VA CENTRAL IOWA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - DES MOINES, IA

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Addresss:
3600 30TH STREET
DES MOINES, IA, 50310
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (515) 699-5999

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

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Number Of Beds
Total: 386
Total Certified: 386

Process of Care

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
Iowa:

96.9%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
Iowa:

95.7%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

98.0%
Iowa:

90.2%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

92.0%
Iowa:

99.0%

Pneumonia

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

95.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

97.7%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

91.0%
State:

93.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

73.0%
Iowa:

91.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

89.0%
Iowa:

94.3%

Surgery

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

93.0%
Iowa:

97.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

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

99.0%
State:

98.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

97.0%
State:

96.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

97.0%
Iowa:

97.2%
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:

94.0%
State:

94.2%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

96.0%
Iowa:

96.5%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

11.4%
Iowa:

12.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

12.2%
Iowa:

12.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

21.7%
Iowa:

23.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.0%
Iowa:

17.9%

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