LOUISVILLE VA MEDICAL CENTER - LOUISVILLE, KY

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Addresss:
800 ZORN AVENUE
LOUISVILLE, KY, 40206
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (502) 287-4000

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

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Number Of Beds
Total: 476
Total Certified: 476

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

98.0%
Kentucky:

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

100.0%
State:

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

96.0%
State:

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

100.0%
State:

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

33.0%
Kentucky:

92.1%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

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

99.0%
State:

92.9%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

99.0%
Kentucky:

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

99.0%
Kentucky:

99.3%

Pneumonia

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

92.0%
State:

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

97.0%
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)
Here:

100.0%
Kentucky:

92.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

97.0%
State:

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

97.0%
Kentucky:

95.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

16.4%
State:

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

12.3%
State:

11.4%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

15.5%
State:

12.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

21.9%
State:

20.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

23.2%
Kentucky:

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

18.6%
State:

19.4%

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