Northwest Community Hospital

Filing Period

Oct 1, 2010 to Sep 30, 2011

Signed

Aug 3, 2012

Return Version

2010v3.7

Gross Receipts

$848,122,804

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

General surgery hospital's general surgery program provided quality, patient-centered, compassionate care, regardless of ability to pay, to 3,180 general surgical patients (inpatient and outpatient) during fy 2011. Procedures were performed in state-of-the-art operating rooms which included three dedicated minimally invasive surgery suites. The general surgery program provided care for both pediatric and adult populations. In fy 2011, hospital partnered with children's memorial hospital in chicago to plan for a neonatal surgery program to support its new level 3 nicu. The general surgery program also included davinci robotic capabilities and a dedicated pancreatic surgery program. General surgery services were provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and the program was designated a level 2 trauma center. Hospital received multiple healthgrades awards which include gi services. General surgery mortality and surgical site infections observed to expected ratios were in the "low" range based on hospital's case mix index. A multidisciplinary team worked to improve results in the surgical care improvement project's core measures. An advanced practice nurse was hired to oversee surgical outcomes and improve performance in all surgical specialties. Areas of concentration included: antibiotics administered within 60 minutes of incision, appropriate antibiotics administered, antibiotics discontinued within 24 hours, appropriate hair removal, urinary catheter removed post-op day 1 or 2, surgery temperature management, beta blocker prior to surgery and vte prophylaxis. The majority of hospital's outcome measures were at or above benchmark levels.

Activity 3

Orthopedics hospital's orthopedic program provides quality, patient centered compassionate care, regardless of ability to pay, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to adult and geriatric patients requiring orthopedic intervention with case management integrated into the delivery of care. The unit team, primarily composed of registered nurses, assisted by patient care technicians; physical, respiratory, occupational and speech therapists; dietitians; chaplains and pharmacists, provides evaluation and treatment of illness in the acute phase and advanced clinical management of the orthopedic patient. Patient-focused care and education are provided in response to a number of diagnoses, including: total joint replacement, fractures, non-head injuries, back pain, and epidural intervention. Form 990, part iii - other program services, line 4d gastroenterology hospital's gastroenterology (gi) center provides quality, patient-centered compassionate care to patients, in need of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures regardless of ability to pay, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The gi center has become a regional referral center for patients in need of interventional procedures including endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic ultrasound. A state-of-the-art interventional suite offers patients access to superior quality care by providing digital imaging. Hospital's interventional team is led by an expert interventional physician and an interventional procedure consultant. This team provides same-day care for patients in and beyond hospital's service area who are in need of interventional procedures. In fy 2011 the gi center provided service for 12,951 patients. In addition to the program services listed above, hospital provides many other healthcare services on a daily basis. These additional programs include clinical education and research, neonatal care, and emergency care. Hospital is a subsidiary entity of northwest community healthcare (nch). Nch was established to own, operate, control, and otherwise coordinate the delivery of healthcare within the service area of hospital and coordinate the activities of the various corporations affiliated with nch. Subsidiaries of nch include hospital, northwest community hospital foundation (foundation) and northwest community day surgery center, inc., (day surgery center) which are not-for-profit entities; northwest community health services, inc., which owns and operates the nch medical group, a multi-specialty physician practice that was established in 2010 and npc-cyberknife, llc, which are taxable entities; and nch casualty insurance spc limited (nchci), a cayman islands corporation.

Filer

EIN

36-2340313