
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): Upper Confidence Limit	1.05 / Same
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): Number of Urinary Catheter Days	9,819.00 / Same
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): Predicted Cases	11.92 / Same
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): Observed Cases	6.00 / Same
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)	0.50 / Same
SSI - Colon Surgery: Lower Confidence Limit	0.01 / Better
SSI - Colon Surgery: Upper Confidence Limit	0.64 / Better
SSI - Colon Surgery: Number of Procedures	297.00 / Better
SSI - Colon Surgery: Predicted Cases	7.71 / Better
SSI - Colon Surgery: Observed Cases	1.00 / Better
SSI - Colon Surgery	0.13 / Better
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy: Lower Confidence Limit	-- / Same
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy: Upper Confidence Limit	2.25 / Same
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy: Number of Procedures	165.00 / Same
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy: Predicted Cases	1.33 / Same
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy: Observed Cases	0.00 / Same
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy	0.00 / Same
MRSA Bacteremia: Lower Confidence Limit	0.17 / Same
MRSA Bacteremia: Upper Confidence Limit	1.28 / Same
MRSA Bacteremia: Patient Days	109,916.00 / Same
MRSA Bacteremia: Predicted Cases	7.54 / Same
MRSA Bacteremia: Observed Cases	4.00 / Same
MRSA Bacteremia	0.53 / Same
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): Lower Confidence Limit	0.35 / Better
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): Upper Confidence Limit	0.76 / Better
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): Patient Days	101,290.00 / Better
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): Predicted Cases	47.57 / Better
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): Observed Cases	25.00 / Better
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)	0.53 / Better

How VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER Compares to Other Similar Facilities

This is how VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER compares to other similar hospitals nationally based on data provided to CMS.

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Percentages of Complications and Deaths at VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER

Measure	Score	Compared to National Rates
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients	NA	Not Enough Data
Death rate for heart attack patients	11.3%	SAME
Death rate for CABG surgery patients	2.1%	SAME
Death rate for COPD patients	8.6%	SAME
Death rate for heart failure patients	8.5%	Better
Death rate for pneumonia patients	15.8%	SAME
Death rate for stroke patients	12.2%	SAME
Pressure ulcer rate	0.72%	SAME
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications	189.42%	SAME
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate	0.29%	SAME
In-hospital fall with hip fracture rate	0.09%	SAME
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate	1.67%	SAME
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate	0.86%	SAME
Postoperative respiratory failure rate	8.51%	SAME
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate	6.41%	Worse
Postoperative sepsis rate	3.89%	SAME
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate	2.21%	SAME
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate	1.03%	SAME
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite	1.05%	SAME

Skilled Nursing Facilities Near VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER

Many hospital patients are not ready to return home after a hospital visit. If recovery is going to be protracted, doctors will often advise that the patients recuperate at a skilled nursing facility. Below is a list of the skilled nursing homes near VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER ranked by their CMS 5-Star Overall Rating.

Facility Name	Overall Rating
Havencare at Hancock Hall	5:
Havencare at Filosa	5:
Middletown Park Rehab and Health Care Center	5:
Golden Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	5:
The Baptist Home at Brookmeade	5:
The Paramount at Somers Rehab and Nursing Center	4:
Glen Arden Inc	4:
Putnam Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	4:
Ten Broeck Commons	4:
Taconic Rehabilitation and Nursing at Hopewell	3:
The Pines at Poughkeepsie Ctr For Nursing and Rehab	3:
Lutheran Center at Poughkeepsie Inc	3:
Taconic Rehabilitation and Nursing at Ulster	3:
Woodland Pond at New Paltz	3:
Ferncliff Nursing Home Co Inc	3:
Highland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center	2:
Taconic Rehabilitation and Nursing at Beacon	2:
Montgomery Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	2:
Sapphire Nursing at Wappingers	2:
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nrsg at River Valley	2:
Hudson Valley Rehabilitation and Extended Care Ctr	2:
Northeast Ctr For Rehabilitation and Brain Injury	2:
The Valley View Center For Nursing Care and Rehab	1:
Saint John Paul Ii Center	1:
Sapphire Nursing and Rehab at Goshen	1:
Putnam Ridge	1:
Campbell Hall Rehabilitation Center Inc	1:
Fishkill Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing	1:
Sapphire Nursing at Meadow Hill	1:
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Pawling	1:
New Paltz Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing	1:
The Eleanor Nursing Care Center	1:
Renaissance Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center	1:
Sharon Center For Health and Rehabilitation	1:

Medical Groups Affiliated with VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER

There are 813 doctors and 135 medical groups that are affiliated with VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER.

Affiliated Doctor Groups

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