St. David's North Austin Medical Center, a 332-bed tertiary medical center, offers state-of-the art technologies and innovative care performed by over 1100 highly trained physicians and approximately 1200 skilled staff, all in a comfortable and accessible location. St. David's North Austin Medical Center is a member of St. David's HealthCare.
A comprehensive Heart and Vascular Center, a full-service Emergency Room, a Kidney Transplant program, a comprehensive women's diagnostic imaging center, and inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation programs are just some of the services provided. Technological enhancements include two daVinci robotic surgical systems, new Cath Labs, MRI upgrade, a 64-slice CT scanner and digital mammography.
St. David's North Austin Medical Center is proud to be an Accredited Chest Pain and Stroke Center as well as Commission on Cancer approved cancer program. In addition, the hospital earned national recognition for repeatedly being in the top 10% for stroke care and orthopedic surgery as well as women's services for the past four years.
For minor injuries and illnesses, St. David's North Austin Medical Center operates an Urgent Care Clinic in Pflugerville (just North of Austin) to treat patients after hours and on the weekends. This unit is staffed by Board Certified physicians with experience in Emergency Medicine.
A recent $82 million investment was made in women's services. The St. David's Women's Center of Texas, located on the campus of St. David's North Austin Medical Center, is a new facility dedicated entirely to the health and wellbeing of women of all ages. This addition more than doubles capacity with enhanced surgical and imaging centers, 29 LDR rooms, 61 postpartum rooms, six operating rooms for cesarean sections and 36 Level III NICU beds. This three-story, 121,000 square-foot facility is the largest women's center in Central Texas with capacity for future expansion.
National and State Recognition:
- 2009 Health Care Texas Quality Improvement Award (St. David's HealthCare)
- TMF Quality Improvement Achievement Award
- National recognition for
- Orthopedic Surgery 2007 / 2008/ 2009
- Maternity Care 2007 / 2008 / 2009
- Joint Replacement 2009
- Spine Surgery 2009
- THA Excellence in Ophthalmology Screening of NICU Newborns 2007 / 2008
- Texas Award for Performance Excellence 2008 (St. David's HealthCare)
- Gold Certification for Stroke Care
- Resuscitation Center of Excellence 2009
- 2008 Commission on Cancer New Program Outstanding Achievement Award
- Joint Commission Validation Survey – March 2009 - No Recommendations
- Stroke Recertification 2008
- Chest Pain Recertification 2009
- MRSA Screening: HCA Top Tier
- CMS Transplant Recertification
- 2009 Frontline Leadership Award – Jeanny Platt
- 2009 Austin Business Journal Healthcare Hero Award – Jeanny Platt
- Named Best Place to Work in 2007, 2008 and 2009 (St. David's HealthCare)
Community Involvement includes, but is not limited to:
- Susan G. Komen
- Breast Cancer Resource Center
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- March of Dimes
- American Heart Association
- United Way
- Blood Center of Central Texas
- Pflugerville Chamber of Commerce
- Pflugerville Independent School District
- Dallas Texas – Austin Division Soccer Club
- Indoor Soccer Club
- Angel Tree – Holiday Giving Program
Journey To Excellence
Quality:
- Reduced patient falls by 25% from 2008 to Fall 2009
- Improved mortality rate from .75 in 2006 to .36 in 2Q 2009.
- Improved all Core Measures, achieving the CMS 90% benchmark for HF, Pneumonia and SCIP
- Door to Balloon time average was 56 minutes, with a national standard of less than 90 minutes
- VAP rate in 2009 was 2.36 which is less than the HCA benchmark of 2.7
People:
- Employee turnover decreased by over 6% from 2006 to 2009
- RN turnover decreased by nearly 3% in the past three years
- Employee satisfaction increased from 75% in 2007 to 83% in 2009
- Employee engagement increased from 81% in 2007 to 91% in 2009
- Physician satisfaction increased over the past 3 years to 99%, 10% over the national average
- Physician recommendation of the facility exceeded the national average by 9%
Growth:
- Added a new comprehensive women's center in 2009
- Inpatient admissions increased over 15% from 2007 to 2009 despite 3 new hospitals opening in the area
- ED visits increased by over 25% in 2 years despite 3 new hospitals opening in the area
- Outpatient visits increased by over 15,000 visits from 2007 to 2009
- Experienced a 36% increase compared to 2007
Financial:
- Annual earnings increased 97% over the last 24 months
- Medicare Case Mix increased from 1.66 in 2008 to 1.75 in 2009
- Operating costs as a percent of net revenue decreased 6% from 2008 to 2009
- Gross days in A/R decreased from 59 in 2006 to 45 in 2009
- Upfront collections in 2009 increased 20% over prior year