KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - VACAVILLE - VACAVILLE, CA

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Addresss:
1 QUALITY DRIVE
VACAVILLE, CA, 95688
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (707) 624-4000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes


Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.5%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.5%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
California:

96.2%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

100.0%
California:

93.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
California:

99.4%

Pneumonia

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

100.0%
California:

96.1%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

98.0%
California:

96.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.1%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

100.0%
California:

95.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

97.0%
California:

94.3%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

95.8%

Surgery

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

100.0%
State:

98.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

99.0%
California:

96.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

97.0%
California:

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

99.0%
California:

96.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

100.0%
California:

96.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
State:

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

100.0%
State:

93.9%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

99.0%
California:

96.1%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.6%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 33%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
California:

7%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
State:

72%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
California:

6%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

81%
California:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
State:

13%
Usually
Here:

26%
California:

28%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
State:

59%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
California:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
State:

25%
Always
Here:

73%
California:

67%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

17%
State:

23%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
State:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

62%
California:

58%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
California:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

21%
Always
Here:

74%
California:

69%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
State:

18%
Usually
This Hospital:

33%
California:

33%
Always
Here:

56%
State:

49%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes
This Hospital:

84%
State:

81%
No
This Hospital:

16%
California:

19%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower
Here:

3%
State:

10%
7 or 8
Here:

16%
California:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

81%
California:

66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

1%
California:

7%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

13%
State:

24%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

86%
State:

69%

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