Dialysis Facility

Davita Renal Center Newton

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Location
Renal Center Of Newton
7 East Clinton Street
Newton, NJ 7860

Phone Number
(973) 940-0965

About Davita Renal Center Newton

Davita Renal Center Newton is a dialysis facility in Newton , New Jersey certified on 11/12/2003 . This facility offers in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis training. Davita Renal Center Newton is located at Renal Center Of Newton1, Newton, NJ 7860 and can be contacted via phone number (973) 940-0965.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations 21
Ownership type Profit
Corporate name Davita
Chain owned Yes
Date of Medicare certification or recertification 11/12/2003

Services Offered

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

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions
As Expected
25.1 per 100 patient-years

Removing waste from blood

Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis
99%
Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis
100%
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
Better than Expected
83.9%
Adult patients who had a catheter (tube) left in a vein for at least 3 consecutive complete months, for their regular hemodialysis treatments
5%

Keeping a patient's bone mineral levels in balance

Adult patients who had too much calcium in their blood
2%

Avoiding hospitalizations & deaths

Frequency of hospital admission
As Expected
209.8 per 100 patient-years
Frequency of hospital readmission
As Expected
28.8%
Frequency of patient death
As Expected
22.7 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)
58 %

Communication

Patients who reported that kidney doctors “always” communicated well and cared for them as a person
77 %
Patients who reported that YES their kidney doctors and dialysis center staff gave them the information they needed to take care of their health
79 %

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)
72 %
Patients who gave the dialysis center staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)
60 %
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
57 %