Davita East Ft Lauderdale Dialysis Center

About Davita East Ft Lauderdale Dialysis Center

Davita East Ft Lauderdale Dialysis Center is a dialysis facility in Fort Lauderdale , Florida certified on 04/07/2004 . This facility offers in-center hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Davita East Ft Lauderdale Dialysis Center is located at 1301 S Andrews Ave1, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 and can be contacted via phone number (954) 761-1273.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations	18
Ownership type	Profit
Corporate name	Davita
Chain owned	Yes
Date of Medicare certification or recertification	04/07/2004

Services Offered

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

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions

As Expected
32 per 100 patient-years

Removing waste from blood

Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis

98%

Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis

89%

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
57.9%

Adult patients who had a catheter (tube) left in a vein for at least 3 consecutive complete months, for their regular hemodialysis treatments

18%

Keeping a patient's bone mineral levels in balance

Adult patients who had too much calcium in their blood

Avoiding hospitalizations & deaths

Frequency of hospital admission

Worse than Expected
274.2 per 100 patient-years

Frequency of hospital readmission

As Expected
37.2%

Frequency of patient death

As Expected
24.9 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)

69 %

Communication

Patients who reported that kidney doctors “always” communicated well and cared for them as a person

71 %

Patients who reported that YES their kidney doctors and dialysis center staff gave them the information they needed to take care of their health

82 %

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)

64 %

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

63 %

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

66 %