PROVIDENCE VA MEDICAL CENTER - PROVIDENCE, RI

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Thomas Antonaccio, Public Affairs Officer

Number of Beds = 73
Total Certified = 73
Emergency Services = Yes

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Address

830 CHALKSTONE AVENUE
PROVIDENCE, RI, 02908

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (401) 457-3042

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

Number Of Beds

Total: 78
Total Certified: 78

Process of Care

Heart Failure

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	98.9%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Rhode Island:	94.6%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	94.0%
Rhode Island:	86.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	98.7%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
Rhode Island:	95.1%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	96.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	84.0%
State:	97.9%

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

Here:	88.0%
State:	95.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	91.0%
Rhode Island:	88.3%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
State:	91.6%

Surgery

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

Here:	100.0%
Rhode Island:	98.2%

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

Here:	90.0%
State:	97.2%

Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

Here:	100.0%
Rhode Island:	98.2%

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%
State:	96.6%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.8%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.8%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	89.7%

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:	95.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	15.3%
State:	14.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	11.7%
State:	11.8%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	14.0%
Rhode Island:	12.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	21.0%
Rhode Island:	20.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	30.2%
State:	25.8%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	19.7%
Rhode Island:	20.0%

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

BAYADA NURSES, INC (1.14 miles)
BERKSHIRE PLACE (0.63 miles)
ELMHURST EXTENDED CARE FACILITY (0.21 miles)
HALLWORTH HOUSE (1.25 miles)
NNA OF PROVIDENCE (1.21 miles)
ROGER WILLIAMS HOME CARE (0.21 miles)
ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER (0.10 miles)

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