Vanderbilt University Medical Center

About Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is a dialysis facility in Nashville , Tennessee certified on 03/12/2018 . This facility offers peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis training. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is located at 2906 Foster Creighton Dr1, Nashville, TN 37204 and can be contacted via phone number (615) 936-8100.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations	0
Ownership type	Profit
Corporate name	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Chain owned	Yes
Date of Medicare certification or recertification	03/12/2018

Services Offered

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

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions

Worse than Expected
47.8 per 100 patient-years

Removing waste from blood

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

N/A

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
40.9%

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

21%

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
203.3 per 100 patient-years

Frequency of hospital readmission

As Expected
33.3%

Frequency of patient death

As Expected
20.5 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)

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)

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

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