Falmouth Hospital

History

Falmouth Hospital opened May 2, 1963 with 58 beds. A third floor was added in 1969 increasing capacity to 88 beds. Then further expansions in 1971, 1976, and 1977 added offices, a helicopter landing pad, and other facilities. In 1983 a fourth floor addition was completed along with x-ray, laboratory, and emergency services facilities. In 1996, an outpatient and maternity center was added.

Hospital rating data

The HealthGrades website contains the latest quality data for Falmouth Hospital, as of 2015. For this rating section three different types of data from HealthGrades are presented: quality ratings for twenty-two inpatient conditions and procedures, thirteen patient safety indicators, percentage of patients giving the hospital a 9 or 10 (the two highest possible ratings).

For inpatient conditions and procedures, there are three possible ratings: worse than expected, as expected, better than expected. For this hospital the data for this category is:

• Worse than expected - 2
• As expected - 16
• Better than expected - 4 For patient safety indicators, there are the same three possible ratings. For this hospital safety indicators were rated as:
• Worse than expected - 1
• As expected -12
• Better than expected - 0

Data for patients giving this hospital a 9 or 10 are:

• Patients rating this hospital as a 9 or 10 - 71%
• Patients rating hospitals as a 9 or 10 nationally - 69%

Miscellaneous

Billionaire Peter Nicholas was a benefactor and used the hospital's heliport.

References

References

1. [http://www.givetocapecodhealth.org/hist.htm Cape Cod Healthcare history] {{webarchive. link. (2008-07-23)
2. "Wind Turbine Feasibility study at Falmouth Hospital, Feb 2005".
3. HealthGrades website, at http://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/massachusetts-ma/falmouth-hospital-hgst54d52386220135 .
4. Cape Cod Times (April 29, 2005) ''Rich donor keeps Falmouth Hospital heliport rights.''