WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit in Winston Salem, North Carolina - Dialysis Center

WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Winston Salem, North Carolina and it has 4 dialysis stations. It is located in Forsyth county at 8 N Hemodialysis, Winston Salem, NC, 27157. You can reach out to the office of WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit at (336) 716-3170. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Wake Forest University. WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in September, 1976. The medicare id for this facility is 340047 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Name	WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit
Location	8 N Hemodialysis, Winston Salem, North Carolina
No. of Dialysis Stations	4
Medicare ID	340047
Managed By	Wake Forest University
Ownership Type	Non-Profit
Late Shifts	No

Dialysis Facilities may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

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.

• Hemodialysis

  Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	5
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	42
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center
  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 WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia	5
Hypercalcemia patient months	42
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg
Patients with Serumphosphor	4
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL

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	120
Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries	178
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment	61
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer	25

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	7
Hospitalization Rate in facility	(Not Available)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at WFU Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit 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	37 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit	48.4
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit	26.6