VA SIERRA NEVADA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - RENO, NV

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Addresss:
1000 LOCUST STREET
RENO, NV, 89502
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (775) 328-1263

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

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Number Of Beds
Total: 204
Total Certified: 204

Process of Care

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

99.6%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

91.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Nevada:

100.0%

Pneumonia

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

96.0%
Nevada:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

99.0%
Nevada:

97.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Nevada:

99.5%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

99.0%
State:

97.1%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

91.0%
Nevada:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

99.0%
Nevada:

96.8%

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%
Nevada:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

100.0%
Nevada:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

100.0%
Nevada:

98.3%
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%
Nevada:

96.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

99.0%
State:

98.0%
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%
Nevada:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

100.0%
Nevada:

95.0%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

99.0%
State:

96.4%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

14.9%
Nevada:

15.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

10.8%
State:

11.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.0%
Nevada:

13.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

19.7%
State:

19.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

22.9%
Nevada:

25.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.7%
State:

19.1%

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