Harlem Hospital is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in New York, New York and it has 11 dialysis stations. It is located in New York county at 506 Lenox Avenue - Room 18-107, New York, NY, 10037. You can reach out to the office of Harlem Hospital at (212) 939-4848. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Harlem Hospital has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in September, 1982. The medicare id for this facility is 330240 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.
| Name | Harlem Hospital |
|---|---|
| Location | 506 Lenox Avenue - Room 18-107, New York, New York |
| No. of Dialysis Stations | 11 |
| Medicare ID | 330240 |
| Managed By | Independent |
| Ownership Type | Non-Profit |
| Late Shifts | Yes |
| 506 Lenox Avenue - Room 18-107, New York, New York, 10037 | |
| (212) 939-4848 | |
| NPI Number | 1033124961 |
| Organization Name | Harlem Hospital Center |
| Doing Business As | New York City Health And Hospitals Corporation |
| Address | 506 Malcolm X Blvd New York, New York, 10037 |
| Phone Number | (212) 939-2027 |
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 | 72 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 | 719 |
| Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 96 |
| 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 Harlem Hospital with elevated calcium levels.
| Patients with hypercalcemia | 75 |
| Hypercalcemia patient months | 755 |
| Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg | 6 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor | 85 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL | 19 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL | 27 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL | 25 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL | 21 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL | 7 |
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 | 38 |
| Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries | 331 |
| Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment | 71 |
| Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer | 5 |
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 | 46 |
| Hospitalization Rate in facility | 182.7 (As Expected) |
| Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 318.1 |
| Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 109.1 |
The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Harlem Hospital 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 | 18.5 (As Expected) |
| Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 32.8 |
| Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 8.7 |
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 Harlem Hospital 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 | 3.08 (Worse than Expected) |
| SIR: Upper Confidence Limit | 4.89 |
| SIR: Lower Confidence Limit | 1.82 |
Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Harlem Hospital'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 | 43 |
| Transfusion Rate in facility | 19.5 (As Expected) |
| Transfusion Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 74.1 |
| Transfusion Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 6 |
The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Harlem Hospital 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 | 331 |
| Mortality Rate in facility | 11.6 (Better than Expected) |
| Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 17.1 |
| Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 7.5 |
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