Data.gov Program Management Office

Data.gov Program Management Office

created Feb 18, 2011

updated May 11, 2011

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Description

The 2008 Hospital Report Card was mandated by the FY08 Appropriations Act, and focused on Congressionally-mandated metrics applicable to general patient populations. The 2009 VHA Facility Quality and Safety Repor report, not required by Congress, shifts to Veteran-centered metrics, and includes information related to infrastructure, care provided in outpatient and hospital settings, quality of care within given patient populations, accreditation status, patient satisfaction and patient outcomes for FY2008. The data in this report have been compiled from multiple sources throughout VHA. This dataset is a compilation of available services within each medical center, whether a medical center is accreditated by Joint commission and/or CARF and details the number of admissions by bed section, admissions per 1000 uniques, and average length of stay by bed sections. Total number of outpatient visits, number of unique patients and the medical center staffing.

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Department of Veterans Affairs
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Dataset Summary
Agency
Department of Veterans Affairs
Date Released
01-Dec-2009
Date Updated
01-Dec-2009
Time Period
2008.0
Frequency
Annual
High Value Dataset
N
Suggested by Public
N
Dataset Information
Data.gov Data Category Type
Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation
Administrative
Unique ID
1287
Extended Type
Raw Data
Contributing Agency Information
Citation
2009 VHA Facility Quality and Safety Report
Agency Program Page
http://www.va.gov/health/
Agency Data Series Page
http://www.va.gov/health/
Dataset Coverage
Unit of Analysis
Facility
Granularity
City
Geographic Coverage
United States
Data Quality
Data Quality Certification
Yes
Privacy and Confidentiality
Yes
Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation
VA
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Data.gov Program Management Office

Data.gov Program Management Office

created Feb 18, 2011

updated May 11, 2011

Description

The 2008 Hospital Report Card was mandated by the FY08 Appropriations Act, and focused on Congressionally-mandated metrics applicable to general patient populations. The 2009 VHA Facility Quality and Safety Repor report, not required by Congress, shifts to Veteran-centered metrics, and includes information related to infrastructure, care provided in outpatient and hospital settings, quality of care within given patient populations, accreditation status, patient satisfaction and patient outcomes for FY2008. The data in this report have been compiled from multiple sources throughout VHA. This dataset is a compilation of available services within each medical center, whether a medical center is accreditated by Joint commission and/or CARF and details the number of admissions by bed section, admissions per 1000 uniques, and average length of stay by bed sections. Total number of outpatient visits, number of unique patients and the medical center staffing.

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0
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0
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Health and Nutrition
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Healthcare, Satisfaction, Quality of Care, Hospital Accreditation, Patient Safety, community.health, Veterans
Licensing and Attribution
Data Provided By
Department of Veterans Affairs
Source Link
(none)
Dataset Summary
Agency
Department of Veterans Affairs
Date Released
01-Dec-2009
Date Updated
01-Dec-2009
Time Period
2008.0
Frequency
Annual
High Value Dataset
N
Suggested by Public
N
Dataset Information
Data.gov Data Category Type
Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation
Administrative
Unique ID
1287
Extended Type
Raw Data
Contributing Agency Information
Citation
2009 VHA Facility Quality and Safety Report
Agency Program Page
http://www.va.gov/health/
Agency Data Series Page
http://www.va.gov/health/
Dataset Coverage
Unit of Analysis
Facility
Granularity
City
Geographic Coverage
United States
Data Quality
Data Quality Certification
Yes
Privacy and Confidentiality
Yes
Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation
VA