COLUMBIA SC VA MEDICAL CENTER - COLUMBIA, SC

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Addresss:
6439 GARNERS FERRY ROAD
COLUMBIA, SC, 29209
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (803) 695-7980

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

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Number Of Beds
Total: 410
Total Certified: 410

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

97.1%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

100.0%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

97.2%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

100.0%
South Carolina:

92.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.6%

Pneumonia

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

95.0%
South Carolina:

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

98.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

99.0%
South Carolina:

97.3%

Surgery

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

100.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

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

100.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

100.0%
South Carolina:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

98.2%
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%
South Carolina:

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

100.0%
South Carolina:

95.2%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.5%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

16.1%
State:

15.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

10.0%
South Carolina:

11.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.2%
State:

12.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

24.9%
South Carolina:

23.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

18.3%
South Carolina:

18.6%

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