VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY, INC

  About VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY, INC

  Patient Survey Results for VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE OF FAIRFIELD 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	99.7 %
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)	99.4 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	98.8 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	89.5 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	97 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	98.1 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	98.9 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	90.9 %
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 VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY, INC

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

• JODY GERARD ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE )
• JACK DITEODORO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - JACK V. DITEODORO M.D,LLC )
• MUHAMMAD QADIR ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - PROGRESSIVE CARE MEDICAL GROUP OF CT, PLLC )
• HEATHER SUNG ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• CRAIG OLIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - STAMFORD HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP INC )
• PHILIP NEGUS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - STAMFORD HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP INC )
• ANGELO MALLOZZI ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STAMFORD HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP INC )
• ALISON MCELHONE ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - STAMFORD HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP INC )
• GEORGE ZAHRAH ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - NUVANCE HEALTH MEDICAL PRACTICE CT INC )

  Service Area

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

06897 06601 06612 06614 06615 06801 06807 06820 06824 06825 06830 06831 06838 06840 06850 06851 06853 06854 06855 06870 06878 06880 06883 06890 06896 06901 06902 06903 06905 06906 06907