HOSPICE OF PELLA, THE COMFORT HOUSE

  About HOSPICE OF PELLA, THE COMFORT HOUSE

  Patient Survey Results for HOSPICE OF PELLA, THE COMFORT HOUSE

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)	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	93.6 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	90 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	97.9 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	86.8 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	Not Available
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	83 %
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 HOSPICE OF PELLA, THE COMFORT HOUSE

These are the doctors who are affiliated with HOSPICE OF PELLA, THE COMFORT HOUSE. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• KEVIN MACE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER )
• ROBERT DYKSTRA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER )
• GALYN VANDE ZANDE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER )
• DANIEL BUROKER ( MEDICAL ONCOLOGY - MERCY MEDICAL CENTER-NEWTON )
• MITCHELL BLOM ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER )
• STEWART KANIS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER )
• ROBIN VANDE VOORT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER )

  Service Area

HOSPICE OF PELLA, THE COMFORT HOUSE provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.

50219 50028 50044 50054 50112 50116 50119 50137 50138 50139 50142 50143 50170 50171 50207 50208 50214 50225 50228 50232 50237 50242 50251 50256 50322 52402 52501 52531 52561 52577