Green Bay Northwood Dialysis Of Davita is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Shawano, Wisconsin and it has 15 dialysis stations. It is located in Shawano county at W 7305 Elm Avenue, Shawano, WI, 54166. You can reach out to the office of Green Bay Northwood Dialysis Of Davita at (715) 526-4310. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Davita. Green Bay Northwood Dialysis Of Davita has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in September, 1992. The medicare id for this facility is 522511 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.
| Name | Green Bay Northwood Dialysis Of Davita |
|---|---|
| Location | W 7305 Elm Avenue, Shawano, Wisconsin |
| No. of Dialysis Stations | 15 |
| Medicare ID | 522511 |
| Managed By | Davita |
| Ownership Type | Profit |
| Late Shifts | No |
| W 7305 Elm Avenue, Shawano, Wisconsin, 54166 | |
| (715) 526-4310 | |
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| NPI Number | 1841255601 |
| Organization Name | Green Bay Northwood Dialysis |
| Doing Business As | Renal Life Link Inc |
| Address | W7305 Elm Ave Shawano, Wisconsin, 54166 |
| Phone Number | (715) 526-4310 |
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"Women's rights are under the greatest attack for almost 20 years after a failure of world leaders to continue to support reproductive rights, according to Mary Robinson," former president of Ireland and a member of the Elders group, the Guardian reports in its series "The Politics of Family Planning."
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| Experience Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
|---|---|---|
| Patients who reported that nephrologists always communicated and cared for them. | 56% | 67% |
| Patients who reported that nephrologists usually communicated and cared for them. | 20% | 15% |
| Patients who reported that nephrologists sometimes or never communicated and cared for them. | 24% | 18% |
| Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 35% | 60% |
| Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 46% | 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). | 19% | 14% |
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Conflicting expectations between parents and medical providers about who is responsible for scheduling follow-up appointments is resulting in a failure of young girls completing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination series, according to a new study led by Boston Medical Center researchers.
The Devex "Development Newswire" examines how disagreements over how to administer global food aid programs is affecting negotiations over a FY 2013 version of the U.S. farm bill.
"Women's rights are under the greatest attack for almost 20 years after a failure of world leaders to continue to support reproductive rights, according to Mary Robinson," former president of Ireland and a member of the Elders group, the Guardian reports in its series "The Politics of Family Planning."
Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found that of nearly 80 high-risk devices, the majority received approval based on data from a single study.
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| Experience Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
|---|---|---|
| Patients who reported that dialysis center staff always communicated well, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible. | 71% | 62% |
| Patients who reported that dialysis center staff usually communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible. | 13% | 20% |
| Patients who reported that dialysis center staff sometimes or never communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free. | 16% | 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). | 74% | 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). | 22% | 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). | 4% | 12% |
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Conflicting expectations between parents and medical providers about who is responsible for scheduling follow-up appointments is resulting in a failure of young girls completing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination series, according to a new study led by Boston Medical Center researchers.
The Devex "Development Newswire" examines how disagreements over how to administer global food aid programs is affecting negotiations over a FY 2013 version of the U.S. farm bill.
"Women's rights are under the greatest attack for almost 20 years after a failure of world leaders to continue to support reproductive rights, according to Mary Robinson," former president of Ireland and a member of the Elders group, the Guardian reports in its series "The Politics of Family Planning."
Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found that of nearly 80 high-risk devices, the majority received approval based on data from a single study.
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| 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). | 71% | 68% |
| Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 24% | 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). | 5% | 12% |
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Conflicting expectations between parents and medical providers about who is responsible for scheduling follow-up appointments is resulting in a failure of young girls completing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination series, according to a new study led by Boston Medical Center researchers.
The Devex "Development Newswire" examines how disagreements over how to administer global food aid programs is affecting negotiations over a FY 2013 version of the U.S. farm bill.
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Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found that of nearly 80 high-risk devices, the majority received approval based on data from a single study.
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| Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data | 33 |
| Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL | 12 |
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Conflicting expectations between parents and medical providers about who is responsible for scheduling follow-up appointments is resulting in a failure of young girls completing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination series, according to a new study led by Boston Medical Center researchers.
The Devex "Development Newswire" examines how disagreements over how to administer global food aid programs is affecting negotiations over a FY 2013 version of the U.S. farm bill.
