Leahi Hospital
3675 Kilauea Avenue, Honolulu HI 96816 · (808) 733-8000 · 98.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Leahi Hospital is an average-sized hospital-based facility located in Honolulu, Hawaii. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the top facilities we assessed. This facility was given one of the highest ratings that we offer. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. This facility was also given phenomenal grades in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 109 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also would like to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing grade. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. Nursing scores are mostly based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.6 hours of nursing care per patient per day, of which a significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. This is one of the higher totals of nursing hours we were able to find. On top of providing high levels of care, this facility also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. With below five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any nursing home the country in this category.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a very strong long-term care score. In fact, this turned out to be this nursing home's second most impressive category grade. In that category, we gave this facility a score of A. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 93.15403 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is a bit lower than we expected but still a respectable figure. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.69 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a high-end short-term care score. This actually ended up being this nursing home's third best category score. In that area, this facility received a score of A. In computing our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is considered to be a fair assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. One of this nursing home's strengths is it provides more than an hour of care per day from registered nurses per resident. This is really the gold standard for this metric, as it's approximately 1.5 times higher than a typical nursing home's level of registered nurse staffing. Finally, we considered the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This place fared better than most facilities in the country in this area with 52.8 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our inspection category, this nursing home excelled in that area, which is based on the nursing home's recent inspection reports. We awarded it an impressive grade of A- for that category. This topped off this place's straight A report card. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Leahi Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care residents who developed pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a fall leading to severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term care patients who were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better