HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE PIEDMONT

  About HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE PIEDMONT

  Patient Survey Results for HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE PIEDMONT

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)	97.5 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	95.2 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	99.8 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	100 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	95.6 %
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 AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE PIEDMONT

These are the doctors who are affiliated with HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE PIEDMONT. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• NANCY WICKER ( HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE - HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE PIEDMONT INC )

  Service Area

HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE PIEDMONT provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.

29646 29006 29037 29108 29127 29138 29166 29180 29302 29325 29332 29360 29365 29370 29384 29388 29550 29576 29607 29620 29627 29628 29638 29639 29640 29645 29648 29649 29653 29654 29655 29662 29666 29669 29672 29681 29692 29803 29819 29824 29832 29835 29840 29841 29845 29848 29907