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Acute Care Hospitals · Boone, NC

Watauga Medical Center

336 Deerfield Road, Boone, NC 28607

3 starsCMS overall star rating
YesEmergency services
Government - LocalOwnership

Hospital details

CMS overall star rating
3 stars
Emergency services
Yes
Ownership
Government - Local
Hospital type
Acute Care Hospitals
Address
336 Deerfield Road
City
Boone, NC
ZIP code
28607
County
Watauga
State
North Carolina
CMS Certification Number
340051

Sources: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospitals, Medicare Care Compare

CMS quality measures

Risk-adjusted rates as published by CMS for this hospital. A single rate is not a verdict on a hospital: CMS compares each rate with the national rate and its confidence interval, which are available on Medicare Care Compare.

MeasureCMS IDRateUnitPeriod from
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsCOMP_HIP_KNEE3.6%04/01/2023
Hospital-wide all-cause mortality (hybrid measure)Hybrid_HWM3.5%07/01/2024
Death rate for heart attack patientsMORT_30_AMI11.9%07/01/2022
Death rate for COPD patientsMORT_30_COPD9.8%07/01/2022
Death rate for heart failure patientsMORT_30_HF9.3%07/01/2022
Death rate for pneumonia patientsMORT_30_PN17.8%07/01/2022
Death rate for stroke patientsMORT_30_STK10.6%07/01/2023
Pressure ulcer ratePSI_030.34per 1,00007/01/2022
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsPSI_04153.05per 1,00007/01/2022
Iatrogenic pneumothorax ratePSI_060.18per 1,00007/01/2022
In-hospital fall-associated fracture ratePSI_080.25per 1,00007/01/2022
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma ratePSI_092.47per 1,00007/01/2022
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis ratePSI_101.6per 1,00007/01/2022
Postoperative respiratory failure ratePSI_119.24per 1,00007/01/2022
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis ratePSI_124.38per 1,00007/01/2022
Postoperative sepsis ratePSI_135.76per 1,00007/01/2022
Postoperative wound dehiscence ratePSI_141.72per 1,00007/01/2022
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration ratePSI_150.98per 1,00007/01/2022
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90)PSI_900.96index07/01/2022