POPLAR BLUFF VA MEDICAL CENTER - POPLAR BLUFF, MO

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Address

1500 N. WESTWOOD BLVD.
POPLAR BLUFF, MO, 63901

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (573) 686-4151

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

Number Of Beds

Total: 179
Total Certified: 179

Process of Care

Heart Failure

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

Here:	98.0%
Missouri:	98.0%

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

Here:	95.0%
Missouri:	95.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	99.0%
State:	91.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.3%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	88.0%
State:	95.8%

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

Here:	100.0%
Missouri:	97.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.4%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

Here:	90.0%
Missouri:	93.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
Missouri:	92.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
Missouri:	95.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	16.0%
Missouri:	15.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	11.6%
Missouri:	11.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.1%
Missouri:	11.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	28.7%
State:	24.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	17.7%
State:	18.9%

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

MANOR, THE (1.07 miles)
BLUFF MANOR (1.07 miles)
BLUFF NURSING CENTER (1.07 miles)
DRS REGIONAL MED CNTR HOME HEALTH CARE (1.12 miles)
SEMORS-POPLAR BLUFF SITE (0.61 miles)
AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH OF MISSOURI (1.11 miles)
THREE RIVERS HEALTHCARE-NORTH CAMPUS (1.12 miles)

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