OMAHA VA MEDICAL CENTER (VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM) - OMAHA, NE

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Addresss:
4101 WOOLWORTH AVENUE
OMAHA, NE, 68105
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (402) 346-8800

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

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Number Of Beds
Total: 486
Total Certified: 486

Process of Care

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

97.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
Nebraska:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

84.0%
State:

93.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

97.0%
State:

99.1%

Pneumonia

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

97.0%
State:

97.3%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

100.0%
Nebraska:

98.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.1%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

86.0%
State:

94.1%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

94.0%
State:

93.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

99.0%
Nebraska:

93.9%

Surgery

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

96.0%
Nebraska:

97.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

96.0%
Nebraska:

97.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

97.0%
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:

93.0%
State:

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

96.0%
State:

98.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Nebraska:

100.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

91.2%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

96.1%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

17.3%
State:

15.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

12.3%
State:

12.4%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.7%
State:

12.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

23.0%
Nebraska:

19.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

29.7%
State:

24.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

20.7%
Nebraska:

18.4%

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