HOSPICE OF JEFFERSON CO/PALLIATIVE CARE OF JEFFERS

  About HOSPICE OF JEFFERSON CO/PALLIATIVE CARE OF JEFFERS

  Patient Survey Results for HOSPICE OF JEFFERSON CO/PALLIATIVE CARE OF JEFFERS

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	99.6 %
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)	99.6 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	97.2 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	99.2 %
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 JEFFERSON CO/PALLIATIVE CARE OF JEFFERS

These are the doctors who are affiliated with HOSPICE OF JEFFERSON CO/PALLIATIVE CARE OF JEFFERS. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• COLLINS KELLOGG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WATERTOWN URGENT CARE PLLC )
• JULIE LAPOINTE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WATERTOWN INTERNISTS PC )
• RYAN TYLER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER )
• JACK RUSH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER )
• CHRISTOPHER KELLOGG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - WATERTOWN INTERNISTS PC )
• BENJAMIN RUDD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER )
• JOSEPH WETTERHAHN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER )
• SCOTT MITCHELL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - FAMILY PRACTICE ASSOCIATES PC )
• PEDRO CAMACHO MALDONADO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER )
• RORY SEARS ( CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS) - SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER )
• KENNETH FISH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - FAMILY PRACTICE ASSOCIATES PC )
• JASON WHITE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WATERTOWN INTERNISTS PC )

  Service Area

HOSPICE OF JEFFERSON CO/PALLIATIVE CARE OF JEFFERS provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.

13601 13083 13142 13145 13426 13437 13603 13605 13606 13607 13608 13612 13615 13616 13618 13619 13622 13624 13626 13632 13634 13636 13637 13638 13640 13641 13642 13643 13646 13650 13651 13656 13659 13661 13665 13673 13674 13679 13682 13685 13691 13692 13693