Each year at the Annual Council Meeting, the Network Quality Department recognizes facilities that have achieved or surpassed clinical goals set forth for the preceding year. Awards recognized at the 2008 Annual Council Meeting include:
Excellence in Vascular Access, Measured by A-V Fistula Rates
Greatest Improvement in A-V Fistula Rates
Benchmark Facilities
Network 5 has expanded on the awards recognized Below is a list of all the exceptional facilities that were recognized at the Annual Council Meeting in February 2008.
Excellence in Vascular Access, Measured by A-V Fistula Rates
The following facilities achieved an A-V Fistula rate of 50% or greater each month from January 2007 through December 2007:
MarylandDavita - Catonsville
Elk River Kidney Center
Holy Cross Hospital
Kidney Care of Laurel
DaVita - Dundalk
DaVita - J.B. Zachary
Virginia
BMA - Giles
BMA - Nassawadox
BMA - Wytheville
CDC - Springfield
Charlottesville North Dialysis
DaVita - Chester Dialysis
DaVita - Harrisonburg Dialysis
DaVita - Radford Dialysis
DaVita - Tyson's Corner
DaVita - Virginia Beach
Dominion Dialysis Center
First Landing Dialysis Center
FMC - Montgomery
Garrisonville Dialysis Center
Lexington Dialysis Center
Renal Care Group - Patrick County
UVA Augusta Dialysis
UVA Page Dialysis
VA Hospital - Richmond
VA Hospital - Salem
West Virginia
FMC - Elkins
FMC - Two Virginias
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc.
Greatest Improvement in A-V Fistula Rates
The following facilities achieved a 100% or greater increase in their A-V Fistula rate between December 2006 and December 2007, with their overall rate being 30% or greater in December 2007 AND the overall rate was sustained during January 2008):
Maryland
Deer's Head Center
Virginia
BMA - Russell County
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Benchmark Facilities
Benchmarking is a search for best practices that leads to superior performance. Achievable Benchmarks of Care (ABC) is an approach to benchmarking developed at the University of Alabama, is an objective way of identifying benchmark care levels already achieved by top performers in an industry. The Network used this approach to calculate the current benchmark for A-V fistulas in the Network 5 region.
The facilities listed below have met or exceeded the 63% A-V fistula benchmark criteria as of October 2007, and care for about 10% of the Network 5 patient population:
District of Columbia
DaVita - SE
Maryland
BMA - Rockville
DaVita - Catonsville
DaVita - Dundalk
DaVita - J.B. Zachary
DCA - Chevy Chase
Holy Cross Hospital
Kidney Care of Laurel
Virginia
BMA - Giles
BMA - Twin County
BMA - Wytheville
CDC - Springfield
CDC - Woodbridge
Charlottesville North Dialysis
DaVita - Chester Dialysis
DaVita - Harrisonburg Dialysis
DaVita - Martinsville Dialysis
DaVita - Tyson's Corner
Dominion Dialysis Center
First Colonial - DaVita at Home
FMC - Lorton
Garrisonville Dialysis Center
Lexington Dialysis
Renal CarePartners of Reston LLC
Total Renal Care - Hopewell
UVA Augusta Dialysis
UVA Page Dialysis
VA Hospital - Richmond
VA Hospital - Salem
West Virginia
FMC - Elkins
FMC - Two Virginias
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc.
Wheeling Dialysis Center
Congratulations to all award winners on a job well done!
