V M H Comunity & Home Care | |
40 First Street Se, Waukon, Iowa 52172 | |
(563) 568-5660 | |
Name | V M H Comunity & Home Care |
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Location | 40 First Street Se, Waukon, Iowa |
Certified By | Medicare |
Services Offered | Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Home Health Aide |
Medicare ID | 167119 |
Ownership Type | Government - Local |
Service Area Zip Codes | 52133, 52140, 52146, 52151, 52156, 52159, 52160, 52162, 52170, 52171, 52172 |
Quality Rating: |
News Archive
For discoveries about how the brain calculates and remembers where it is—which could be part of the foundation of memory—Columbia University will award the 2013 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Edvard I. Moser, PhD, and May-Britt Moser, PhD, of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway, and John Michael O'Keefe, PhD, of University College London in the UK.
When the revolutionary Echo® acoustic liquid handler is used in the process of discovering potential therapeutics, important drug candidates are identified that are missed using traditional liquid handlers. In a recently issued patent, the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca describes the discovery of a novel set of potential cancer therapeutics that was found only when the Echo system was used. Other major pharmaceutical companies have also reported that the Echo liquid handler was a critical platform in discovering drug candidates.
Leslie Mancuso, president and CEO of Jhpeigo, discusses public-private partnerships in the InterAction blog. "The Obama administration has recognized the importance of these relationships in the past, and we applaud any effort by the president to incentivize programming that brings together the best of the public and private sectors and the NGO community," she writes.
A new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is the first to report that high blood calcium levels might predict ovarian cancer, the most fatal of the gynecologic cancers.
In the largest nursing home study to date on the effect of high dose flu vaccine, researchers found that shots with four times the strength of standard flu shots significantly reduced the risk of being hospitalized during the influenza season. There was a 1.2 percent difference (19.7 percent versus 20.9 percent) in admission for the group that received the high dose vaccine compared to the one that received the standard dose vaccine.
› Verified 9 days ago
Quality Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
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How often the home health team began their patients’ care in a timely manner | 99.3 | 95.7 |
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs | 100 | 98.6 |
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling | 100 | 99.6 |
How often the home health team checked patients for depression | 99.2 | 97.4 |
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season. | 83.5 | 78.7 |
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot). | 93.2 | 82.2 |
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care | 100 | 96.4 |
News Archive
For discoveries about how the brain calculates and remembers where it is—which could be part of the foundation of memory—Columbia University will award the 2013 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Edvard I. Moser, PhD, and May-Britt Moser, PhD, of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway, and John Michael O'Keefe, PhD, of University College London in the UK.
When the revolutionary Echo® acoustic liquid handler is used in the process of discovering potential therapeutics, important drug candidates are identified that are missed using traditional liquid handlers. In a recently issued patent, the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca describes the discovery of a novel set of potential cancer therapeutics that was found only when the Echo system was used. Other major pharmaceutical companies have also reported that the Echo liquid handler was a critical platform in discovering drug candidates.
Leslie Mancuso, president and CEO of Jhpeigo, discusses public-private partnerships in the InterAction blog. "The Obama administration has recognized the importance of these relationships in the past, and we applaud any effort by the president to incentivize programming that brings together the best of the public and private sectors and the NGO community," she writes.
A new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is the first to report that high blood calcium levels might predict ovarian cancer, the most fatal of the gynecologic cancers.
In the largest nursing home study to date on the effect of high dose flu vaccine, researchers found that shots with four times the strength of standard flu shots significantly reduced the risk of being hospitalized during the influenza season. There was a 1.2 percent difference (19.7 percent versus 20.9 percent) in admission for the group that received the high dose vaccine compared to the one that received the standard dose vaccine.
› Verified 9 days ago
Quality Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
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How often patients got better at walking or moving around | 75.2 | 79.6 |
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed | 81.4 | 81.1 |
How often patients got better at bathing | 83.3 | 82.3 |
How often patients’ breathing improved | 78.5 | 82.8 |
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation | - | 92.3 |
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth | 76.6 | 75 |
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital | 13.1 | 15.4 |
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted | 23 | 13 |
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely | 96.3 | 94 |
News Archive
For discoveries about how the brain calculates and remembers where it is—which could be part of the foundation of memory—Columbia University will award the 2013 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Edvard I. Moser, PhD, and May-Britt Moser, PhD, of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway, and John Michael O'Keefe, PhD, of University College London in the UK.
