WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Winston Salem, North Carolina and it has 4 dialysis stations. It is located in Forsyth county at 8 N Hemodialysis, Winston Salem, NC, 27157. You can reach out to the office of WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit at (336) 716-3170. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Wake Forest University. WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in September, 1976. The medicare id for this facility is 340047 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.
| Name | WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit |
|---|---|
| Location | 8 N Hemodialysis, Winston Salem, North Carolina |
| No. of Dialysis Stations | 4 |
| Medicare ID | 340047 |
| Managed By | Wake Forest University |
| Ownership Type | Non-Profit |
| Late Shifts | No |
| 8 N Hemodialysis, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 27157 | |
| (336) 716-3170 | |
| Not Available |
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.
| Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 5 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 | 42 |
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 WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit with elevated calcium levels.
| Patients with hypercalcemia | 5 |
| Hypercalcemia patient months | 42 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor | 4 |
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 | 120 |
| Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries | 178 |
| Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment | 61 |
| Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer | 25 |
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 | 7 |
The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit 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 | 37 (As Expected) |
| Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 48.4 |
| Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 26.6 |
Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit's rate of transfusions is better than expected, as expected, or worse than expected, compared to other centers that treat similar patients.
| Standard Transfusion Summary Ratio (STrR) Year | January, 2016 - December, 2016 |
| Patients in facility's Transfusion Summary | 5 |
The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit lived longer than expected (better than expected), don’t live as long as expected (worse than expected), or lived as long as expected (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other facilities.
| Standard Survival Summary Ratio(SIR) Year | January, 2013 - December, 2016 |
| Patients in facility's Survival Summary | 21 |
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