Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center
VA Hospital · Veterans Health Administration · Tuscaloosa, AL
No overall star rating
Data were not submitted in time for this release. Individual measures below are still published and are often more useful than a summary score anyway.
Quality at a glance
How this hospital's measures compare with other hospitals nationally, as counted by CMS.
Death Rates
How often patients died within 30 days of being treated for certain conditions. Lower is better.
No results published in this category
CMS did not publish any mortality results for this hospital in the current release. The reasons given for each measure are listed below.
| Measure | This hospital | Compared with other hospitals |
|---|---|---|
| Bypass surgery deaths Death rate within 30 days after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| COPD deaths Death rate within 30 days for patients admitted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Heart attack deaths Of patients admitted for a heart attack, the share who died within 30 days — counted wherever they died, including at home. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Heart failure deaths Death rate within 30 days for patients admitted with heart failure. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Overall death rate Hospital-wide death rate across all conditions, adjusted for how sick patients were on arrival. The broadest mortality measure CMS reports. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Pneumonia deaths Death rate within 30 days for patients admitted with pneumonia. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Stroke deaths Death rate within 30 days for patients admitted with a stroke. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
Safety & Infections
Infections and surgical complications that happened during a hospital stay. Lower is better.
No results published in this category
CMS did not publish any safety of care results for this hospital in the current release. The reasons given for each measure are listed below.
| Measure | This hospital | Compared with other hospitals |
|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections (CLABSI) Infections entering the blood through a central line. Reported as a ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as expected for this hospital's patient mix, below 1.0 means fewer. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| C. diff infections Clostridioides difficile, an intestinal infection that often follows antibiotic treatment. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Hip/knee replacement complications Serious complications within 90 days of elective hip or knee replacement, such as infection or the need for a repeat operation. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| MRSA blood infections Bloodstream infections from MRSA, a staph bacteria resistant to common antibiotics. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Surgical infections — colon surgery Infections at the surgical site after colon surgery. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Surgical infections — hysterectomy Infections at the surgical site after abdominal hysterectomy. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Urinary tract infections (CAUTI) Infections linked to urinary catheters, as a ratio to the number expected. Below 1.0 is better than expected. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
Unplanned Returns
How often patients had to come back to a hospital within 30 days after being discharged. Lower is better.
No results published in this category
CMS did not publish any readmission results for this hospital in the current release. The reasons given for each measure are listed below.
| Measure | This hospital | Compared with other hospitals |
|---|---|---|
| Admissions after chemotherapy | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| ER visits after chemotherapy | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Extra days in care — heart attack Days patients spent back in hospital care per 100 discharges, compared with what was expected. A negative number means fewer days than expected — better. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Extra days in care — heart failure | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Extra days in care — pneumonia | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Returns after COPD | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Returns after bypass surgery | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Returns after heart attack | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Returns after heart failure | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Returns after hip/knee replacement | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Returns after outpatient colonoscopy Patients who had to visit a hospital within 7 days of an outpatient colonoscopy. | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
| Returns after pneumonia | Not reported | Results are not available for this reporting period. |
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