Dialysis Facility

Bio Medical Applications Of Alabama

Quality Rating:
Patient Survey Rating:
Not Available
Location
8000 Charlotte Drive Sw
Huntsville, AL 35802

Phone Number
(256) 880-5151

About Bio Medical Applications Of Alabama

Bio Medical Applications Of Alabama is a dialysis facility in Huntsville , Alabama certified on 07/06/2017 . This facility offers in-center hemodialysis. Bio Medical Applications Of Alabama is located at 8000 Charlotte Drive Sw, Huntsville, AL 35802 and can be contacted via phone number (256) 880-5151.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations 16
Ownership type Profit
Corporate name Fresenius Medical Care
Chain owned Yes
Date of Medicare certification or recertification 07/06/2017

Services Offered

  • In-center hemodialysis: Yes
  • Peritoneal dialysis: No
  • Home hemodialysis training: No
  • Shifts starting after 5 p.m. No

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions
As Expected
37.6 per 100 patient-years

Removing waste from blood

Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis
97%
Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis
N/A
Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis
N/A
Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis
N/A

Using the most effective access to the bloodstream

Rate of fistula
As Expected
55.7%
Adult patients who had a catheter (tube) left in a vein for at least 3 consecutive complete months, for their regular hemodialysis treatments
11%

Keeping a patient's bone mineral levels in balance

Adult patients who had too much calcium in their blood
0%

Avoiding hospitalizations & deaths

Frequency of hospital admission
As Expected
162.1 per 100 patient-years
Frequency of hospital readmission
As Expected
39.7%
Frequency of patient death
As Expected
35.7 per 100 patient-years

Patient survey rating

Overall experience

Patients who gave the dialysis center a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)
%

Communication

Patients who reported that kidney doctors “always” communicated well and cared for them as a person
%
Patients who reported that YES their kidney doctors and dialysis center staff gave them the information they needed to take care of their health
%

Doctors & staff

Patients who gave their kidney doctors a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)
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Patients who gave the dialysis center staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)
%
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff “always” communicated well, kept patients as comfortable and pain-free as possible, behaved in a professional manner, and kept the center clean
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