HOSPICE OF IREDELL COUNTY, INC

  About HOSPICE OF IREDELL COUNTY, INC

  Patient Survey Results for HOSPICE OF IREDELL COUNTY, INC

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	99.9 %
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)	99 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	99.8 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	99.4 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	96 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	99.1 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	96.4 %
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 IREDELL COUNTY, INC

These are the doctors who are affiliated with HOSPICE OF IREDELL COUNTY, INC. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• OBIOMA ANUKWUEM ( HOSPITALIST - OPTIMED HOSPITALISTS, PLLC )
• NASIB AYOUBI ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - OPTIMED HOSPITALISTS, PLLC )
• CHRISTINA DOLACK ( GENERAL PRACTICE - INPATIENT CONSULTANTS OF NORTH CAROLINA PC )
• SEAN LARSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CURANA HEALTH OF NORTH CAROLINA PLLC )
• JONATHAN COWEN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LAKE NORMAN INPATIENT SPECIALISTS )
• ZACKERY WOOD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - OPTIMED HOSPITALISTS, PLLC )
• PAM SHOLAR ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES )
• CHARLENE KNIGHT ( HOSPITALIST - HOSPICE OF IREDELL COUNTY INC )
• CATHERINE CARNES ( HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE - HOSPICE OF IREDELL COUNTY INC )

  Service Area

HOSPICE OF IREDELL COUNTY, INC provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.

28625 27006 27013 27020 27028 27054 27055 28010 28023 28025 28031 28036 28037 28078 28083 28115 28117 28125 28138 28144 28146 28147 28164 28166 28210 28227 28269 28609 28610 28613 28634 28636 28650 28654 28658 28659 28660 28673 28677 28678 28681 28682 28687 28689