SAN JUAN VA MEDICAL CENTER - SAN JUAN, PR

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Addresss:
10 CALLE CASIA
SAN JUAN, PR, 00921
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (800) 449-8729

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

Number Of Beds
Total: 200
Total Certified: 200

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

99.0%
Puerto Rico:

94.1%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

99.0%
Puerto Rico:

90.4%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
Puerto Rico:

92.2%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

98.0%
Puerto Rico:

89.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Puerto Rico:

94.0%
Percent of Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival
Here:

100.0%
Puerto Rico:

54.4%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
This Hospital:

83.0%
Puerto Rico:

66.8%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

92.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

92.1%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

98.0%
Puerto Rico:

84.2%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

94.0%
Puerto Rico:

94.3%

Pneumonia

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

94.0%
State:

71.9%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

97.0%
State:

78.2%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

88.0%
State:

89.2%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

76.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

85.0%
Puerto Rico:

58.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

54.4%

Surgery

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

99.0%
State:

84.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

78.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

93.0%
State:

95.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

99.0%
State:

81.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

81.6%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
Here:

99.0%
Puerto Rico:

81.6%
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%
State:

95.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

88.0%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

99.0%
Puerto Rico:

80.5%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

15.8%
Puerto Rico:

16.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

11.9%
Puerto Rico:

12.1%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

17.1%
Puerto Rico:

15.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

25.6%
Puerto Rico:

22.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

30.4%
State:

26.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

25.8%
Puerto Rico:

20.9%

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