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Clinica Biblica Hospital

Hospital Accredited?
Yes, on September 2007

From what accreditation organization?
Joint Commission International Accreditation

Any accreditation recently applied for?
Not at the moment. However, we are looking in to other international options.

Does your hospital have computerized physician order entry (CPOE)?
Yes we do, for outpatient and inpatients.

What is your hospital Post Surgical Infection Rate?
Our infection rate seen as: # of infection per 1,000 surgical procedures.

What is your hospital Perioperative Mortality Rate?
Our mortality rate seen as % of deaths per 10,000 discharges

Total Nurse to Patient Ratio
1 Nurse per 4 patients

Nurse to Patient Ratio for Med/Surgical Adult Unit (where medical tourists will be)
1 Nurse per 4 patients

Nurse Ration For ICU
1 Nurse per 2 patients

Nurse Ratio For CCU
1 Nurse per 2 patients

Total # of Nurses in the Hospital
155 nurses in total

Languages spoken at the hospital?
Spanish, English, Italian, German and Mandarin, Tagalog

Capacity – for inpatient per day
120 patients

Number of inpatients handled each year
2007: 12,064 inpatients handled

Number of outpatients handled each year
2007: 97,874 outpatients per day

Number of Inpatient Beds
120 beds

Number of ICU Beds and # of CCU Beds (Cardiac Care)
8 beds

Number of Pediatric Intensive Care Beds
0 beds

Number of Neonatal beds
5 neonatal beds

Number of patient rooms
125 rooms

Are there deluxe rooms?
Yes there are.

What type of room does a medical tourist receive?
A private, spacious room with a large bathroom, sofa bed, and flat screen TV, safety box and closet.

Is this different than a normal domestic patient's room?
No.

Number of EE's at hospital
At the moment there are 817 employee's.

What countries are your current medical tourists coming from?
United States, Canada, Central America, Caribbean and Europe.

Do you have a Credentialing process in place and standards for doctors and what is it?
Yes we do. The same process defined and required by Joint Commission International

Specialties for medical tourists?
All our specialties are open for the medical tourist

Do you have any US Hospital/College affiliation?
Yes, TULANE and Life U

International Patient Services Center?
Yes (a full department dedicated to assist international patients).

How many employees do you have in your international patient department?
9 employees

 

Do you provide any of the following?

International insurance coordination and international medical coordinators (Yes)
- Referral Center for medical tourists (Yes)
- E-mail correspondence for patients (Yes)
- Prayer room for patients (Yes)
- Hotels – relationships, what hotels and what deal? For aftercare (Yes)
- Visa extension counter
- Airport Reception – airport hotel and pickup (Yes) – extra charge? (No)
- International / airport concierge (Yes)
- Embassy assistance
- VIP airport transfer (Yes)
- Travel assistance (Yes)
-VISA assistance
Are tour packages available for patient or spouse or family members? (Yes)
Number of interpreters at your hospital and what languages?
7 (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Mandarin)
Please provide breakout of LPN's, RN,s, etc
2.5%

Number of doctors at hospital
198

Hospital ownership – private or government owned
Private Hospital

Number of years hospital been in existence?
For 80 years

Teaching hospital – attached to university?
UCIMED, UACA and UCR

Medical privacy rules enacted and if so what are they?
Costa Rican Law "Patient and Family rights for health users in public and private institutions"

Does the hospital have a hospital-wide infection control program?
Yes we do, it´s a multidisciplinary group.

What are the legal recourse options available to patients if a medical complication occurs?

We have a complaint department who receives any kind of disagreement, in satisfaction or suggestions the client may have, this could be done in written or in person.

Hospital Recourse if patient dissatisfied? Please explain the hospital's policy or philosophy in dealing when a patient is dissatisfied with the surgery results?

We have an open policy for any kind of dissatisfaction; the client can receive attention immediately and will be receiving an answer before the next 48 hours or less. The person in charge of the department can visit our client at his o her own care setting.

 

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