HUNTINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER - HUNTINGTON, WV

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Addresss:
1540 SPRING VALLEY ROAD
HUNTINGTON, WV, 25704
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (304) 429-0241

Hospital Type: ACUTE CARE - VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Hospital Owner: Government Federal
Emergency Services: Yes

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Number Of Beds
Total: 80
Total Certified: 80

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
West Virginia:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.9%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
West Virginia:

98.4%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

96.0%
State:

95.0%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

100.0%
State:

91.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
West Virginia:

99.4%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
This Hospital:

99.0%
West Virginia:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

96.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.3%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

93.3%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

93.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

98.0%
West Virginia:

95.7%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

98.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

97.0%
West Virginia:

96.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

99.0%
State:

95.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

100.0%
West Virginia:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

100.0%
State:

94.5%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
West Virginia:

95.9%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

16.2%
State:

15.5%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

12.2%
State:

11.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

14.5%
West Virginia:

12.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

21.1%
West Virginia:

20.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

30.4%
State:

25.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

25.4%
West Virginia:

19.6%

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