When the revolutionary Echo® acoustic liquid handler is used in the process of discovering potential therapeutics, important drug candidates are identified that are missed using traditional liquid handlers. In a recently issued patent, the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca describes the discovery of a novel set of potential cancer therapeutics that was found only when the Echo system was used. Other major pharmaceutical companies have also reported that the Echo liquid handler was a critical platform in discovering drug candidates.
Leslie Mancuso, president and CEO of Jhpeigo, discusses public-private partnerships in the InterAction blog. "The Obama administration has recognized the importance of these relationships in the past, and we applaud any effort by the president to incentivize programming that brings together the best of the public and private sectors and the NGO community," she writes.
A new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is the first to report that high blood calcium levels might predict ovarian cancer, the most fatal of the gynecologic cancers.
In the largest nursing home study to date on the effect of high dose flu vaccine, researchers found that shots with four times the strength of standard flu shots significantly reduced the risk of being hospitalized during the influenza season. There was a 1.2 percent difference (19.7 percent versus 20.9 percent) in admission for the group that received the high dose vaccine compared to the one that received the standard dose vaccine.
› Verified 9 days ago
Question Type: | Rating by Patients |
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Health team gave care in a professional way | |
Health team communicated well with them | |
Health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety | |
How patients rated overall care from agency |
News Archive
For discoveries about how the brain calculates and remembers where it is—which could be part of the foundation of memory—Columbia University will award the 2013 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Edvard I. Moser, PhD, and May-Britt Moser, PhD, of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway, and John Michael O'Keefe, PhD, of University College London in the UK.
When the revolutionary Echo® acoustic liquid handler is used in the process of discovering potential therapeutics, important drug candidates are identified that are missed using traditional liquid handlers. In a recently issued patent, the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca describes the discovery of a novel set of potential cancer therapeutics that was found only when the Echo system was used. Other major pharmaceutical companies have also reported that the Echo liquid handler was a critical platform in discovering drug candidates.
Leslie Mancuso, president and CEO of Jhpeigo, discusses public-private partnerships in the InterAction blog. "The Obama administration has recognized the importance of these relationships in the past, and we applaud any effort by the president to incentivize programming that brings together the best of the public and private sectors and the NGO community," she writes.
A new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is the first to report that high blood calcium levels might predict ovarian cancer, the most fatal of the gynecologic cancers.
In the largest nursing home study to date on the effect of high dose flu vaccine, researchers found that shots with four times the strength of standard flu shots significantly reduced the risk of being hospitalized during the influenza season. There was a 1.2 percent difference (19.7 percent versus 20.9 percent) in admission for the group that received the high dose vaccine compared to the one that received the standard dose vaccine.
› Verified 9 days ago
The patient survey data of V M H Comunity & Home Care is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National AverageExperience Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
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Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way | 90 | 88 |
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them | 90 | 85 |
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them | 93 | 83 |
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) | 93 | 84 |
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family | 91 | 78 |
News Archive
For discoveries about how the brain calculates and remembers where it is—which could be part of the foundation of memory—Columbia University will award the 2013 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Edvard I. Moser, PhD, and May-Britt Moser, PhD, of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway, and John Michael O'Keefe, PhD, of University College London in the UK.
When the revolutionary Echo® acoustic liquid handler is used in the process of discovering potential therapeutics, important drug candidates are identified that are missed using traditional liquid handlers. In a recently issued patent, the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca describes the discovery of a novel set of potential cancer therapeutics that was found only when the Echo system was used. Other major pharmaceutical companies have also reported that the Echo liquid handler was a critical platform in discovering drug candidates.
Leslie Mancuso, president and CEO of Jhpeigo, discusses public-private partnerships in the InterAction blog. "The Obama administration has recognized the importance of these relationships in the past, and we applaud any effort by the president to incentivize programming that brings together the best of the public and private sectors and the NGO community," she writes.
A new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is the first to report that high blood calcium levels might predict ovarian cancer, the most fatal of the gynecologic cancers.
In the largest nursing home study to date on the effect of high dose flu vaccine, researchers found that shots with four times the strength of standard flu shots significantly reduced the risk of being hospitalized during the influenza season. There was a 1.2 percent difference (19.7 percent versus 20.9 percent) in admission for the group that received the high dose vaccine compared to the one that received the standard dose vaccine.
› Verified 9 days ago
V M H Comunity & Home Care Location: 40 First Street Se, Waukon, Iowa 52172 Ratings: Phone: (563) 568-5660 |