ST JOSEPH HOSPICE OF SOUTH ALABAMA LLC

  About ST JOSEPH HOSPICE OF SOUTH ALABAMA LLC

  Patient Survey Results for ST JOSEPH HOSPICE OF SOUTH ALABAMA LLC

The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems ("CAHPS") Hospice Survey was designed to measure and assess the experiences of patients who died while receiving hospice care, as well as the experiences of their informal primary caregivers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") developed the CAHPS Hospice Survey with input from many stakeholders, including other government agencies, industry stakeholders, consumer groups, and other key individuals and organizations involved in hospice care. (More information.)

Since the CAHPS Hospice Survey focuses on experiences of care, implementation of the survey supports the following national priorities for improving care: involving patients and families in care and promoting effective communication and coordination.

The standardized 47 question CAHPS Hospice Survey instrument is composed of the following measures: Communication with Family, Getting Timely Help, Treating Patient with Respect, Emotional and Spiritual Support, Help for Pain and Symptoms, Training Family to Care for Patient, Rating of this Hospice, and Willingness to Recommend this Hospice.

Higher Scores are better. Results are available on a facility basis. Averages for each state and for the nation are also available. Allf othis information is shown below.

  Performance Data

Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences	100 %
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)	99.3 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	98.7 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	99.2 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	98.6 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	96.7 %
Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life	Not Available
Hospice Care Index Overall Score	Not Available
CHC/GIP provided (%days)	Not Available
Gaps in nursing visits (% elections)	Not Available
Early live discharges (% live discharges)	Not Available
Late live discharges (% live discharges)	Not Available
Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges)	Not Available
Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges)	Not Available
Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $)	Not Available
Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes)	Not Available
Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes)	Not Available
Visits near death (% decedents)	Not Available

hese are the survey results for Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems. If state level results are available a comparison to state averages is shown.

  Medical Professionals Associated with ST JOSEPH HOSPICE OF SOUTH ALABAMA LLC

These are the doctors who are affiliated with ST JOSEPH HOSPICE OF SOUTH ALABAMA LLC. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• CRAIG DOWDEN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FAMILY PRACTICE ASSOCIATES OF MONTROSE, PA )

  Service Area

ST JOSEPH HOSPICE OF SOUTH ALABAMA LLC provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.

36607 36505 36507 36509 36511 36513 36521 36522 36523 36525 36526 36527 36528 36530 36532 36533 36535 36536 36541 36542 36544 36549 36551 36553 36555 36559 36560 36561 36564 36567 36571 36572 36574 36575 36576 36578 36580 36582 36584 36587 36603 36604 36605 36606 36608 36609 36610 36611 36612 36613 36616 36617 36618 36619 36652 36693 36695