Ocean County Medical Center Brick is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Brick, New Jersey and it has 21 dialysis stations. It is located in Ocean county at Brick Medical Arts Building- Dialysis, Brick, NJ, 08724. You can reach out to the office of Ocean County Medical Center Brick at (732) 206-8200. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Ocean County Medical Center Brick has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in January, 1995. The medicare id for this facility is 310052 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.
| Name | Ocean County Medical Center Brick |
|---|---|
| Location | Brick Medical Arts Building- Dialysis, Brick, New Jersey |
| No. of Dialysis Stations | 21 |
| Medicare ID | 310052 |
| Managed By | Fresenius Medical Care |
| Ownership Type | Non-Profit |
| Late Shifts | No |
| Brick Medical Arts Building- Dialysis, Brick, New Jersey, 08724 | |
| (732) 206-8200 | |
| 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 | 28 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 | 232 |
| Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 98 |
| Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis 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 Ocean County Medical Center Brick with elevated calcium levels.
| Patients with hypercalcemia | 30 |
| Hypercalcemia patient months | 234 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor | 32 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL | 9 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL | 28 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL | 26 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL | 26 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL | 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 | 107 |
| Hospitalization Rate in facility | 157.6 (As Expected) |
| Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 286.7 |
| Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 89.5 |
The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Ocean County Medical Center Brick 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 | 29 (As Expected) |
| Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 43.2 |
| Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 17.6 |
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 Ocean County Medical Center Brick 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 | 1.42 (As Expected) |
| SIR: Upper Confidence Limit | 2.36 |
| SIR: Lower Confidence Limit | .79 |
Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Ocean County Medical Center Brick'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 | 87 |
| Transfusion Rate in facility | 29.4 (As Expected) |
| Transfusion Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 89.8 |
| Transfusion Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 11 |
The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Ocean County Medical Center Brick 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 | 506 |
| Mortality Rate in facility | 13.6 (Better than Expected) |
| Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 17.1 |
| Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 10.7 |
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