VA NEW YORK HARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - NY DIV. - NEW YORK, NY

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Addresss:
423 EAST 23RD STREET
NEW YORK, NY, 10010
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (212) 686-7500

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

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Number Of Beds
Total: 1140
Total Certified: 1140

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

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

89.0%
New York:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
New York:

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

100.0%
State:

99.7%
Percent of Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
New York:

75.0%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
Here:

100.0%
New York:

91.3%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
New York:

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

94.0%
State:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

98.0%
New York:

92.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.6%

Pneumonia

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

97.0%
State:

93.8%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

95.0%
New York:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.5%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

97.0%
New York:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

87.0%
New York:

90.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

94.0%

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%
New York:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

90.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

97.7%
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%
New York:

97.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

100.0%
New York:

98.1%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
Here:

90.0%
New York:

95.3%
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%
New York:

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

100.0%
State:

92.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

95.0%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

13.7%
State:

14.3%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

7.5%
New York:

11.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.8%
New York:

11.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

23.9%
State:

20.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

32.9%
New York:

26.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

21.2%
State:

19.8%

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