HOLYOKE VISITING NURSE ASSOC & HOSPICE LIFE CARE

  About HOLYOKE VISITING NURSE ASSOC & HOSPICE LIFE CARE

  Patient Survey Results for HOLYOKE VISITING NURSE ASSOC & HOSPICE LIFE CARE

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	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	98.3 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	97.7 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	97.6 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	98.2 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	95.3 %
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 HOLYOKE VISITING NURSE ASSOC & HOSPICE LIFE CARE

These are the doctors who are affiliated with HOLYOKE VISITING NURSE ASSOC & HOSPICE LIFE CARE. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• ZUBEENA MATEEN ( HEMATOLOGY - HOLYOKE MEDICAL CENTER INC )
• DAVID PETERSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CH SPECIALTY SERVICES MA PC )
• RENUKA DULALA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HOLYOKE MEDICAL CENTER INC )

  Service Area

HOLYOKE VISITING NURSE ASSOC & HOSPICE LIFE CARE provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.

01040 01001 01002 01007 01013 01020 01022 01027 01028 01030 01033 01035 01041 01056 01060 01061 01062 01073 01075 01077 01085 01086 01089 01095 01103 01104 01105 01106 01107 01108 01109 01116 01118 01119 01129 01151 01199 01301 01360 06105