VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Contact Information

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Facility:

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Chain:

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Address:

2906 FOSTER CREIGHTON DR
SUITE 100
NASHVILLE. TN 37204

Phone:

(615) 936-8100

Ownership¹:

For Profit

Medicare certification date²: March 12, 2018
The is the date the facility was certified to participate in the Medicare program.

¹ Facilities can be run by either for-profit or non-profit corporations.

² Agencies that are Medicare Certified are able to participate in Medicare related programs.

Quality of Care

When kidneys fail, either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis is necessary to remove waste products from the blood. Before patients with kidney failure can start regular hemodialysis opens a new tab, a site on the body has to be created through which blood can be removed and returned during dialysis (vascular access opens a new tab).

	This Facility	Tennessee	Nationwide
Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis — Percentage of Adult HD Patients with Kt/V >= 1.2	n/a	96%	96%
Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis — Percentage of Adult PD PTS with Kt/V >= 1.7	n/a	91%	90%
Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis — Percentage of Pediatric HD patents with Kt/V >= 1.2	n/a	62%	93%
Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis — Percentage of pediatric PD patents with Kt/V >= 1.8	n/a	46%	67%
Adult patients who received treatment through an arteriovenous fistula (a connection directly between an artery and a vein) — Percentage of patients with arteriovenous fistulae in use	n/a	67%	67%
Adult patients who had a catheter (tube) left in a vein longer than 90 days, for their regular hemodialysis treatments — Percentage of patients with vascular catheter in use for 90 days	n/a	12%	11%
Adult patients who had too much calcium in their blood — Percentage of Adult patients with hypercalcemia (serum calcium greater than 10.2 mg/dL)	n/a	1%	1%

Rate of transfusions: Not Available
Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center.
Preventing bloodstream infections: Not Available
Hemodialysis treatment requires direct access to the bloodstream, which can be an opportunity for germs to enter the body and cause infection.
Frequency of hospital admission: Not Available
Frequency of hospital readmission: Not Available
Frequency of patient death: Not Available