Suny Parkside Dialysis Center in Brooklyn, New York - Dialysis Center

Suny Parkside Dialysis Center is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Brooklyn, New York and it has 24 dialysis stations. It is located in Kings county at 710 Parkside Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11226. You can reach out to the office of Suny Parkside Dialysis Center at (718) 703-5900. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Suny Parkside Dialysis Center has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in December, 2000. The medicare id for this facility is 333544 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	Suny Parkside Dialysis Center
Location	710 Parkside Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
No. of Dialysis Stations	24
Medicare ID	333544
Managed By	Independent
Ownership Type	Non-Profit
Late Shifts	Yes

Dialysis Facilities may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Suny Parkside Dialysis Center from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1528027414
Organization Name	University Hospital Of Brooklyn
Doing Business As	Suny Health Science Center At Bklyn University Hospital Of Brooklyn
Address	710 Parkside Ave Brooklyn, New York, 11203
Phone Number	(718) 826-4931

NPI Number	1598724478
Doing Business As	University Hospital Of Brooklyn
Address	445 Lenox Rd Brooklyn, New York, 11203
Phone Number	(718) 826-4931

Nephrologists Performance Ratings

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Patients who reported that nephrologists always communicated and cared for them.	64%	67%
Patients who reported that nephrologists usually communicated and cared for them.	13%	15%
Patients who reported that nephrologists sometimes or never communicated and cared for them.	23%	18%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	46%	60%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	33%	26%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	21%	14%

Dialysis Center Staff Performance Ratings

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff always communicated well, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible.	54%	62%
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff usually communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible.	18%	20%
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff sometimes or never communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free.	28%	18%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	34%	62%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	48%	26%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	18%	12%

Overall Dialysis Center Performance Ratings

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Patients who reported that 'YES', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff provided them the information they needed to take care of them.	73%	80%
Patients who reported that 'NO', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff does not provided them the information they needed to take care of them.	27%	20%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	41%	68%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	43%	20%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).	16%	12%

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data	69
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL	19
Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) greater than 12 g/dL	1

Adult patinets who undergo hemodialysis, their Kt/V should be atleast 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis the Kt/V should be atleast 1.7, that means they are receiving right amount of dialysis. Pediatric patients who undergo hemodialysis, their Kt/V should be atleast 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis the Kt/V should be 1.8.
Higher percentages should be better.

• Hemodialysis

  Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	161
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	1554
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	95
  Pediatic patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	2
  Pediatric patient months included in in Kt/V greater than or eqaul to 1.2	13
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	12
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	114
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	57
  Pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the centre	1
  Pediatric patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	11
  Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center

An important goal of dialysis is to maintain normal levels of various minerals in the body, such as calcium. This shows the percentage of patients treated at Suny Parkside Dialysis Center with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	180
Hypercalcemia patient months	1774
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg	4
Patients with Serumphosphor	183
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL	15
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL	27
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL	27
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL	22
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL	9

The arteriovenous (AV) fistulae is considered long term vascular access for hemodialysis because it allows good blood flow, lasts a long time, and is less likely to get infected or cause blood clots than other types of access. Patients who don't have time to get a permanent vascular access before they start hemodialysis treatments may need to use a venous catheter as a temporary access.

Patients included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	91
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	802
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	71
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	11

The rate of hospitalization show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at a certain dialysis center were admitted to the hospital more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other centers.

Standard Hospitalization Summary Ratio(SHR) Year	January, 2016 - December, 2016
Patients in facility's Hospitalization Summary	135
Hospitalization Rate in facility	215.4 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	335.2
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	148

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Suny Parkside Dialysis Center were readmitted more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other dialysis centers.

Standard Readmission Summary Ratio(SRR) Year	January, 2016 - December, 2016
Readmission Rate in facility	20.2 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	27.8
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	14