Davita Hartford Downtown Dialysis

About Davita Hartford Downtown Dialysis

Davita Hartford Downtown Dialysis is a dialysis facility in Hartford , Connecticut certified on 09/30/2018 . This facility offers in-center hemodialysis, home hemodialysis training and shift starting at 5:00 p.m. or later. Davita Hartford Downtown Dialysis is located at 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 6115 and can be contacted via phone number (860) 244-2108.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations	42
Ownership type	Profit
Corporate name	Davita
Chain owned	Yes
Date of Medicare certification or recertification	09/30/2018

Services Offered

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

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions

Worse than Expected
42.1 per 100 patient-years

Removing waste from blood

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

96%

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
54.3%

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

Avoiding hospitalizations & deaths

Frequency of hospital admission

As Expected
199.4 per 100 patient-years

Frequency of hospital readmission

As Expected
28.2%

Frequency of patient death

As Expected
16.8 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

78 %

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

89 %

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)

66 %

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

71 %

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