LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER - LEXINGTON, KY

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Addresss:
1101 VETERANS DRIVE
LEXINGTON, KY, 40502
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (859) 233-4511

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

Number Of Beds
Total: 107
Total Certified: 107

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

99.0%
Kentucky:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
Kentucky:

96.7%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
Here:

47.0%
Kentucky:

92.1%

Heart Failure

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

99.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

92.9%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

99.0%
Kentucky:

88.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Kentucky:

99.3%

Pneumonia

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

95.0%
State:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

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

100.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

92.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

91.0%
Kentucky:

92.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

99.0%
State:

95.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

14.8%
Kentucky:

15.4%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

12.9%
Kentucky:

11.4%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

16.9%
State:

12.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

20.1%
Kentucky:

20.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

25.6%
Kentucky:

25.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

20.2%
Kentucky:

19.4%

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