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Fresenius Medical Care Apex

Quality Rating:
Patient Survey Rating:
Not Available
Location
1000 American Way
Apex, NC 27502

Phone Number
(919) 387-2898

About Fresenius Medical Care Apex

Fresenius Medical Care Apex is a dialysis facility in Apex , North Carolina certified on 08/17/2007 . This facility offers in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis training. Fresenius Medical Care Apex is located at 1000 American Way, Apex, NC 27502 and can be contacted via phone number (919) 387-2898.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations 20
Ownership type Profit
Corporate name Fresenius Medical Care
Chain owned Yes
Date of Medicare certification or recertification 08/17/2007

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
29.4 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
51.9%
Adult patients who had a catheter (tube) left in a vein for at least 3 consecutive complete months, for their regular hemodialysis treatments
22%

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
153.2 per 100 patient-years
Frequency of hospital readmission
As Expected
30.7%
Frequency of patient death
As Expected
18.9 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)
%

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)
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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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