UPSTATE NEW YORK VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM (WESTERN NY VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM) - BUFFALO, NY

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Addresss:
3495 BAILEY AVENUE
BUFFALO, NY, 14215
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (716) 862-3611

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

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Number Of Beds
Total: 899
Total Certified: 899

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

96.0%
State:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.7%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
Here:

50.0%
State:

91.3%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
New York:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

96.0%
New York:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

91.0%
State:

92.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.6%

Pneumonia

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

94.0%
New York:

93.8%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.5%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

93.0%
New York:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

73.0%
New York:

90.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

94.0%

Surgery

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

98.0%
New York:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

97.0%
New York:

96.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

98.0%
State:

97.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

98.0%
State:

97.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

98.1%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
This Hospital:

98.0%
New York:

95.3%
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:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

89.0%
State:

92.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
New York:

95.0%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

15.0%
New York:

14.3%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

12.1%
State:

11.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

13.7%
New York:

11.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

19.5%
State:

20.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

25.7%
New York:

26.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

21.2%
New York:

19.8%

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