Vanderbilt Dialysis Clinic

About Vanderbilt Dialysis Clinic

Vanderbilt Dialysis Clinic is a dialysis facility in Nashville , Tennessee certified on 05/13/1994 . This facility offers in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis training and shift starting at 5:00 p.m. or later. Vanderbilt Dialysis Clinic is located at 2906 Foster Creighton Drive, Suite 200, Nashville, TN 37204 and can be contacted via phone number (615) 343-3676.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations	46
Ownership type	Profit
Corporate name	Independent
Chain owned	No
Date of Medicare certification or recertification	05/13/1994

Services Offered

In-center hemodialysis: Yes
Peritoneal dialysis: Yes
Home hemodialysis training: Yes
Shifts starting after 5 p.m. Yes

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions

As Expected
34.8 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

Worse than Expected
39.3%

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

19%

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
257 per 100 patient-years

Frequency of hospital readmission

As Expected
32.7%

Frequency of patient death

As Expected
21.5 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)

70 %

Communication

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

62 %

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

76 %

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)

57 %

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