Northwest Community Hospital

Filing Period

Oct 1, 2012 to Sep 30, 2013

Signed

Aug 12, 2014

Return Version

2012v2.3

Gross Receipts

$565,780,762

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Gastroenterology Hospital's gastroenterology (gi) center provides quality, patient centered, compassionate care for patients, regardless of ability to pay, in need of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures. 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. This team provides same-day care for patients in and beyond hospital's service area who are in need of interventional procedures. In FY 2013 the GI center provided service for 29,850 patients.

Activity 3

General Surgery Hospital's general surgery service line provided quality, patient centered, compassionate care, regardless of ability to pay, to 3,264 general surgical patients (inpatient and outpatient) in the main or during FY 2013. Procedures were performed in state-of-the-art operating rooms which include three dedicated minimally invasive surgery suites. the general surgery program provides care for both pediatric and adult populations. In FY 2011, hospital partnered with children's memorial hospital to plan for a neonatal surgery program to support its new level 3 NICU. The general surgery program also includes davinci robotic capabilities and a dedicated pancreatic surgery program. General Surgery services are provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and the program is designated a level 2 trauma center. Hospital has been the recipient of multiple healthgrades awards which include GI services. General surgery mortality and surgical site infections observed-to-expected ratios are in the "low" range based on hospital's case mix index. a multidisciplinary team has 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 include: 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. Form 990, Part III - Other Program Services, Line 4d Form 990, Part III, Line 4d includes revenue and expenses from all other program services not described on Form 990, part III, lines 4a-4c.

Filer

EIN

36-2340313