WHITE RIVER JCT VA MEDICAL CENTER - WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT

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Addresss:
215 N. MAIN ST.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT, 05009
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (802) 295-9363

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

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Number Of Beds
Total: 174
Total Certified: 174

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.7%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Vermont:

99.6%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
Vermont:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Vermont:

100.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Vermont:

100.0%

Heart Failure

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

97.0%
Vermont:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

72.0%
State:

93.9%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

96.0%
State:

91.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

100.0%

Pneumonia

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

93.0%
State:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

98.0%
Vermont:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

97.0%
Vermont:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

98.0%
Vermont:

93.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

99.0%
Vermont:

95.9%

Surgery

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

99.0%
Vermont:

98.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

99.0%
Vermont:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

98.0%
Vermont:

98.7%
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%
Vermont:

97.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

99.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Vermont:

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

98.0%
Vermont:

97.5%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

95.0%
Vermont:

95.0%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

15.4%
State:

15.5%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

11.3%
State:

13.5%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.3%
State:

12.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

22.3%
State:

23.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

18.0%
Vermont:

17.4%

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