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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 | 54 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 | 510 |
| Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 97 |
| Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center |
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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 Green Bay Northwood Dialysis Of Davita with elevated calcium levels.
| Patients with hypercalcemia | 55 |
| Hypercalcemia patient months | 511 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor | 55 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL | 6 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL | 19 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL | 38 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL | 20 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL | 18 |
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Genesis Biopharma, Inc., a biotechnology company developing targeted cancer therapies, and Lonza, today announced the signing of a process development and scale-up agreement relating to the manufacture of Contego™, Genesis Biopharma's autologous cell therapy product candidate for the treatment of Stage IV metastatic melanoma.
Conflicting expectations between parents and medical providers about who is responsible for scheduling follow-up appointments is resulting in a failure of young girls completing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination series, according to a new study led by Boston Medical Center researchers.
The Devex "Development Newswire" examines how disagreements over how to administer global food aid programs is affecting negotiations over a FY 2013 version of the U.S. farm bill.
"Women's rights are under the greatest attack for almost 20 years after a failure of world leaders to continue to support reproductive rights, according to Mary Robinson," former president of Ireland and a member of the Elders group, the Guardian reports in its series "The Politics of Family Planning."
Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found that of nearly 80 high-risk devices, the majority received approval based on data from a single study.
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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 | 53 |
| Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries | 412 |
| Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment | 86 |
| Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer | 2 |
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Genesis Biopharma, Inc., a biotechnology company developing targeted cancer therapies, and Lonza, today announced the signing of a process development and scale-up agreement relating to the manufacture of Contego™, Genesis Biopharma's autologous cell therapy product candidate for the treatment of Stage IV metastatic melanoma.
Conflicting expectations between parents and medical providers about who is responsible for scheduling follow-up appointments is resulting in a failure of young girls completing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination series, according to a new study led by Boston Medical Center researchers.
The Devex "Development Newswire" examines how disagreements over how to administer global food aid programs is affecting negotiations over a FY 2013 version of the U.S. farm bill.
"Women's rights are under the greatest attack for almost 20 years after a failure of world leaders to continue to support reproductive rights, according to Mary Robinson," former president of Ireland and a member of the Elders group, the Guardian reports in its series "The Politics of Family Planning."
Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found that of nearly 80 high-risk devices, the majority received approval based on data from a single study.
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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 | 45 |
| Hospitalization Rate in facility | 169.5 (As Expected) |
| Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 307.9 |
| Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 97.4 |
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Genesis Biopharma, Inc., a biotechnology company developing targeted cancer therapies, and Lonza, today announced the signing of a process development and scale-up agreement relating to the manufacture of Contego™, Genesis Biopharma's autologous cell therapy product candidate for the treatment of Stage IV metastatic melanoma.
Conflicting expectations between parents and medical providers about who is responsible for scheduling follow-up appointments is resulting in a failure of young girls completing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination series, according to a new study led by Boston Medical Center researchers.
The Devex "Development Newswire" examines how disagreements over how to administer global food aid programs is affecting negotiations over a FY 2013 version of the U.S. farm bill.
"Women's rights are under the greatest attack for almost 20 years after a failure of world leaders to continue to support reproductive rights, according to Mary Robinson," former president of Ireland and a member of the Elders group, the Guardian reports in its series "The Politics of Family Planning."
Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found that of nearly 80 high-risk devices, the majority received approval based on data from a single study.
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The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Green Bay Northwood Dialysis Of Davita 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 | 23.7 (As Expected) |
| Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 39.6 |
| Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 12.2 |
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Genesis Biopharma, Inc., a biotechnology company developing targeted cancer therapies, and Lonza, today announced the signing of a process development and scale-up agreement relating to the manufacture of Contego™, Genesis Biopharma's autologous cell therapy product candidate for the treatment of Stage IV metastatic melanoma.
Conflicting expectations between parents and medical providers about who is responsible for scheduling follow-up appointments is resulting in a failure of young girls completing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination series, according to a new study led by Boston Medical Center researchers.
The Devex "Development Newswire" examines how disagreements over how to administer global food aid programs is affecting negotiations over a FY 2013 version of the U.S. farm bill.
"Women's rights are under the greatest attack for almost 20 years after a failure of world leaders to continue to support reproductive rights, according to Mary Robinson," former president of Ireland and a member of the Elders group, the Guardian reports in its series "The Politics of Family Planning."
Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found that of nearly 80 high-risk devices, the majority received approval based on data from a single study.
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Hemodialysis treatment requires direct access to the bloodstream, which can be an opportunity for germs to enter the body and cause infection. This information shows how often patients at Green Bay Northwood Dialysis Of Davita get infections in their blood each year compared to the number of infections expected for the center based on the national average.
| Standard Infection Summary Ratio(SIR) Year | January, 2016 - December, 2016 |
| Infection Rate in facility | 3.97 (Worse than Expected) |
| SIR: Upper Confidence Limit | 6.9 |
| SIR: Lower Confidence Limit | 2.09 |
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Genesis Biopharma, Inc., a biotechnology company developing targeted cancer therapies, and Lonza, today announced the signing of a process development and scale-up agreement relating to the manufacture of Contego™, Genesis Biopharma's autologous cell therapy product candidate for the treatment of Stage IV metastatic melanoma.
Conflicting expectations between parents and medical providers about who is responsible for scheduling follow-up appointments is resulting in a failure of young girls completing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination series, according to a new study led by Boston Medical Center researchers.
The Devex "Development Newswire" examines how disagreements over how to administer global food aid programs is affecting negotiations over a FY 2013 version of the U.S. farm bill.
"Women's rights are under the greatest attack for almost 20 years after a failure of world leaders to continue to support reproductive rights, according to Mary Robinson," former president of Ireland and a member of the Elders group, the Guardian reports in its series "The Politics of Family Planning."
Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found that of nearly 80 high-risk devices, the majority received approval based on data from a single study.
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Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Green Bay Northwood Dialysis Of Davita'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 | 41 |
| Transfusion Rate in facility | 53.6 (As Expected) |
| Transfusion Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 129.7 |
| Transfusion Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 24.7 |
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Genesis Biopharma, Inc., a biotechnology company developing targeted cancer therapies, and Lonza, today announced the signing of a process development and scale-up agreement relating to the manufacture of Contego™, Genesis Biopharma's autologous cell therapy product candidate for the treatment of Stage IV metastatic melanoma.
Conflicting expectations between parents and medical providers about who is responsible for scheduling follow-up appointments is resulting in a failure of young girls completing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination series, according to a new study led by Boston Medical Center researchers.
The Devex "Development Newswire" examines how disagreements over how to administer global food aid programs is affecting negotiations over a FY 2013 version of the U.S. farm bill.
"Women's rights are under the greatest attack for almost 20 years after a failure of world leaders to continue to support reproductive rights, according to Mary Robinson," former president of Ireland and a member of the Elders group, the Guardian reports in its series "The Politics of Family Planning."
Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found that of nearly 80 high-risk devices, the majority received approval based on data from a single study.
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The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Green Bay Northwood Dialysis Of Davita 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 | 227 |
| Mortality Rate in facility | 13.4 (As Expected) |
| Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 19.2 |
| Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 9 |
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Genesis Biopharma, Inc., a biotechnology company developing targeted cancer therapies, and Lonza, today announced the signing of a process development and scale-up agreement relating to the manufacture of Contego™, Genesis Biopharma's autologous cell therapy product candidate for the treatment of Stage IV metastatic melanoma.
Conflicting expectations between parents and medical providers about who is responsible for scheduling follow-up appointments is resulting in a failure of young girls completing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination series, according to a new study led by Boston Medical Center researchers.
The Devex "Development Newswire" examines how disagreements over how to administer global food aid programs is affecting negotiations over a FY 2013 version of the U.S. farm bill.
"Women's rights are under the greatest attack for almost 20 years after a failure of world leaders to continue to support reproductive rights, according to Mary Robinson," former president of Ireland and a member of the Elders group, the Guardian reports in its series "The Politics of Family Planning."
Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found that of nearly 80 high-risk devices, the majority received approval based on data from a single study.
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Green Bay Northwood Dialysis Of Davita Location: W 7305 Elm Avenue, Shawano, Wisconsin, 54166 Phone: (715) 526-4310 |
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Genesis Biopharma, Inc., a biotechnology company developing targeted cancer therapies, and Lonza, today announced the signing of a process development and scale-up agreement relating to the manufacture of Contego™, Genesis Biopharma's autologous cell therapy product candidate for the treatment of Stage IV metastatic melanoma.
Conflicting expectations between parents and medical providers about who is responsible for scheduling follow-up appointments is resulting in a failure of young girls completing the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination series, according to a new study led by Boston Medical Center researchers.
The Devex "Development Newswire" examines how disagreements over how to administer global food aid programs is affecting negotiations over a FY 2013 version of the U.S. farm bill.
"Women's rights are under the greatest attack for almost 20 years after a failure of world leaders to continue to support reproductive rights, according to Mary Robinson," former president of Ireland and a member of the Elders group, the Guardian reports in its series "The Politics of Family Planning."
Pre-market approval by the FDA of cardiovascular devices is often based on studies that lack adequate strength or may have been prone to bias, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. The researchers found that of nearly 80 high-risk devices, the majority received approval based on data from a single study.
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